Big Boss

  • Codec Logs: Who Do I Call to Import Some Sand?

    Codec Logs: Who Do I Call to Import Some Sand?

    I’ll get to the the intro credits in a minute, but you touched on something that I suddenly can’t stop thinking about: the scene with Gustava in the sewer. You’re right, it isn’t necessarily…

  • The Story So Far: Metal Gear (MSX2)

    The Story So Far: Metal Gear (MSX2)

    Gray Fox has been captured by Outer Heaven forces and Solid Snake has been sent in to rescue him.

  • Codec Logs: Positive Punk

    Codec Logs: Positive Punk

    From: Blake Foley To: Sean Gandert Subject: RE: Stop the Operation. Switch off Your MSX at Once. Man, Bioshock’s twist… I really hate that it is THE twist in video games, and I equally…

  • Codec Logs: Stop the Operation. Switch off Your MSX at Once.

    Codec Logs: Stop the Operation. Switch off Your MSX at Once.

    Codec Logs is a retrospective Metal Gear letter series by Blake Foley and Sean Gandert. An index of the letters can be found here. From: Sean Gandert To: Blake Foley Subject: Stop the Operation.…

  • Codec Logs: World-Building with Steve

    Codec Logs: World-Building with Steve

    From: Blake Foley To: Sean Gandert Subject: RE: Entering the Cardboard Box Sean, Even though I’m a long time fan of the series, I actually never went back to Metal Gear on the MSX2.…

  • Codec Logs: Entering the Cardboard Box

    Codec Logs: Entering the Cardboard Box

    This is going to put me in a tiny minority of players, but before we began this project Metal Gear was the most recent entry of the series that I’d played. After I graduated…