Retro-Graded Games: Metal Gear Turns 30 – Now What?

While it’s normal to go into one’s 30th birthday with a sense of dread, it’s jarring to see the adage apply to a video game series. Especially one as dear to people as the Metal Gear franchise. Through the community…

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, 15 Years Later

This is a personal retrospective of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty !General spoilers for the Metal Gear Solid franchise below! It’s weird to think that it’s been 15 years since the release of MGS 2 here in the states,…

One Year Later: Metal Gear Solid V

February 2012: “Development Without Borders” – information leaked on the development of Konami and Hideo Kojima’s Next, and final, “Metal Gear Solid.” August 2012: Announcement of game prologue, Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes. Fans create backlash over full price…

What We’ve Been Playing: 3/29/14

Welcome back to another installment of What We’ve Been Playing here at The Young Folks. This week we have a good look at the latest installment in the Metal Gear Solid series and a look back at one of the…

E3 2013 Microsoft: Metal Gear, Halo, Forza 5, Witcher 3

It’s time for the Electronic Entertainment Expo of 2013, the week where all the big companies show us the massive arsenal of games to be released within the next year or so, and Microsoft threw a lot on our plate…