How Metal Gear Solid Changed Video Games Forever

About this episode

The episode explores how Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear Solid revolutionized video games by blending storytelling and gameplay.

Hideo Kojima proved that video games are more than just games by pushing the medium in ways that excited the mind and touched the soul. Find out why we found love on the battlefield with this classic. Metal Gear Solid Check out my interview with David Hayter (Solid Snake) here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BDHPFyuVbM&t=62s Sample from my Hayter interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ8ED7Bww2s Guest Info Robert Kojder is a writer for Flickering Myth. You can find his work here. https://www.flickeringmyth.com/author/robert-kojder/?fbclid=IwY2xjawOIz9tleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETE0d3pkQ1N3YWhYeW1NSktuc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHsskasM_LplKJMlJy0EJpTg_BDQzuz1soNlaGUJThFcadp76vAR8fsR-a-UA_aem_uCWTGPtD2RvHs07E3bjNfw Rob's socials X and BlueSky @FlickmythRob Michell Kisner is a Member of the Michigan Movie Critics Guild. who probably knows more about video games than you can imagine. Michelle's Links Substack: https://michellekisner.substack.com/?r=568zy6&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=profile Instagram https://www.instagram.com/RobotCookie Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/michellekisner.bsky.social https://www.spoilerfreemoviesleuth.com/ Subscribe to YPA Reviews for more…

People in this episode

Host: YPA Reviews

Guests: David Hayter, Robert Kojder, Michell Kisner

Topics covered

• video games
• Hideo Kojima
• Metal Gear Solid
• game design
• storytelling in games

Keywords

• Metal Gear Solid
• Hideo Kojima
• David Hayter
• video game design
• storytelling

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Flickering Myth, Michigan Movie Critics Guild

Books & works: Metal Gear Solid

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