Video Game Visionaries.

Bone and Sinew.

BANG. Cyborg Ninja. Gray Fox. If you are unfamiliar with this cat than you are missing out on one of video game history's greatest ninja of ALL TIME. By far, this--THIS--was my absolute favorite part about Metal Gear Solid. For us older cats, we remember rockin' the gats in the OG series on Nintendo wit them incessant dogs. This game, Metal Gear Solid, changed the mother fucking game yo. Changed the platform of the series from that overhead view and gave us a third-person view and control of one of the stealthiest warriors out there. This game revolutionized villains too. It had been a while since we had seen characters designed so well. Yoji Shinkawa immediately had me shook with his artwork for this game. I hadn't seen nothin like it really. It was like old Japanese scrolls fused with comic books. Illness.

This game was mad fun. From the sic story with the ill cinematic cut scenes (some of the first of it's kind that most people are spoiled with in today's games. It wasn't always like this folks, pay homage and give credit to the God). The cardboard box trick, the knock (Huh!? What was that noise?), all that good shit!! Metal Gear Solid was on that stealth tip but still let you destroy shit and snap necks if you wanted. The story weaved in some interesting characters too. Ocelot, Sniper Wolf, Psycho Mantis. Man, Psycho Mantis was one of the most genius bosses ever and if you've played the game you know you were stoked as shit when
you finally figured out how to defeat that dude. Bow down to Konami for that one.

However, even better than that floating Mansonite reject was Gray Fox. Cyborg Ninja. Dude was QUICK. Like if Twista were a ninja and stopped rapping, it would be this cat wit a blade. Gray Fox was ill and easily went Predator on your ass throughout the battle. Not to mention the dialogue during the battle was creepy too and not jus cause it sounded like Deep Throat on Auto-Tune. Dude was dramatic with his words. Enigmatic. Like a predator toying with it's prey, ironically enough. Dude was BRUTAL. The opening scene before the battle has him getting his Lone Wolf on. The dude literally saw red.

My obsession with ninjas and ninja culture has definitely only increased in my life and playing with this piece was hella fun, even with it's struggles. Enjoi this Dexter-laced vision I have of one of the greatest ninjas ever in the history of ninjadom. Mind your sixes folks, that little Matrix-glitch you saw in the trees jus might be someone like Fox.

"Only a fool trusts his life to a weapon."


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