Grind my Metal Gears
Grind My Metal Gears is a podcast where self-proclaimed lore master Danny M guides Metal Gear novice Austin through the Metal Gear Solid video game series. Each episode walks through the story, characters, and complex lore of the franchise from the perspective of a first-time player. The show is interactive on Twitter, with listeners encouraged to follow the podcast and its hosts for updates and discussions.
Episodes
Boktai - The Sun Is in Your Hands
We're going outside and getting some sun (metaphorically) with the 2003 Kojima produced GBA game Boktai! This might be the most 5th grader-coded game ever made which means we did not appreciate it as much as we would have 20 years ago playing on the school bus, but alas... Also one of us ended up getting the "you can't play the game for the next 5 days" disease, RIP.Episode 92: R
Zone of the Enders The 2nd Runner
It is with a heavy heart that we must reckon with the fact that Zone of the Enders 2 kinda sucks out loud. For better or for worse (who are we kidding, mostly for worse) the sequel has even more of everything from the first game: more tedious boss fights, more awful writing and voice acting, and hell, there's even more misogyny if you can believe it! Everyone hop in their life-support orbital
Zone of the Enders
It's time for some video games again as we dive into the Kojima produced PS2 classic Zone of the Enders. What it lacks in story (and oh boy does it lack) it more than makes up in vibes and gameplay. Come for the sick Yoji Shinkawa designs, stay for the acid techno music. Stick around until the end as we rate all of the games we've played up to this point (https://bckl.gg/vHrk), and dip bac
Death Stranding Novelization Volume 2
Time to wrap up our discussions on the Death Stranding Novelizations (at least until October when the first volume of the DS2 novels releases). We honestly had such a great time with these books. Not only were they a great way to revisit and reconsider Death Stranding, but there was quite a lot specific to the novel worth discussing! Join us for that after Danny puts Austin's knowledge of the fina
Death Stranding Novelization Volume 1
We're returning once again to the world of books with the first volume of the Death Stranding Novelization. What could've just been a basic tie-in product to the main game actually turned out to be a thoughtful adaptation of the games world, characters, and themes to the written word. But most importantly, we get more than we could've ever asked for about Sam's Feet.Episode 88: Sam
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
We're going back to the very beginning of our journey and revisiting MGS1 with it's Gamecube remake, Twin Snakes. As one would expect, we had a great time overall especially thanks to Ryuhei Kitamura's ridiculous cutscenes. And Speaking of Kitamura, we also watched his 2000 film, Versus which love it or hate it, there's nothing else like it.Episode 87: Notacon
Metal Gear Solid 2 VR Missions
After we had a way better than expected time with MGS1's VR missions, it's only fitting that we find ourselves a little let down by MGS2's VR missions. There may be more missions, but there is way less variety, and not as much of the unique missions that MGS1 had to offer. But don't worry, we make up for the lacking VR missions by getting sidetracked on various topics such as: God
Metal Gear Solid VR Missions
We said we were going to cover both MGS1 and MGS2's VR missions this time, but it turns out we had way too much fun and way too much to say about MGS1's VR Missions, so we stuck with that. We've got quite a lot to talk through like giant soldiers, murder mysteries, puzzles, and more!Episode 85: JAV Flashbang (Alleged)
Snake VS Monkey and Mesal Gear Solid
It seems like forever ago that we promised to cover the Ape Escape/MGS3 mini-games. Well we're finally making good on that promise by playing Snake VS Monkey and Mesal Gear Solid (we love a pun that makes no sense in English). Join us as we get up to some monkey business, talk movie references, eulogize the mini-game, and... get excited about the new Lego Batman game? All of that plus we talk
Policenauts - Acts 6, 7, and Epilogue
All good things must come to an end, and so too must Policenauts, an absolutely banger from the halcyon days of early Kojima. Time for Jonathan and Ed to put an end to the corruption on Beyond and get our girl Karen the bone marrow she needs. Then stick around as we throw our favorite Kojima characters into the worlds of mini-golf and Resident Evil, and once and for all put an answer to the questi
Policenauts - Acts 3, 4, and 5
As the conspiracy at the heart of Policenauts starts to unravel we find ourselves getting set up and arrested, learning about illegal organ farming, and going to the moon! All this an more as we hit the three quarters point of Policenauts. Oh, and stick around as we contemplate what foods the various Kojima-verse characters are eating.Episode 82: Women Can't Commit Crimes
Policenauts - Act 2
We're on to Act 2 of Policenauts which means the big conspiracy on Beyond is slowly starting to unravel. We're forced to question our allies, escape elaborate traps, hack computers, and disarm bombs as we dive further into the mystery. Oh, and don't worry: Jonathan's still out here being creepy to every woman he meets.Episode 81: I Hope They Have Hamburgers in Heaven
Policenauts - Prologue and Act 1
With Snatcher under our belts, it's time to play Kojima's other major pre-MGS game, Policenauts! It's a lot like Snatcher, but with a lot of improvements. However, one thing that was not improved is our new main character Jonathan Ingram, who unfortunately shares one too many traits with Gillian Seed.Episode 80: Hideo, It's a Restaurant
Snatcher - Acts 2 and 3
We finished Snatcher! It's time to find out the secrets of Gillian's past and save Neo-Kobe City. But mostly we're just here to appreciate our boys Metal Gear Mk II and Random Hajile. They both have a guaranteed place in the blunt rotation.Episode 79: The Secret of the Skin
Snatcher - Act 1
Now that we've watched Blade Runner it's time to play Kojima's rip-of—— uh, I mean homage to Blade Runner: Snatcher! For a 30+ year old game, it holds up, or at least if you can overlook some of the writing around its women... but if you can do that, it's a good time! Join us as we play through the first half of this surprisingly charming adventure game from the earlier days of Koj
Blade Runner 2049
Last time we took a diversion to talk about Blade Runner after Kojima talked it up in the Creative Gene, so of course it'd be foolish of us to not talk about it's surprisingly great, years later sequel: Blade Runner 2049. And we have so much to say about it, from it's many great performances (and one notable bad one), it's amazing production, our various feelings about the ending,
Blade Runner
Inspired by Kojima's essay on it in The Creative Gene, we're talking about Blade Runner! Ridley Scott's massively influential science fiction classic. When were not gushing over how good the film is and how much Rutger Hauer's performance makes us want to cry, we try to dissect the film for its most "Metal Gear" like elements.Episode 76: You Ever See a Man and Want to Cry
Metal Gear Survive - 2
We did it. We survived Metal Gear Survive. We talk about the story (what little there is), the repetitiveness of the gameplay, and the overall sauceless-ness of it all. Oh, and we also talk extensively about the cast of Zoolander for reasons.Episode 75: World of Tanks Creature Design
Metal Gear Survive - 1
It's finally time for us to play the infamously poorly received Metal Gear Survive, so you know what that means: we spend some time reminiscing about Metal Gear AC!D 2, looking up Digimon on the villains fandom wiki, and also talking about the ups and (mostly) downs of our first few hours with this middling survival game.Episode 74: Pre-Wegmans Venus
The Creative Gene
Now that we've wrapped up DS2, it's time return to the world of books as we dig into The Creative Gene: A collection of essays by Kojima about his favorite books, movies, and various other things. We gain a lot of insight into his thematic inspirations, where many of the ideas for Death Stranding came from, some biographical info about the man, and his thoughts about life and the connectio
Death Stranding 2 - 6
It's not the journey, it's the strands we made along the way... We finished Death Stranding 2! Time to bask in it's final moments as we face off against a giant crab, enter the tokusatsu zone, and guitar battle our gay rival. We also confirm some long standing theories of ours. All I'll say is Tomorrow is in your hands... Episode 72: Bigger Lou Theory
Death Stranding 2 - 5
We're coming up real close to the end of DS2 which means we've got lots to talk about in this episode. We've got more Higgs and more Neil, the return of two old friends, the Patriots, and... Tomie? All this and more as we wrap our heads around this penultimate section of DS2.Episode 71: These Three Girls Can Kill God
Death Stranding 2 - 4
Death Stranding 2 is the game that keeps on giving. First we've got Mamoru Oshii dishing out pizzas and teaching us Pizza-Do Karate, then there's Usada Pekora, and then there's one of the sickest cutscenes we've ever seen in a Kojima game where a jokerfied guitar wielding Higgs fights a giant samurai mech man who may or may not be our baby? God, this game rules.Episode 70: This Too
Death Stranding 2 - 3
It's time for us to get to know our newest member aboard the DHV Magellan, and come to the realization that women have never been thriving more in a Kojima game then our main trio is in this game. Also, Heartman is back! And he's receiving emails from himself???Episode 69: Girls Rock
Death Stranding 2 - 2
DS2 continues! As Sam attempts to recover from the events of episode 1, we get to meet the drawbridge crew and venture out through the plate gate to Australia where we reunite with everyone's favorite scene-chewing bad guy, fight a big mech like it's metal gear, rescue a kangaroo, and have an encounter with a mysterious guy who is NOT Solid Snake!Episode 68: The Greatest Fireworks You'
Death Stranding 2 - 1
It's finally DS2 time! For the first time ever, we're covering a brand new Kojima game, and so of course that means we've got an extra long episode for you as we unpack our initial thoughts about the game and its first two episodes. So let's check in on Sam and Lou. Surely nothing tragic is going to happen to them...Episode 67: Now I'm not a fan of babies, but...
Death Stranding - 5
We just couldn't help ourselves, so enjoy this extra long episode as we talk through the rest of Death Stranding! There's so much to unpack from EEs and BBs, Ha and Ka, hugs with Deadman, corny lines, Heartman's whole thing, and the secret identity of Peter Englert revealed??? All that and muchh more in our final episode on Death Standing. Look forward to Death Stranding 2 next time!Ep
Death Stranding - 4
After we take a brief excursion into the science of Metal Gear character naming, we talk about episodes 5 and 6 of Death Stranding. We spend some time with our girl Mama, and find out why she's called that. Then, we get to meet up with our boy Deadman for some quality shower time before saying goodbye (temporarily) to our BB.Episode 65: The Man Condition
Death Stranding - 3
Our journey to reconnect America in Death Stranding continues with Episodes 3 and 4. Time for us to learn a lot about our friend Fragile, deliver some pizza, and then fight in WWI? As you'd expect from Kojima, lots of wild stuff for us to talk about.Episode 64: Unafraid of Your Words And Deeds
Death Stranding - 2
Death Stranding continues as we work our way through Episode 2! Time to get down to business by delivering some package, and connecting people to the internet. Oh, and Geoff Keighley is here too looking for action figures. Episode 63: There's a Lot of Homos in This Game
Death Stranding - 1
It's time to enter the era of Kojima's post-Konami breakup as we begin our journey through Death Stranding. We've got so much to talk about right out of the gate from characters with obvious names to proper nouns like DOOMs, and BBs, and Timefall, and Repatriates. Episode 62: *ASMR Voice* Hey DOOMers
Metal Gear Ac!d 2 - 2
We finished Ac!d 2 and boy are there some wild and fun twists and ideas at the end of this game. Things like dowsing rods, brain cloning, hypnotism, elementary school hackers, and more! Episode 61: A Clone of a Clone
Metal Gear Ac!d 2 - 1
Onward to Ac!d 2! A sequel which seemingly picks up on none of the threads from the first game, but does have a lot of quality of life improvements, so we're having a great time, and not at all distracted by the cartoonishly jiggling boobs.Episode 60: Metal Gear Raid Party
Metal Gear Ac!d - 4
We've come to the end of Ac!d. Time to fight another Metal Gear and save the day, and finally learn all the insane (and inconsequential?) plot twists as the game races towards a conclusion. Surely all of this will go somewhere in Ac!d 2, right? Episode 59: Acting Cells Under Alice
Metal Gear Ac!d - 3
We're soldiering on in our journey through Ac!d and it's time for some classic MGS stuff like backtracking for a PSG-1 and crossing some bridges. And also some non-MGS stuff like fighting a clown and playing a board game... Episode 58: King of Dream Town
Metal Gear Ac!d - 2
It's time for some shocking revelations as we continue on with Metal Gear Ac!d. Is Solid Snake really who he says he is? What is ACUA? Is Pythagoras the name of the Metal Gear or not? All this and more! Make sure to stick around until the end as we do the important work of figuring out what instruments the MGS3 characters would play in a marching band. Episode 57: Metal Gear High School
Metal Gear Ac!d - 1
We're returning to the world of handheld gaming with Metal Gear Ac!d. Does it hold up to Portable Ops, our beloved PSP only Metal Gear game? Either way, it's time for some deck building in this card-based, dubiously canon entry in the series. Episode 56: Active Command Intelligence Duel
Metal Gear 2 (MSX)
We're finishing our run on the MSX with Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake! If the first Metal Gear was a blueprint for MGS, then this game is functionally an MGS game but in 2D. So many of the things we thought were novel about Metal Gear Solid are in this game. But is it good? Opinions may vary...Episode 55: [Fred Jones Voice] I think Kojima Sucks!
Metal Gear (MSX)
We're going back in time to 1987 to check out the very first Metal Gear game for the MSX. Despite the limitations of the MSX, so much of what we've come to know and love about the Metal Gear Solid series is already here from the very beginning, even if the story is pretty slight from what we're used to with later games.Episode 54: Getting a Nickname from Venom Snake
Metal Gear Solid 4 Novelization
At the end of our MGS Novel journey, we read Project Itoh's Metal Gear Solid 4 novelization. Benson managed to capture the pulpy military sci-fi nature of the first two MGS games, while Itoh managed to beautifully capture the melodrama and emotional affect of MGS4. Despite one major misstep, we both LOVED this book, and as you can tell from the runtime, have a lot to say about it.Next time we&
Metal Gear Solid 2 Novelization
Our journey through the literary world of MGS continues with Raymond Benson's MGS2 novelization! Unlike MGS1, this book is much more of a straight forward retelling of the game, but that doesn't stop us from going long discussing all our favorite parts of MGS2, and planning out our vision of a potential MGS2 remake. Konami, if you're reading this, we're available, hire us!
Episode 52: Cuck-sultan
Metal Gear Solid Novelization
Last time we made the jump to the cinema, and now we're jumping into the world of literature with Raymond Benson as we talk about the official Metal Gear Solid novelization! You'd think we wouldn't have much to say, but you'd be wrong! We've got lots to say about what makes this novel a fun read and all the interesting adaptation choices Benson made.
Episode 51: Stephen King's Metal Gear
Escape from New York
We've gone to the movies to watch John Carpenter's 1981 classic, Escape from New York. We talk about all the ways in which this movie rules. We dissect and identify all the obvious and less obvious ways the movie influence the Metal Gear series.
Episode 50: Tenga Egg Escape Pod
Metal Gear Solid V - 8 - Chapter 2 Part 1
With the Skull Face taken care of, it's time to direct our attention towards Mother Base. Like finding out what sort of shady stuff Eli and the child soldiers are up to (and also thinking about what they could have been up to if the development team got more time to make this game), and learning about just how awful Huey Emmerich really is. Oh, and Master Miller's busy trying to break into the foo
Metal Gear Solid V - 7 - Episodes 27-31
31 missions/episodes later, we've come to the end of Chapter 1 of The Phantom Pain. It's time to get to the bottom of what's happening with the virus with the help of a new (but also very old) ally, confront Skull Face via the back of a jeep, and put a stop to Sahelanthropus, but not so much of stop that we can't bring it home to Mother Base when we're done.
Episode 45: Awkward Jeep Ride
Metal Gear Solid V The Phantom Pain - 6 - Episodes 21-26
So last time we rescued a bunch of child soldiers. Now, what MGS character do we know was a child soldier around this time. That's right! It's Eli. You know, Eli. Or perhaps you know him by his other name: The White Mamba. No? Well that's ok. No time to worry about him anyway because now everyone on Mother Base is dying of a mystery virus, so we should probably try to sort that out first.
Episod
Metal Gear Solid V The Phantom Pain - 5 - Episodes 15-20
Last time we saw the return of Huey and Paz. Now it's time for the return of another MGS icon: child soldiers. After we rescue some of those, it's off to a reunion with Skull Face which gets rudely interrupted by The Man on Fire and baby Psycho Mantis. Luckily, they've decided to fight us in an area conveniently filled with many water sources to douse him with.
Episode 43: [Cowboy Voi
Metal Gear Solid V The Phantom Pain - 4 - Episodes 12-14
With Quiet locked up on Mother Base, we can now do the thing we were trying to in the first place: extract Huey from Cipher's Afghanistan base. Maybe in all the time since Ground Zeroes he's chilled out a bit. Maybe he regrets his involvement in all of that. Or you know, maybe he sucks more than ever. Let's find out! All of that plus an unexpected (and undeserved) reunion with someone
Metal Gear Solid V The Phantom Pain - 3 - Episodes 7-11
We've reached a very important moment in The Phantom Pain. Our journey to regretting our words and deeds starts here. That's right; it's time to recruit Quiet. But first we must face off in a sniper duel against her, listen to Mommy Miller and Daddy Ocelot argue over whether to keep her, and then watch as she snipes a jet out of the sky from a moving helicopter.
Episode 41: Revolver
Metal Gear Solid V The Phantom Pain - 2 - Episodes 3-6
We're back at it with The Phantom Pain, and now that things are starting to pick up at Mother Base, it's time for some classic sneaking missions with Venom Snake culminating in a reunion with our old friend Skull Face, who's got a fun(?) new look, and a big ol' Metal Gear at his disposal. Also Snake and Ocelot decide to adopt.
Episode 40: "Do it (Defecate)" now available
Metal Gear Solid V The Phantom Pain - 1 - Episodes 0-2
We've tasted the appetizer, and it's on to the main course as we begin The Phantom Pain. Nine years after Ground Zeroes, Snake is back, full of Venom, and ready to build up yet another offshore military base, but first we've gotta rescue an old friend with the help of our favorite cowboy-coded gunslinger.
Episode 39: Booby Snake
Metal Gear Solid V Ground Zeroes
We're moving on to MGSV, but before we can start on the main entree of The Phantom Pain, we have to play through the appetizer that is Ground Zeroes. Despite being a bit of a prologue and teaser for what's to come in The Phantom Pain, there is a lot to dig into with Ground Zeroes, bad and good. If you know anything about GZ, you know exactly what I mean. Enjoy this extra beefy episode as w
Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker - 6 - Metal Gear Zeke
We're back, and this time we're finishing Peace Walker for real. Last time we put a stop to Peace Walker and Hot Coldman, averting a nuclear disaster. Surely chapter 5 will have us doing something equally important, right? Wrong! We've got an escaped Russian prisoner to hunt down over and over again, until finally something dramatic does happen. Perhaps someone is not who they said the
Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker - 5 - Peace Walker Fight 2
It's time for us to face Peace Walker one last time, and finally put a stop to Hot Coldman's plans. We also get another healthy dose of characters assuming they know way more about the Boss than they really do. And at the end of it all, it's time for Snake to fully accept his role as Big Boss. Yet, despite all of that, there's still more of this game left. Tune in as we come to the
Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker - 4 - Peace Walker Fight 1
It's time to fight Peace Walker! Except first we have to sneak through a hanger, get captured and tortured, escape, sneak through said hanger AGAIN, and then we fight Peace Walker. Only for it turn spider-mode and run away, the coward. We talk about all of that and still find time to talk about Huey's cringe letter to Strangelove. If you thought Otacon was a bit of loser, wait til you get
Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker - 3 - Chrysalis and Cocoon
Peace Walker continues! It's time to take down two more AI mechs (and then replay the fights for those sweet, sweet Zeke parts). We also get to meet Dr. Strangelove (not the Peter Sellers one unfortunately), and start to learn what her whole deal is. Also: the Boss? Maybe you've heard of her? Well she's here too... sorta.
Episode 34: Kojima Kaminandesu
Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker - 2 - Pupa
We're back with more Peace Walker! Time to fight the Shagohod, uh, I mean, time to fight Pupa! We also learn a bit more about what's going on in Costa Rica as we meet Otacon's father, and *checks notes* Hot Coldman.
Episode 33: Mr. Kojima?
Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker - 1 - LAV-Type G
We're back in the hands of Hideo Kojima as we move on from Portable Ops to Peace Walker! Turns out everything we liked about Portable Ops is here, but there's more of it and it's even better. After spending some time away from him, we can really feel Kojima's influence on this one. Join us as we begin our quest to build up Outer Heaven and find out what the CIA is doing in Costa Ri
Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops - 4 - Gene
Not even a battery failure could keep us from finishing Portable Ops! We finally learn what Gene's goals are (and you just know Big Boss is taking notes), have a shocking revelation about the events of MGS3, catch a few glimpses of our boy Ocelot, and stop a nuclear war or something, but that's not as important. Join us next time for Peace Walker!
Episode 31: Electronic Mail
Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops - 3 - Metal Gear RAXA
We're not quite at the end of Portable Ops just yet, but it's time for a big fight against a Metal Gear! Or maybe it's more accurate to call it a small fight against a medium-sized Metal Gear? Regardless! We take down RAXA and learn a little bit more about what's really going on here in the San Hieronymo Peninsula and what Gene might be planning. We also say farewell to one of our
Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops - 2 - Python and Null
Last time we made it across that pesky rail bridge, so now it's time to find out what's on the other side! Turns out there's nukes, maybe a metal gear, and a Mr. freeze pinhead combination freak that we also have to fight.
Episode 29: The Podcast Historian
Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops - 1 - Rail Bridge
We're reliving the glorious days of portable gaming with 2006's Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops: the first non-Kojima led game we're covering! Time to find out what Big Boss was up to after the events of MGS3. Turns out he was somewhere in Columbia with Roy Campbell building an army one solider at a time.
Episode 28: Portable Gamin'
Metal Gear Solid 4 - 7 - Epilogue
We're finally here at the end of MGS4. We've got a rat patrol Wedding, a ninja family reunion, and Solid Snake's got one last mission to complete. One last bullet to fire into his.. hey wait, who's that coming up behind him. By God! That's ███ ████'s music!
Episode 27: PATR10T
Metal Gear Solid 4 - 6 - Act 5
It's our penultimate episode on MGS4! We've gotta stop Liquid's plan by uploading a virus into GW, but first we have one last Beauty and the Beast Corps member to take care of, a reunion with a certain psychic, a long walk down a microwave hallway, and one final battle between two men free of ideology and politics (questionable).
Episode 26: Love CAN Bloom On the Battlefield
Metal Gear Solid 4 - 5 - Act 4
Time to make our fated return to Shadow Moses Island before it sinks into the ocean. After strolling down memory lane, we have one final showdown with everyone's favorite bisexual vampire and then finally, after 4 games, we get in the robot.
Episode 25: Fox... Die... Ja Nai!
Metal Gear Solid 4 - 4 - Act 3
Not a lot of gameplay happens in Act 3 of MGS4, but we learn SO MUCH from the cutscenes. Enjoy this longer than normal episode as we try to unpack the many things we learn from Big Mama before Ocelot finally gains control of The System.
Episode 24: Bag Boss
Metal Gear Solid 4 - 3 - Act 2
Our journey with Old Snake *psyche gauge lowers* continues into Act 2 of MGS4. We run into our old friends bisexual vampire and ninja twink (who's now cyborg ninja twink!). Can an old man *psyche gauge lowers even more* keep up with these young studs? Oh and hey, it's time to learn what the deal is with the Beauty and Beast Corps (and it's not good!).
Episode 23: Metal Gear Bulldozer
Metal Gear Solid 4 - 2 - Act 1 Part 2
We're back with more MGS4! We finished Act 1 which means it's time for a reunion with Meryl, an encounter with some beasts (who may or may not also be beauties), and a brief glimpse of our boy Liquid Ocelot.
Episode 22: 2080p
Metal Gear Solid 4 - 1 - Act 1 Part 1
We say goodbye to the PS2 and hello to the PS3 as we begin Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, a game with a whole lot going on from the jump. PMCs? Nanomachines? The war economy? Cyber eyes? Monkey? Terrible eggs?! We've got so much to talk about it just the first few hours of the game, so make sure to get your iPod ready to listen to this "integral podcast."
Episode 21: War
Metal Gear Solid 3 - 7 - The Boss
We finished MGS3! So much happens in the final moments of this game: a face-off against a G.I Joe villain, a motorcycle chase, a fight against the Shagohod, another motorcycle chase, and a climactic showdown with The Boss. Even with all of that, there's still time for some last minute character revelations and one final standoff with everyone's favorite revolving spinning freak, Ocelot.
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Metal Gear Solid 3 - 6 - The Sorrow
In this episode, it's time for some classic MGS stuff: sneaking around a military base, getting tortured, and fighting a dude with psychic powers. And also crotch grabbing?
Episode 19: Long Line of Johnnys
Metal Gear Solid 3 - 5 - The End and The Fury
In this episode we fight the world's oldest sniper, climb a very long ladder, sneak around some mountains, have another meeting with our favorite femme fatale, and get flambeed by an absolute freak who just wants the world to burn.
Episode 18: Tsuchinoko Real
Metal Gear Solid 3 - 4 - The Pain and The Fear
Time for us to face off against our first two members of the Cobra unit. We fight off a bunch of hornets in cave with The Pain, and have a Predator style show down with The Fear. Along the way we also get to pretend to be a scientist and meet a sad, drunk Russian man who has strong opinions on mech designs.
Episode 17: Real Mechs Have Legs
Metal Gear Solid 3 - 3 - Ocelot
It's time to commence Operation Snake Eater, and also time to actually eat some snakes. We meet our KGB contact Eva, watch Snake get extremely horny over a .45, make fun of Ocelot for not being able to count, and have a face off with the gun flipping wizard himself (before some hornets come along and ruin the moment).
Episode 16: Gun Freak Snake
Metal Gear Solid 3 - 2 - Virtuous Mission Part 2
We finished the Virtual, uh, I mean Virtuous Mission, but not before we learned what the deal is with this Sokolov guy, met a young, twinky Ocelot, and got CQCed off a bridge by The Boss.
Episode 15: Meow
Metal Gear Solid 3 - 1 - Virtuous Mission
Time to play a new Metal Gear game. Oh boy, can't wait to find out what happened with Snake and Raiden after the end of MGS2. Wait. What do you mean this game takes place in 1964? And who is this Naked Snake guy? Join us as we get our bearings in MGS3.
Episode 14: Real Doll Raiden
Metal Gear Solid 2 - 7 - Solidus
We've made it to the end of Metal Gear Solid 2, and you know what that means: time for another fight between two men supposedly free of politics and ideology, but this time they both have high energy swords...and one of them also has cyber tentacles. It also turns out there actually is lot of politics and ideology to talk through as we close the book on MGS2.
Episode 13: ASMR: Snake Affirms Y
Metal Gear Solid 2 - 6 - Metal Gear Ray
Things are getting WILD as we make our way towards the end of MGS2. A MSG1 style torture sequence (but this time with more nudity), 4th wall breaking Colonel (who's not really the Colonel), AI!, a Snake and Raiden tag-team (non-sexual), more Ocelot shenanigans, more Liquid shenanigans!, and a fight with multiple metal gears? Things are popping off and we're still not even done with the gam
Metal Gear Solid 2 - 5 - Vamp
It's time for us to talk to the president and finally figure out what's really going down at Big Shell (for real this time... right?). We also finally get to fight our favorite bisexual vampire, meet Otacon's sister, and learn the most insane backstory about Otacon, his dad, and step-mother.
Episode 11: Otacon Confirmed Bull
Metal Gear Solid 2 - 4 - Harrier
On this episode of Grind My Metal Gears: Directional microphones! Secret service agents! Disguises! And a Harrier! We also meet Solidus Snake for the first time, and also come to the startling realization that Vamp is just a Twilight vampire.
Episode 10: Hideo Kojima Today
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