what literary inspirations and themes does MGSV, or any of the other metal gear solid games, embody in it's writing? Do these games warrant the praise of their writing and worlds? what the fuck was kojima thinking when he made these games?
for mgsv, dogs of war and habermasfor the rest - idk, never cared about them
>>25613782V is heavy handed with the moby dick references to drive home the basic bitch revenge plot (never finished, shit game)i remember the tapes in peace walker name dropping perpetual peace (kant). probably hobbes and rousseau as well
>>25613782idk but guy on the right is HOT, like a manlier Jacques de Bascher (who was very /lit/ btw)
>>25613782I read Kant for the first time after playing Peace Walker. Perpetual Peace was ok.I am curious if anyone has read any of the novelizations? I know they arent literature but could be some good popcorn kino
>>25613782kojima is the pynchon of literature
Reddit ass thread
>>25613808that's Nietzsche anon>>25613937fuck off faggot
Burroughs. Language as a virus. Directly plagiarized. But there are other burroughsian tropes there as well, the Outer Heaven is basically a pirate utopia and that's a concept Burroughs explores in Cities of the Red Night (extremely hard recommend, the best WSB book in my opinion) and Ghost of Chance (sort of mid short story but meh, decent enough to read in one evening).
How has no-one brought up Tom Clancy?There was a heavy influence in both metal gear games as well as metal gear solid.
>>25613782He's written a book on his influences. It's essentially a book of reviews but you'll get a glimpse of what your after.
>>25613782William S Burroughs William S Burroughs William S Burroughs William S Burroughs William S Burroughs Or, to make it even clearerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eTSL2kopP4
>>25614217THANK YOU Kojima is a true hack
>>25615197Who does he list as his influences >the creative gene Total narcissist
>>25615261It's more of a review book. He wrote for 2 different magazines between specific years and it's just a collection of those reviews sandwiched between his take on 'memes' in the introduction and afterword.This is his 'media list' (index).2001 Nights2001: A Space OdysseyAll She Was WorthAnd Then There Were NoneApple iPodAscenseur pour l'échafaudBewitchedBlade RunnerThe City & The CityCoin Locker BabiesColumboCrayon Shin ChanDarkness, Take My HandDilated to Meet You (The Resurrection Fireplace)The Drifting ClassroomEarly AutumnHankyu DenshaHoshiyadori no KoeHyoryuI SpyInherit the StarsJennieJoy DivisionKamen RiderKinshu: Autumn BrocadeLittle House on the PrairieMetal Gear Solid: Guns of the Patriots"The Moon over the Mountain"NordwandThe NotebookOrgelThe Proof'Salem's LotSatoriShacho Shima KosakuShadow 81Sony WalkmanSpaceSpace Battleship YamatoThe Summit of the GodsSunday Foreign Movie Theatre 40th Anniversary: Nagaharu Yodogawa's Classic Film CommentsTaxi DriverTensai BakabonThe Third LieTout SeulUltrasevenUmimachi DiaryVirus: The Day of ResurrectionThe Woman in the Dunes
>>25615210lmaoStill filtering midwits hard
>>25613897Structurally yeah>charmingly idiosyncratic characters>stilted dialogue that prioritizes clever period and regional references over decipherability>heavy reliance on technobabble just familiar enough to reality to sound realistic to a layman>>25615100Only by the broad stroke of also being military fiction, the simple fact that metal gear is extremely character-driven makes it far less clancy inspired than something like ace combat
>>25613782Kojima literally carbon-copied 'Genocidal Organ' from Project Ito. Actually a good novel.
>>25615510Strange take when a lot of the game plots have tons of similarities to Sum of All Fears
>>25615510>>25615762Also The Hunt for Red October.
>>25613782Kojima is a movie person, you need to watch everything Andrzej Wajda has made
I thought it's themes were alright but too overratted in a sense because basically every person out there says how it "predicted everything"
>>25618227Gamers have no frame of reference and are easily fooled and impressed
>>25613782None. Kojima is a pseud hack kill every single fan of his
>>25613782>what literary inspirations and themes does MGSV, or any of the other metal gear solid games, embody in it's writing?Infinite Jest
>>25613782Hideo Kojimas mind
>>25615283Pretty based tastes, desu
>>25613782Black Future by Whitney Ryan
>>25615283>genre fiction and hollywoodgrim
Gamers will look you in the eye and insist there is nothing performative or ostentatious about this image.
