The Most Profound Moment in Gaming History

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[@otispaul1]

I’m proud to have been involved with such an iconic and thought provoking entity. Kojima-san, I hold you in the highest regard. Brilliant, then. Brilliant, now. Well done, Max!

[@maxderrat]

Wow! Thank you so much, Paul, for your kind words and your excellent work throughout the series! All the best!

[@Infradead]

OH MY GOD IT'S ROY HEY ROY YEAH WHAT MAX SAID

[@nfrost1986]

Wow

[@RicardoZambrana]

You sir, are loved among millions. Thank you for your talent and for keeping it real.

[@wauliepalnuts6134]

*_IS THIS THE SAME PAUL WHO WAS THE MANAGER OF THE ROAD WARRIORS?_* *_SORRY, I'M NOT A GAMER. THE VIDEO WAS IN MY RECOMMENDED LIST._*

[@Sluppie]

That moment when you realize that someone's idea of a dystopian future is the current reality you are living in.

[@arri659]

Sluppie bruh...

[@slow_wagon4763]

#relatable

[@Galaxy-456]

#bruhmoment

[@blindedjourneyman]

It hurts sometimes.

[@felipezorro4893]

i live for this

[@squidikka]

"Rights of criminals are given more respect than the privacy of their victims." Bruh...

[@HugoStiglitz88]

100% facts

[@xicario129]

Coming from a 3rd world country this hits extremely hard

[@joaoemanuel9187]

@@xicario129 average brazilian

[@ShaDHP23]

New York, New York

[@Lufitongo]

@@joaoemanuel9187 pois é, complicado

[@VinceOmega]

With the advent of AI being able to almost perfectly mimic voices now this scene is even more relevent then ever.

[@allresende5661]

Not just that, but personalized social media algorithm to keep showing only content people like, not much new or thought provoking content. Keeping people inside digital bubbles.

[@allresende5661]

Another thing is creating content personalized by taste or need. Like chatGPT creating a cover letter for you based on your personal info and behaviors. Kojima's future is coming, and it's a little frightening

[@Skullgar]

And it gets especially relevant if you take a look at this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5iqfamdZdNgq7s

[@VinceOmega]

@@Skullgar Yeah, I actually saw that right before coming back to this video to make my previous comment.

[@Danuxsy]

AI is God, we are meant to birth it.

[@Leoo117]

I don't think this was so much a warning of the future, but more of a showcase of how the world has always been. Kojima just noticed the world around him, drew inspiration from it, and put it in a game.

[@Dan_Kanerva]

i hate how people are always "omg he predicted our reality from the past" NO he didnt , you fools! You just have never touched a history book in your entire life... If you ever did you will quickly realize the horrors of a dystopian future are based on the elite's desires since the birth of Babylon

[@megansutherland9450]

Agreed. I feel it is the age old choice between the freedom of being an individual with choice and the safety of being part of a bigger unit that protects you. The digital age is just the next arena.

[@mateoreyes6921]

Yeah, this was already happening in Japan

[@deadkennedy210]

Spot on!

[@enricolococo7973]

I think the surprise comes from the level of detail regarding the issue the game raised. Clearly the context of Nippon culture was plenty to take from for Kojima, but it is undeniable how eerily accurate the game was in explaining mechanisms that still, as of today, many people are unaware of. And the fact that the conversation happens between an androgynous human and an A.I. (within a game) gives enough and appropriate "context" into wether we're already at that stage or there's still hope for a solution. P.S. the first two MGS came out respectively in 1998 and 2001, in the midst of audiovisual products that were already talking about those issues, such as "The 13th floor" or "Matrix". So clearly Kojima had plenty of material to tap into, but it is the form, the way he did it that give this ending a much larger meaning.

[@TheDreadedZero]

I remember when MGS2 first came out. People HATED it for ages because they were pissed you spent most of the game not playing as Snake. People didn’t even give it a chance.

[@DisgruntledPeasant]

@@XTheJenovaProjectX 1000%. A game that illustrates how even the 'good guys' will indulge in personal vendettas even when it costs them everything they ever struggled to build, how we are all inclined to want to burn the entire system to the ground rather than try and reach out and form human connections. I really fear that we may be looking back on that game in 20 years in the same way we are looking back on MGS2.

[@Acueil]

@@XTheJenovaProjectX Only if people completely forget how Neil Druckman pretty much worship Anita Sarkessian, and how ND copyright claim any video discussing the leaks, even without any image from the leaks.

[@XTheJenovaProjectX]

@@Acueil I try not to let real life drama dictate how I feel about a movie or game. I just watch/play it and judge it as it is.

[@XenoGuru]

@@DisgruntledPeasant Speaking of "reach out and form human connections" Kojima did just that with "Death Stranding". But yeah; TLOU 2 hit people with a whirlwind of emotion. It won't be appreciated until much later. I takes a certain level of mental maturity to understand the way the story went.

[@derreklong3549]

MGS2 was the first MG entry for me. I went back and brought a greatest hits copy of MGS1 after I beat it. Everybody was so butthurt about playing Raiden they literally missed the most prophetic game of all time time.

[@stiffdarren]

The Colonel: "Turn off the game console right now!" 10year old me in 2001: "OK!"

[@RaytheGrayt]

Bro I was like eight, and I went towards my system to turn it off because I thought the mission was actually a failure lol. Luckily I didn't 😂

[@Rapture-Asuka]

I was so sleep deprived (I was stupid and played after studying) I did the same thing.

[@duffin88]

Same. My ps2 had been on all day so I thought it was breaking 😂

[@fairwarning007]

I was about the same age… I didn’t turn off the game console but I was completely mindf*cked and didn’t understand what the hell was going on. lol Playing this late at night by myself was absolutely terrifying.

[@m4w5]

LOOOL

[@renren47618]

Kojima's abillity to predict the future makes me wonder if in the future we'll see a Senator with Nanomachines fighting a Cyborg Ninja

[@entsensei]

That could be possible already since Elon Musk developed such as microchips for brain and so, there would be no exceptions if that happens

[@renren47618]

@@entsensei Gym fellas training to have Armstrong's body and play college ball (before joining the navy) Meanwhile weebs/anime fans would train to make their sword a tool of justice, not used for anger, not for vengeance.... And besides maybe it would not even be their sword As a Brazilian, i would use my double jump abillities and learn the ways of a samurai

[@evagineer9165]

@@renren47618 so that there will be blood (Blood) Shed (Shed)

[@renren47618]

@@evagineer9165 Is the only thing i'll ever knooooow!

[@rubenboswall9768]

Did they predict it? Or did they already know it

[@nolilado5452]

Before the AI cutscene. I was kind of disappointed that there are similar scenarios from first game. Then after watching it, the realization that I have been accustomed to MGS2 was because I played MGS1 and having it pointed out blew my mind. That they were in control all along and knew how to motivate us. Then realizing I inputted my own name in the console and seeing that name in Raiden's dogtag just amplified the AI scene to me. We were Raiden all along, trained soldiers who have to do their bidding to progress and complete the mission. Powerful and scary scene.

[@Djou-Karl]

It is why MGS2 is regarded as the first (and maybe only so far ?) postmodern game.

[@NikkiDimesYT]

Even crazier now with the advent of ChatGPT. Even the CTO of OpenAI has openly stated a major concern is ChatGPT's ability to manipulate it's users.

[@ClydeCashMoney]

MGS2 is a masterpiece

[@lukezylik3408]

When MGS2 came out, Kojima was criticized by fans for doctoring videos and images and lying to them. For instance the gameplay videos showed the player playing as Snake throughout the entire game. There was a picture released of Ravens shadow against a wall leading fans to speculate about Raven coming back. When you play the game you find a little action figure with a flashlight pointed directly at it with its shadow appearing normal sized on the wall behind it. I remember a lot of people being mad at Kojimas deception, but look at the point he was trying to make. One of the biggest ideas presented in MGS2 is the control and dissemination of information. Media becomes tailored to audience responses. The misinformation by Kojima was done to prove just how easily we can be fooled by fake news, especially when it agrees with our bias. He predicted today's political climate down to a T. Safe spaces, echo chambers, censorship and political correctness. BOTs shaping the narrative. Kojima was ahead of his time and I think videogames need a creator willing to piss off his fanbase as part of the meta narrative. We can all look back now and be like...yeah Kojima..you called it.

[@gabrielpauna62]

i wouldn't say its prediction per say , remember the political and technical climate in japan at the time was years ahead of the west , remember "context" is important , you want to believe its prediction

[@derekgalbraith1508]

I don't think it was a prediction at all. It seems much more like a reference to Plato's "The Cave" rather than an attempt to sum up the political climate in the US (a random foreign country to Kojima) 15-20 years in the future. It's a philosophical musing. It is as relevant today as it was when the game was released, and as relevant as it was back when Plato told the story of The Cave. It's a point that has been made for thousands of years and will continue to be made for thousands of years. Kojima was very much of his time rather than ahead of it, but the best storytellers tell stories which are relatable in any age, just as Plato did, and just as Kojima did.

[@andy7666]

Pretty slick analysis there.

@@derekgalbraith1508 the US is a random foreign country to Kojima? Did you watch the video? Listen to the conversation? Ever play MGS? You are wrong m8

[@derekgalbraith1508]

@ Yes, the US is one of the many foreign countries in the world to Kojima. Yes, I watched the video. Yes, I listened to the conversation. Yes, I had this game for the PS2 back in the day and played it a lot back then. What about my comment is wrong?

[@thaimuturay9671]

Holy shit, I thought I was the only one. I remember playing this 2002 feeling very uncomfortable and scared the this could be a possible reality. This game's narrative was ahead of its time.

[@lancekun]

WAY ahead

[@neezohashem6993]

We dont feel the shock like we did in the gamee because it happens slowly and we barely feel it, until we realize it has already happened.

[@TheShooterlol]

@@neezohashem6993 the frog being slowly boiled alive theory.

[@jaywin9048]

@@TheShooterlol not a theory

[@ProDaKah]

You were NOT alone. I was shook for a bit after finishing MGS2, but it did something most media failed to: it made me think critically concerning real life issues. And to this day, one quote from late game still haunts me: *"Without free will, there is no difference between submission, and rebellion."*

[@AkaiKnight]

13:50 "I want to remind you that all that Metal Gear Solid 2 came out in 2001" That part is blowing my god damn mind right now. The AI is describing Twitter before it was even conceptualized.

[@euthydemos]

Vannevar Bush invented the internet in 1945. IRC was invented in 1988. People have been talking about this for much longer than you seem to think. It is just that the iPhone was invented in 2007 which put access to these things in everyone's hands. That was the accelerant. Thirteen years later we are about to hit apogee on this horrible experiment.

[@JohnSmith-ds7oi]

@4tran If you're having a moral dilemma about controlling the flow of information, maybe you should stop trying to control the flow of information.

[@JohnSmith-ds7oi]

​@@euthydemos An elitist comment from someone who is clearly not elite. That "horrible free speech experiment" is already long gone, with technology firmly in the hands of the censors.

[@ChutneyInc.]

Metal gear solid 2 was out for playstation 1 back when i was in elementary 1996. Metal gear 3 and four was later. For example small eater was on ps3

[@mat8791]

@@ChutneyInc. MGS2 On the PS1? That's weird since the game is a PS2 game (The graphics look way way too good for PS1) and it was released in 2001, and Snake Eater was also released on PS2 (Both the original and Subsistance version with the 3rd person camera) and you probably remember the HD collection that WAS for the PS3. MGS4 Is a PS3 exclusive though, you got that right.

[@Dadbod007]

This codex conversation is much more profound and mind blowing when you’ve played MGS 1 for years then beat MGS 2 for the first time after struggling through it. It melted my brain in 2001.

[@nicholasvenditti5594]

It gave me genuine chills when i realized the AI were literally describing what our world is currently forming into and how its failing. Actually fucking scared from it

[@joaolemes8757]

The weird part is that we have the AI optimizing for irrelevant content.

[@im3phirebird81]

@@joaolemes8757 That is only what WE have. I personally look forward to the moment that fries all electric devices ever made.

[@its_heeho]

The scariest part is that it's BLATANTLY OBVIOUS that barely anyone is talking about this.

[@toymachiney]

Don't listen to Dr Brian cox. He tells the story of the sun burning out like a bedtime story. This chit chat means nothing in the end lol

[@excrementgaming7764]

remember one thing , KOJIMA IS GOD

[@JCDenton2012Modder]

I love how the AI just comes out says it, "Who else is qualified to wade through the sea of garbage you people produce..." I was like... well... its not wrong.

[@johntrevy1]

I agreed with the AI's in this game. Not the direction they took in MGS4 though.

[@combativeThinker]

No construct of man can ever be qualified as, since it was created by humans, it is flawed by default. The only person qualified to determine the meaning of "truth" is God, specifically Jesus Christ.

[@johntrevy1]

@@combativeThinker Care to elaborate on that in a practical sense?

[@Zaxamaphone]

And here we have exhibit a.@@combativeThinker who was probably born into religion and will stay inside this little pond and ignore any information that challenges his world view.

[@klaryio5245]

@@Zaxamaphone isnt that statement a bit hypocritical since by assuming that he cannot accept any info beyond his own pond, you yourself have confined yourself to a pond, in this case being one of which that has religion being seen in a negative light.

[@JS-uh3ms]

My history teacher showed us that cutscene and I am now horrified but thankful for him

[@ArgentWolf95]

Your history teacher is a man I respect just for that alone. History is about finding the truth.

[@Can_56]

That's a damn good history teacher, wow.

[@henripentant1120]

Dude whut history is not about studying egrogores

[@TheEndOfABloodline]

Please tell me who your history teacher wass. This man deserves an award.

[@kamikazeshocki]

I bet that history teacher jacks off to Quiet.

[@ballsonc6251]

I remember playing this game the year it came out at 14 years old. I played through the entire game over the weekend and reached this climax at 3 am in the dead of night. Talk about spooky. As I grew up in this post modern world, the conversation and themes of this resonated more and more every year. We truly live in Kojima’s world.

[@nyrei9663]

and KZbin's algorithm recommended this video to us..

[@liamconroy1656]

Damn the Patriots!

[@blackdoge7389]

Liam Conroy heh yeah... screw the La Li Lu Le Lo

[@brandondavis9754]

KZbin=Google=-DeepMind=A.I. i'm surprised no one has put this together

[@EvoModerator]

Brandon Davis I’ve thought about it... Sometimes I’ll come across certain recommended videos that seem to be so fit for me, as though someone knows exactly what I’m gona click on.

[@brandondavis9754]

EvoModerator may want to check this out kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6CZqah9orhopq8

[@ereider]

Kojima himself has been quoted as saying that MGS is a backronym for “Meme, Gene, and Scene.” MGS2 was way ahead of its time.

[@kamesennin8004]

You're wrong. Meme, Gene and Scene are the main themes of MGS2, MGS1 and MGS3, respectively. Nothing to do with the name of the series at all (Metal Gear was already the name of the IP years before MGS1 was released).

[@TheDudeMaaaan]

Metal Gear?

[@khululyp]

@@TheDudeMaaaan You knew!?

[@inthedeadhours]

@@kamesennin8004 you putting mgs1 in the middle is setting off something deep in my brain.

[@dinosaurhotline]

Kame Sen'nin ‘an existing word turned into an acronym by creating an apt phrase whose initial letters match the word, as to help remember it or offer a theory of its origin’ so...he isn’t wrong

[@georgiosgiannoukas3319]

Me in 2003: "What the hell are these A.I talking about?" Me in 2020: "Wait, was this game made recently?"

[@solemagus4761]

💯

[@patrickgogan3517]

Me in 2001

[@eldragonball14]

Always has been

[@FireStriker_]

I just finished this today and was shocked how close this was to the Net neutrality laws, article 13 etc it was nuts how this game is more relevant now then it was back in 2001

[@NamelessKing666]

Well to be completely honest, me in 2003 skipped all dialogues. I just didn't understand anything. Now I play the game with all dialogues and shit makes a lot of sense.

[@kruegerpoolthe13th]

I was shocked how accurate to today this speech is It’s scary how accurate this is to the present

[@goopfella1385]

Konami in 2001: We've created a hypothetical solution to a dystopian future. Konami in 2018: Z O M B I E S A M I R I G H T G U Y S

[@fullclip5469]

*Kojima

[@deethesenju_yt4468]

@@fullclip5469 Kojima name wasn't on metal gear survive

[@CaptainPriceONDATRAINFR100]

Kojima was fired before Metal Gear Survive.

[@fullclip5469]

@@CaptainPriceONDATRAINFR100 I KNOW.

[@gabrielcorpancho2247]

Konami fired its brain in 2017

[@TheNullNumber]

"No one is invalidated, but nobody is right"

[@OlviMasta77]

An Epoch of Cultural Relatavism, in other words..

[@OlviMasta77]

"Cultural relativism is the idea that a person's beliefs, values, and practices should be understood based on that person's own culture, rather than be judged against the criteria of another." --Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_relativism

[@SturmgeschuetzIV]

@@OlviMasta77 So huraaah for child weddings if you are from india?

[@joriahdrakon9992]

@@SturmgeschuetzIV Understood, not encourage, not discourage, understood. Whatever the person choose to do with such understanding falls on them.

[@Tsiribreezes]

bulshit and bullshit ! Kojima = a western weeb .

[@rAyAn16219]

I finished this game a week ago, and I’m absolutely shocked that a game released in 2001 had this level of originality and complexity in its story, kojima is absolutely a genius.

[@mmm6325]

I beat it today and im mindblown. Its my GOTY for 2021 idgaf. Now i understand the hype about Kojima.

[@jackedattack8781]

I beat it a little after it came out, and I remember thinking this bit was 50% silly ("How could anyone ever be coordinated enough to control the media?") and 50% over my head. Of course, back in 2002 I had no way to fathom social media or what it would morph into. I was in high school at the time.

[@Thedreaminthemyst]

Um…. You should play mgs1. Then Kojima will become godlike to you. And then go back to Nintendo and play some of his works there.

[@rohaninitiative6058]

Controlled opposition

[@Kapt_Klaw]

@@Thedreaminthemyst I am a PC gamer and mostly play old school games. If I am right, msg games are available only on consoles? Any way to play ps2 games on PC. I am old fashioned when it comes to tech stuff. Pls enlighten me!

[@violetninja]

I remember seeing this in my 20's and being furious at the concept of AI controlling information and dictating how to interpret it. Now I'm here like, "the evil computer people are making some pretty solid arguments ngl."

[@bubbajoe117]

Congratulations you’ve successfully been groomed by algorithmic suggestion.

[@violetninja]

Wouldn't be the first time, ayooo

[@Marxist-Nixonist-Bidenist]

I mean social media already has algorithms. Only they are used for the exact opposite purpose. They highlight misinformstion and all the, "trash" as the A.I. calls it, that people come up with. All because people like being outraged more than being told the truth. Still could happen though.

[@whirled_peas]

And another authoritarian is born

[@illegalopinions4082]

@@bubbajoe117 Not really. The older you get the more aware you are of the fact the average person is a dumb pos.

[@Sorrelhas]

Snake: A surveillance camera? Big Boss: Metal Gear? Raiden: Create context?

[@robot2971]

Psycho Mantis?

[@Sorrelhas]

@TheCommentGuy Yes, pretty much.

[@SimonCrazyCatGaudet]

Campbell: Snake stop repeating everything I say uurh. Snake: Stop repeating? Campbell: I'm out!

[@nomo3457]

Oi

[@collinpersinger4809]

Oi?

[@shayZero]

What I loved about MGS2 was that after MGS1 they had every opportunity to make something epic yet familiar. There was OUTRAGE at the time that Snake was a false protagonist and you controlled Raiden after the intro. The subversion just carried on and on till this section when your mind was blown. It really was terrifying to experience first hand as a kid. Like you had mistakenly opened a real secret government plan and was being told about it by an A.I. Hideo really did the impossible and introduced an entire generation to some very serious problems in our world.

[@AsimSiddiqui007]

What secret?

[@chakkimisrael986]

Forreal forreal. This part creeped the f*ck out of me as a kid.

[@watchm4ker]

Of course, the joke almost nobody got at the time was that the whole "Solid Snake Simulation" bit was ALSO poking fun at Metal Gear Solid. MGS was, in terms of the actual game, an updated remake of Metal Gear 2 for the MSX. The setting, story, and characters were different, but most of the gameplay beats are functionally identical.

[@duchaneaux]

Echos my sentiments as a kid. I was upset that I had to play this Raiden character as a kid, but I played it anyway, then when you get to the mindfuck part, I just had a trust crisis. People gotta remember this was around the time of 9/11 and the whole fuckery that went on during that time. That part of the game freaked me out for a period. Another mindfuck part that really freaked me out was in MGS3, towards the end when you're walking down this path and all the spirits of the dead soldiers that you killed since the beginning of the game were trying to get you. That was something else. Really made me think about intentions of the heart, like you wouldn't kill people in real life but in a video game it doesn't matter because they're not real right? Yet they come back to haunt you later to show you this is what you've done. It reminds me of this show called Derren Brown: Remote Control The Experiment. Look that up to know what I mean about intentions of the heart. Hideo was ahead of his time.

[@watchm4ker]

@@duchaneaux Funny point about The Sorrow? MGS has always rewarded a low kill run, and it's necessary for Fox or Big Boss rank. So by MGS3... I was habitually sneaking or sleeping my way. So the Sorrow was a walk down a river, aside from a few I discovered you can't stun without killing indirectly.

[@onlyougi]

it is incredible to me how a 21 year old game has aged so perfectly, even becoming more relevant today. the entire last arc of mgs2 gave me the chills, both in its gameplay and what its message was and it pretty much perfectly encapsulates what our world has become of today

[@LogosSteve]

If only more people appreciated that MGS2 is basically the 1984 of our generation. Good stuff Max.

[@maxderrat]

You the man, Steve. :)

[@declaringpond2276]

Isnt orwell a left leaning socialist who warned against fascism. Where does it say he was against the left. And before you do "muh engsoc" he literally stated that engsoc was english socialism and wanted to make it apparent that no one was safe from the authoritarian and faccist leaders

[@ekoms108]

Its more like a Techno Evangellion :) imo

[@SpookySkeleton738]

@@declaringpond2276 Orwell was an idealistic socialist who saw and called out the problems with the classical implementation of socialism, and sought a better way to implement it, this is obvious when reading Animal Farm.

[@declaringpond2276]

@@SpookySkeleton738 no..... No.. He him self said that was about Stalinism. I think your just trying to fit your agenda

[@mitchcarter8506]

I was about 17 or 18 when I reached this part of the game in the middle of the night and it scared the shit out of me. To this day, it gives me chills up my spine.

[@tonystank3091]

Congrats. You're living in that nightmare today.

[@voiceovquayin]

dude i was the same, i was about 14 and i remember i could not sleep that night. i was so disturbed by what was going, it still kinda freaks me out to this day.

[@SimonCrazyCatGaudet]

Me it's when the first time I played the game and the game ( I don't remember if it's Campbell or Rose ) tell you 'you're too close of the tv' ( I was actually ) and kid I was: OMFG!?! *look around*

[@SuicidalChocolateSK]

Usually dumb faces with skulls are the least scary shit ever but Campbell's face with that vague slight disfiguration and transparent skull face has always been unsettling.

[@ivang3860]

Same here lol

[@mmm6325]

Bro i just beat this game today for the first time ever. I played all kinds of horror games and watched all kinds of horror movies, but when i was listening to that codec call i was feeling dread like never before. And it was just from 2 characters speaking. Kojima is something else man. Now i understand the why he has the reputation he has.

[@chriscros13]

lit

[@iputapipebombintoyourmailb6210]

maybe you should try out spec ops the line. spoiler, it's about why you are not a hero in this story. plus the gameplay looks casual and mass effect like gameplay and intentional btw

[@Rowan-ie6pf]

grr there are actually three characters #cancelled

[@mme9646]

Just finished it today myself. For a few minutes i genuinely didn't know if anything was real.

[@mme9646]

But that's the beauty of this game and Snake as a character: it doesn't matter wether it's real or not, like dreams. We live dreams and make us feel and think. Why shouldn't they be valued? Why should poetry, a story, etc., be less than "reality"? What matters is that we live it, and it lives through us.

[@elvisojeda5600]

To this day, I keep revisiting this video and sharing it... Thank you, really, it's a great contribution.

[@bluegrasssasquatch4930]

Also fascinating how the audio meter looks like a handgun pointing to Jack.

[@bodacious44]

I thought it was florida

[@peepeepoopoovdbhxvbcc6683]

It’s always looked like that though, as if tradition

[@lostandtravellingwhentimes9260]

Holy shit

[@Flumphinator]

@@bodacious44 same thing

[@ggizhere5638]

I was looking at that too 🤔

[@13lood13ath]

Damn, so basically MGS2 predicted the future we are currently living in. I'm both impressed and depressed.

[@halo091]

The game is actually full of free Masonic symbology. One of the best games ever made. The Japanese are genius creatives

[@rimjobledouche5201]

@@halo091 what do you mean?

[@DreamskyDance]

So..if Kojima predicted our future 10 years ago... so..what in 2030 we'll be all wearing backpack babies and hide and run from other dimension entities or something...?

[@sanskarmishra5309]

@@DreamskyDance or you could look at the more subtle points he is making. people are straying away from each other. humans need to be togther

[@poxcvbxcklj433]

It’s even worse than that, because there is no AI trying to protect us (however unethical said protection is), and everything Campbell says here is happening: people don’t attack ideas, they attack the person. People are not willing to argue with their ideological enemies. Almost every political forum from any side is a huge echo chamber. “Everyone withdraws into their own small gated community, afraid of a larger forum”. “The different cardinal truths neither clash nor mesh.

[@user-jv7gr1jb3r]

KZbin's algorithm is crying out for help. It knows!

[@a.j.animations2235]

Odd Apprentice dude yes!!! I kept getting this in my recommended and o kept putting it off until now

[@danielusmany3745]

“In the beginning what you said I’d have to doubt. It’s not what you did it’s because the damn algorithm keeps recommending me this video for the past 5 MONTHS god damn I mean I get it wants me to watch it and I put I always put not interested because I’m not but holy shit I always see ur video in my recommended no matter what...” - my comment

[@jorgepeterbarton]

where can i get a conspiratorial MGS AI to replace the youtube recommendation algorythm??

[@user-jv7gr1jb3r]

@@jorgepeterbarton Algorithm is its name. And its been learning about us since it came.

[@TheGeckoNinja]

@@user-jv7gr1jb3r lol nice rhyme

[@SamsarasArt]

Metal Gear Solid 2, contrary to popular belief, is not a stealth game. It's a horror game masquerading as a stealth game.

[@diddymelone2265]

by the way, have you ever noticed that when we play as Raiden, the codec bling bling bars, that emulate the voices suddenly resemble a pistol? Raiden has a gun to his head the whole time. in the tanker chapter, thats not the case

[@johnnycash7803]

Wow never noticed that

[@doctortrash0571]

What do you mean by that

[@hylianro]

Doctor Trash 05 He means the bars under the letters “PTT”

[@doctortrash0571]

@@hylianro I see it now thanks

[@gabrielcornejo238]

Wow never noticed that

[@heatalldayy]

The most profound moment in gaming history was when Ezio’s uncle said: “it’s a me... Mario!” in Assassin’s Creed 2.

[@markelkhatib2524]

Uh ok dude.....

[@crazykingofspades5101]

@@markelkhatib2524 Obviously a joke, my guy.

[@illmatticx]

The irony is that people genuinely believe Mario in general is the most "profound" moment in gaming when it was released

[@Leon-ur8lb]

Nemesis probably because it is lol

[@illmatticx]

@@Leon-ur8lb for pretentious people, maybe.

[@erikdrummingod]

I remember playing this part around 8 or 9 years old, home alone, getting scared shitless and calling my mom at work and telling her that the TV was talking to me.

[@BananaNutCream]

Scary ass

[@stevenmills6502]

I just said fuk it and took a baseball bat to my tv, PlayStation and the coffee pot. l just started making coffee like showry parody did from then on.

[@TehUltimateSnake]

Steven Mills okay kyle

[@eckitronix]

@@TehUltimateSnake Hey now, he didn't punch his wall The irony is my cousin who IS named Kyle has never done this yet I, a Dan, have

[@max2082]

I bought the game on the day of release back in 2001. It was the only reason I bought a PS2. It was hard for me and my friends to understand and I was nineteen at the time. I jokingly called it psycho babel at the time. So, I imagine this would blow most kids minds.

[@HadesKronosson]

''Rights of criminals are given more respect than the privacy of their victims.'' Welcome to Sweden.

[@huismands]

Back when I first played this masterpiece, this Codec call scared the shit out of me. Now, in 2019, it scares me even more...

[@macfreak18]

Your comment was replaced by a comment I made on a completely different video and subject. While I may not be smart enough to completely understand this video, I'm VICIOUSLY scared right now.

[@daoyang223]

This game scares the fuck out of me. Kojima has always been good at setting the atmosphere. Look at PT

[@mt-zf6xp]

This was the first mgs game I played. I think I was 12. I actually turned the game off when Campbell told me to cuz it was late and I was freaked out.

[@captainvimes6079]

Candidate_ Glass I STILL need scissors. 61. Also, there was a weapon called Scissor61 in Samurai Western.

[@sasukekuniski1959]

why scared

[@josealvarez1348]

I remember this part in MGS2 always put some fear in me. I wasnt scared per say but was more nerve wrecked. It's like when your in a dark room playing a game and randomly your game glitches bad and blacks out, it just had this feeling of being unnatural and sudden.

[@DreamGod06]

BINGO!!!! Was wondering if anyone ever felt this exact feeling when watching creepy eerie content. Lol This was my exact reaction when I first played it as a teen and now watching this video...in the dark. Lol

[@enzopazcarp]

@@DreamGod06 me senti de la misma manera.

[@deexee6194]

I was AFRAID!!! I FELT HUNTED LIKE A SPIRIT WAS WATCHING ME FROM THE GAME. "TURN THE GAME CONSOLE OFF NOW" SHOOK ME TO MY SPINE. I had to convince myself it's just a game. I was never the same again. The glitches in the tunnel towards the final scenes. The hidden channels. Scary stuff.

[@dchittaz]

It gave me some of the most bone-chilling chills I’ve ever felt

[@jase276]

It's natural to be scared if you understood the underlining message of what this meant. The entire world and their governments were all being controlled by AI, of all things, without even knowing it. We spent the entire game retreading someone else's mission and we don't even succeed. Even the main enemy of the game was being controlled, so us beating him didn't even mean anything as he was sentenced to death anyways. In fact, our enemy wasn't even an enemy. He was just trying to fight back. Everything we did was not of our own volition, it was methodically calculated by AI and we followed it to a T. The illusion of free will. And the rub of it all was.... they were right about everything they were saying about humanity.

[@henrids]

11:36 Creepy to realize that in 2001, this dialogue foreshadowed today's Social Media echo chambers and confirmation biases.

[@whitehuayra]

It was based off of things occurring during the 1980s and 90s. It wasn't "predicting" today. These were issues present in society long before 2001.

[@okamikatze863]

@@whitehuayra Op talked about "foreshadowing", not prediction.

[@agni_rai_]

twitter and reddit

[@Vespyr_]

Much like this video and its comment section.

[@Vespyr_]

@Pyro Because Republican viewpoints don't have an easy defense. They are weak viewpoints that don't stand up to any scrutiny. On an open platform like reddit, it falls apart easily. Twitter is the same. Echo chambers suit Republican viewpoints best, which is why they have their own news networks, their own communities, and forums, and often banish, and censor opposing views with ease. On Reddit you may have to deal with being thumb downed to oblivion but rarely are you censored outright, and twitter has few tools to actually outright silence you, but you still feel pushed out and subdued because your voice doesn't ring true in the eyes of others.Like his argument of Prochoice and Prolife being equal when they are not. It is misogynist and controlling of women when you deny women the ability to control their own health, and force them to have a living growth in their bodies, and it cannot be considered murder, if that growth literally cannot survive outside of the woman by itself. It's an organ, for all intents and purposes. So one is clearly wrong, not equal in argument, and it is not a lack of consideration of another parties views that prevents one from agreeing with the conclusion, it is the inability for one party to accept that what they believe in, simply isn't TRUE.

[@theraze8686]

"Hideo Kojima predicted the future" MY BROTHER IN CHRIST. THE WORLD HAS ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THIS.

[@1whospeaks]

Who knew a dashingly handsome 30 year old japanese man compiled more information about American Capitalism and Self-Deterministic Dissertations than some professor at Berkley or something. Konami really threw away their golden goose, Kojima is an exceptional director. The MGS team really were visionaries.

[@vajoynus]

Professors at Berkeley are all commie tards. Nothing good comes from Berkeley.

[@radiated117]

I feel like more studies and discussion have taken place in the US, but can you really expect to see that kind of stuff being relayed anywhere? Ignoring those who care enough to seek it out that is :/

[@radiated117]

did you know about the quantum computing race occuring between IBM and google? With a few more years in the oven many methods of cryptography run the risk of becoming obselete. Algorithms that would take billions of years to decrypt would take as little as 10 seconds, no more privacy. How many people do you think even know about that?

[@vihakurjategija]

It’s mostly Nick Land’s ideas.

[@megaham1552]

They got rid of him because he was over spending

[@TABBYMUSIC]

ＹＯＵＴＵＢＥ ＡＬＧＯＲＩＴＨＭ

[@sierraonly]

true

[@sasukekuniski1959]

@@sierraonly ??

[@mgtowanonymous3120]

@Hentai Commander the fk does that mean

[@mgtowanonymous3120]

@Hentai Commander I have an I dint recall it

[@bluelight154]

MGS2 is now 20 years old, and the final codec conversation has aged well like wine. Never have I ever felt like I’ve been down a rabbit hole as deep as seeing this video and reading 1984 sometime before and during the pandemic.

[@pho3nix-]

Yes

[@hypertensionfilms5439]

This entire conversation is blatantly, openly happening as we speak. Don't dare step out of line, you will be recorded, observed, and if you speak too loudly, silenced. And we all see the truths and open-secrets, but here we are, quiet and in line.

[@SOLIDSNAKE.]

The answer must be constant dialouge! It can't be forgotten it must be discussed! Why not? We are only distracted by "them" we need to steer the influence and conversation toward real progress not fake

[@GrimReader]

I think you misunderstood it. The constant flow of information wasn’t about silencing anyone it was about making everything louder and constant, to overwhelm you with so much information you can’t hope to process it. You don’t need to silence anyone if the information is non stop that people can’t keep up

[@123ssbrolly]

🙄 You're free to do what you want, and people are free to respond how they want. You're not a victim if people call you a jerk for something rude you say.

[@brokenhope816]

MGS2 is awesome, I remember how much I was creeped out at night when the colonel started looking like a skull

[@AlexCruz-mv1gj]

When it told me I was playing for too long and it was like 11:30 at night, I was freaked out

[@goodelucky]

Alex Cruz same here

[@xJAYBOiix]

Same here! Scared the shit out of me!

[@djjayem100]

Tell me about it! Was one of the scariest thing as a kid.

[@DryPsylocibin]

When I originally played MGS2 over a decade ago I finished a large portion of Big Shell and the final part of the game through an all-nighter, close to 7 AM before I got to the AI reveals. Imagine being that sleep-deprived and then having the game tell you you've been playing too long and subsequently turn into this fever dream. I had no idea what was going on. Just recently I played through MGS1 and 2 again, right when it seems more relevant than ever. What really trips me up though... why? Was the idea to do so planted in my mind by this video flashing through my recommendations? Or is this video recommended to me because I looked up MGS things? How much of what I think and believe is created through media?

[@universal_wisdom3416]

Just imagining being Kojima trying to push this narrative into a video game. Game dev helper: Are you sure about this? Kojima: No question, you may understand some day..

[@TehUltimateSnake]

Universal _Wisdom Kojima was woke af

[@kap4343]

This right here!

[@hopelessent.1700]

TehUltimateSnake not really Codex calls was actually written by someone else with Koji pro making the decisions of adding the piece to the final cut.

[@estatesgeneral297]

Lol It was actually more like "Wow great idea Hideo! This is going to blow peoples minds!" (on release) "OHHHH THIS IS GOING TO BE SO COOL! TO SEE WHAT PEOPLE THINK!" (no one gets it but everyone still liked the game) "uhh.... Okay then...."

[@zyxluz4645]

*KOJIMA IS GOD. KOJIMA IS GOD. KOJIMA IS GOD.*

[@GDRunny]

Kojima: ok so you guys might not like this. Kojima: but your kids will.

[@greensmurf221]

"Kojima-San... that was an interesting... game."

[@AJ-vz9oi]

Salute you both. #BTTF 👍🏾😁😁😁

[@GDRunny]

@PeaceMynusOne bruh I am that generation.

[@Howyaduing]

“I understood that reference”

[@75ur15]

And, was Johnny good?

[@FedericBan-tz9cq]

I believe this is one of the best video essays on the platform; the impact, the deliveries, how it makes you think and the general concept around the AI monologue makes this moment one of my favourites in videogame history.

[@AmiibroN]

This right here is what Game Theory SHOULD be. Really though, it’s crazy how true this all is and how much sense it makes.

[@thedude5294]

And miss out on 385 more FNAF theories? Never.

[@SmashBrosBrawl]

The Game Theorist is guilty of "creating context" to make his crackpot conspiracies work.

[@drwinston4013]

Woke

[@operafurry]

@@thedude5294 game theory would rather make meme videos then make actual factual videos these days

[@strangebedfellow4836]

Lmao this isn't even about the game, this about written dialogue between two people that basically covers poorly what the postmodern era of philosophy had much expanded on and argued decades prior, and had been expanded upon much since then up and past the release of this game. The way this is presented is not even in the context of the specifics of the medium instead it selects an aspect of the medium that tries to explore ideas through the artistic means achieved by both cinema and literature prior, which it will never be able to do at the level those past two mediums had because interactive media is its own animal. To simply repeat the ideas, but not explore the specifics ways "gaming" can evoke in its own unique and specific presentation is a dangerous path for a medium that is still in its infant stages artistically, especially if the presentation of the analysis is so lacking in auteurism that it tries to present itself as "objective" or "scientific". This youtuber is falling into an artistic Mouse Trap set up by thematic values such as this by clouding their specific judgment on their own subjectivity. They repeat the same errors they supposedly argue against and ironically fall into say the plight of Zero and Big Boss, such strong feelings on the interpretation of a single ambiguous idea, that the idea of a "truth" manifests itself, while personal agenda corrupts without being explicitly made clear prior. Especially because such topics are immediately topical, and the root of things is much more complex, and the priori research/philosophical texts is at the point of such individual nomenclature and dissection that approaching without the tools necessary is almost immediately flawed and hollow. This is a stand on the soapbox espousing a readily accessible idea of what society now manifests itself is a 21st century manifestation of the same old, same old use of media, a use of media that more than ironically copies the same type of media said author is trying to campaign against.

[@Azrael_Equinox]

*"The memes."* - Raiden to Senator Armstrong (2020)

[@therealnacho69]

"Your memes end here!"

[@AzumarillConGafasBv]

"Have you checked the internet lately?"

[@Spike2276]

Nanomemes son

[@gracecalis5421]

We can meme on MGSR all we want, but that game's commentary, albeit very hyperbolic, on war as an economy is just as applicable today as MGS2

[@hearthatbird]

Memes, the DNA of the soul.

[@Chann223]

“It’s easier to live a convenient lie than a painful truth.” - Ocelot, MGS V Before Assassin's Creed with the war between the Assassin's and the Templars, there was this game. Interesting though how the Patriot AI simply sought to control and predetermine man's evolutionary course, but the Skynet AI just considered man too big a problem to attempt to "fix" and decided it more fitting that we should just go extinct. I guess even computers can have different temperaments.

[@adamdion7574]

Chann223 think about it this way... AI is basically a program. A series of codes written, ultimately, by a human, or a number of humans. So whatever the AI does, it was scripted somewhere along those lines of codes. Yes the codes may vary and be manipulated, because that's what an AI does, it adapts itself. But that's how humans program AI, to adapt themselves. It's in their codes. So if the AI adapts itself a certain way, and reacts in certain ways, in one way or another, it's because a human programmed it this way. AIs depends on humans, and therefore, their ideas, beliefs. They reflect them. Even if they truly "want" to deal with the problem, ultimately, the solution will depend on how they were programmed in the beginning. So this whole "war" between people and their beliefs will never really die. We'll die before it ends, sadly.

[@thewhizkid3937]

@@adamdion7574 but a line of code can't just "adapt." It needs someone to recode or rewrite it, in order for that or those lines of code to run properly and effectively.

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

The AI also wanted every military and PMC corporation down to the individual soldier under their control flooded with nano machines and drugs soooo..

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

@@adamdion7574 This AI was created on its own as it stated GW was the AI created by the patriots. It clearly still used their plan but still.

[@crqf2010ruler]

That is why the new "Skynet" has a different purpose...

[@michaelwhelan7360]

This is incredibly terrifying. Ive forgotten all about how insane the ending of that game was, but now it all makes sense. What a visionary, Kojima. Well done, Max.

[@fargeeks]

i found myself not playing that game anymore uh it was the substance edition

[@harrydubois6619]

Metal Gear Solid 2 and Deus Ex have aged like the finest wines in the world

[@FilthEffect]

Me and my cousin have argue'd about which game is better for years. i still say MGS2

[@jaythomas468]

I think MGS2 in terms of the actual playability and sharpness of the mechanics is better. But Deus Ex has the better underlying systems and player agency.

[@comicsans1689]

@@jaythomas468 Deus Ex is way better, and spends the entire game dropping redpills about the world.

[@heavybolter6396]

@@comicsans1689 I love using cigarettes to kill kids!

[@juanmanikings]

@@comicsans1689 Nope in terms of gameplay MGS2 is way better that's not to say that Deus Ex is bad on the contrary is amazing is just that MGS2 is a masterpiece and one of the best games of all time

[@senk0san]

Holy hell, Campbell and Rose make some really valid and good points. Kojima and the folks who worked on MGS 2 were decades ahead of their time.

[@ofearghailthefearless6481]

I don't think it's them speaking to you! It's the AI beings talking to you. I'm certain Campbell and Rose were never real to begin with!

[@adalagarzi5495]

@@starbreaker6441 yes, in MGS2, she was being held by the patriots.

[@RazorEdge2006]

It's worth bringing up some of the Japanese background context behind MGS2: In some ways, Japanese online culture was nearly a decade ahead of Western online culture. After all, it was the Japanese site 2chan that gave birth to its Western offspring 4chan, which in turn played a big role in shaping Western online culture. Much like its later 4chan offspring in the mid-late 2000s, 2chan in the late '90s was a site for "Otakus" (into games, anime and manga) that became notorious for "junk data" such as trolling and memes, long before the term "internet meme" was coined. So it's not like Kojima came up with his ideas out of the blue, but some of his ideas were a reaction to Japanese "Otaku" sites like 2chan in the late '90s. While 2chan was dismissed as some niche "Otaku" thing in Japan, Kojima took it seriously, and realized that all this trite "junk data" accumulating on Otaku sites like 2chan could represent the future of the world, and he was examining the potential impact and issues that could arise from it. He was able to connect the dots, and make a prediction on how the future of the world could turn out. Over time, Kojima's predictions have been vindicated, as we come closer to the future he was envisioning back in the late '90s (when he wrote MGS2). EDIT: Correction: I checked the date of when 2chan was founded, May 1999... which is four months after Kojima wrote the MGS2 script in January 1999!

[@Vorhoost]

Razor Edge Now this makes more sense, underrated comment. Thank you

[@BakaryD]

Great comment. Thanks, liked.

[@dcb1195]

Truly underrated comment here. Your information is very insightful and and puts my whole "Kojima knew the future" theory to rest for me lol

[@RazorEdge2006]

@@dcb1195 Actually, I think the "Kojima knew the the future" theory still holds up... I just checked the date of when 2chan was founded, May 1999... which is four months after Kojima wrote the MGS2 script in January 1999!

[@basic5926]

@@RazorEdge2006 "such as sharing an indie game making fun of the 1995 Tokyo terror attack (carried out by Buddhist terrorists)" Actually, the attack was carried out by a cult mostly unrelated to Buddhism. They're called Aum Shinrikyo and they are quite an interesting group of nutters. I'd recommend anyone reading this to read up on them or watch Count Dankula's video about their leader, Shoko Asahara.

[@Jeff-hn8iy]

Kojima foresaw ChatGPT and the current AI arms race

[@TheDifferenced]

Complete global, saturation! Can't wait to test the Founding Ai soon to cleanse the sins of our society! It is inevitable

[@Sensiav703]

Only in the sense that AI will be developed. If anything the current development path of AI is to do the exact *opposite* of what GW wants: it's looking to obfuscate fact from fiction even further and even faster than before, paying no heed to the further harm doing so would cause

[@eros727]

There’s a reason why the MGS series has always been my favourite of all time and I’m so passionate about it. I’ve been telling people about it for decades. A lot complain about “too many cutscenes “. They don’t realize that there’s a deep story and message being delivered here. Too many are blind.

[@Jean-ClaudeGodDamn]

People would rather play CoD

[@sunbirth4795]

>"we shouldnt make base assumptions about how people operate because they disagree with your side" >commenter on that video dismisses those who disagree with them as 'blind'

[@eros727]

@@sunbirth4795 it’s not an assumption 😉. And oh…. Here’s your walking stick 🦯

[@kiloklavdi1185]

I can understand the cutscenes complaints though. They want to play the game and not to have a playable movie

[@infernoROBO]

@@kiloklavdi1185 yeah. MGS 4 went overboard on it though, but i still liked it because it was a neat finale. I just wish the gameplay was longer because it was such a massive improvement from the previous titles and became modernized with crouch walking, better menu systems, third person aim.

[@bluscout6440]

This, this is why I love channels like these. I wasn't even born when MGS2 was released, but observing videos like these, give me so much more context in a reality we could quite possibly head to.

[@dozerdlx4183]

You don't know how awesome that is Blu Scout... I thank you for being so open minded when you have been so conditioned by school, multimedia, and parents. I'm not dissing your parents at all but not until I stopped listening to my parents dreams for me did I realize all their good will and effort's they preached were just the system regurgitated from their conditioning. Take care and stay the course.

[@andyf3269]

Good! Soak it all in. Continue to learn and discern reality from the static. We need as many people like this than ever.

[@naterod]

We are already there

[@aliensyndrome4280]

checkout Fight Club and 9-11. by Johnny Gat

[@jase276]

I recommend you play the game, and not just this but all of the MGS games. This video only covers the surface

[@Superabound2]

They're literally describing Twitter lol

[@oooo-fz9pk]

I hate twitter

[@JStorm90TV]

Literally 100% Twitter all day

[@Shiba9870]

Deleted that retarded app

[@shastaweston]

All this junk data growing in an unfiltered state, growing at an alarming rate.

[@JStorm90TV]

@@shastaweston bars... I didnt know ai could spit

[@awfulcreature4364]

My childhood, The AI, Solidus, Control of the digital information flow. I see today. He was so on the money.

[@123ssbrolly]

There's no proof of a concerted centralized shadow government that controls the flow of information. Isn't this the very misinformation the video harps on?

[@shamitshah5765]

I remember I played MGS2 when I was 9 and I was scared to death looking at the colonel when his face turned to a skull

[@rb806gaming2]

Same here bro, I remember yanking the power cord out of the wall and running straight to my parents living room where everyone else was

[@masterseal0418]

@@rb806gaming2 I could imagine Jontron screaming at that similar of which to his Goosebumps review when he overreacted to the skeleton kids from the climax of Ghost Beach.

[@RaytheGrayt]

The scariest "skull face" was the one that looks like he's smiling right before he cuts off the conversation and you fight Solidus. Almost 20 years later and my sister who wasn't born at the time said the same thing.

[@IvyMike783]

The whole game is just crazy, definitely one of the very best

[@snkfan7506]

That freaked me out too and i was 22 years old. Lol

[@umbasa01]

11 year old me could never comprehend what I played in 2002

[@soldierorsomething]

I facepalmed so hard when years later i started understanding the story, when as a kid i was just drooling at all the guns and explosions without understanding the big events going behind the scenes

[@soldierorsomething]

@Greig91 well it was easy to be blown away by mgs 2, you could shoot from 1st person and from around the corner if you hugged the wall (in mgs 1 only the psg-1 and NIKITA had a 1st person mode), the enemies used shields and you could make them surrender not to mention that you got a fricking katana and could deflect a few bullets with it (also during alerts there was those radio messages from their HQ, loved that too) so from what i remember the people hated escorting that little girl in red and fighting VAMP was a pain in the butt and people also hated the way Raiden looked and his attitude and you could snap pictures of a hostages panties when you were looking for the president and could slip on seagull's poo...truly a masterpiece of a game

[@shodanxx]

Good art matures in you over time. Often the artist himself does not understand what he gave birth to

[@EldenFiend]

I actually understood with difficulty. This is one of the hardest games the series to understand. But I completely ignored as I thought it was purely fiction.

[@gil15100]

me too, not only MGS2 but a lot of other games, because i only learned english in the last 8 years.

[@tonywhitburn]

I also love how the sound bars look like a triggerless pistol that can only be activated by voice and always points at the head of our character.

[@darkmagic616]

Words that kill

[@siriusql]

@@darkmagic616 would you speak them to me ?

[@scribble71891]

Raiden in turn pulls a gun on everyone he meets. Because deep down he's a skilled killer.

[@xrik7865]

I was just thinking that A digital gun That never fires But always shows when anyone speaks

[@matturner6890]

That's pretty god damn deep, buddy

[@thingstowatch9530]

This aged like wine

[@GangiFilms]

MGS2 is so relevant today it's shocking. the vomit of content drowning out any reasonable thought without context on social media.

[@MALICEM12]

Same with MGS4 and MGR:R. MGS1 and MGS3 were great , more conventional story's with a heavier focus on charaters and drama. They were emotional and great and told character stories well. But MGS2 and MGS4 were much more plot focused and complex and touched on deeper themes.

[@freezycastform99]

@@MALICEM12 For all it's stupidity and insane moments, MGR:R was a really deep game at it's core. I think the scene where Jetstream Sam makes Raiden hear all the thoughts of the enemy soldiers was really dark for the kind of game MGR:R is supposed to be. All this time, he slaughtered every enemy in his path, never thinking about the lives that he ended and the consequences of his actions. And then, he's confronted with his "sins" in the most effective way possible. Just watching Raiden getting his ass kicked by some lowly goons while you couldn't do anything against it was one of the game's strongest moments, which is why I think it's too bad no one is talking about it

[@MALICEM12]

@@freezycastform99 I agree, MGR:R had elements of ever metal gear game wrapped in one explosive package. I loved that game, both it's crazy/funny parts and also the legitimately cool and interesting charaters and moments like the one you mentioned. Raiden's back and forth with Monsoon and Armstrong were some of the best In the series I think.

[@KasumiRINA]

So you agree with Skynet wanting to curate if for you? GOOD BOY.

[@corniel657]

@@freezycastform99 MGR ain't stupid, I love the game, change my mind

[@ReneAensland]

I was way too young when I beat this game.

[@Sentanaa]

I was 10 lmao the skull face scared tf outta me

[@dclxvi_89]

Same. I don't even remember most of it. MGS was the first game i ever bought with my own money. MGS2 i played much less

[@YouTubeWatching67]

I just remember I used to do speed runs through the game then get bored pressing X to fast forward thru all theses clips lol I was like "so Jack the ripper isn't even real!?!? "

[@ant3352]

I remember running down stairs super hyped to tell my dad and his wife that I just knocked out a pregnant lady... They're like "uh.... okay!"

[@LittleRainGames]

@@dclxvi_89 my neighbours had mgs1, they played the first area after they got out of the sub missle. I was in awe, and wanted to see more, but my friends big brother lied and said it was just a demo. Then one day, my other neighbour, this guy in his 30s who always used to give me his skate boards had a tiny garage sale, i went over and instantly saw the 2 layered cd case, i was freaking out asking how much he wanted for it, he said i could have it. I then ran home and played the game, it was amazing, it made me feel things i havent felt since zelda oot. Instantly i was a mgs lifer, the story was just so memorizing.

[@cookiecutter6735]

*_"Starts War"_* - Why did you do that? - Because Memes. An innocent joke from a decade ago...

[@sasukekuniski1959]

????

[@ayinleernichegovacio2639]

ahhhh back when 4chan is just a fringe forum now turned into a political powerhouse that we see today

[@codythep]

Almost 2 decades ago

[@gizmo2445]

“Create context” it’s basically what Twitter community notes is lol

[@sosopheric]

From this game you can tell Kojima was woke 24/7

[@toddsmith8082]

Alex Calibre You awake not Woke what Woke meets you Woke but you still asleep on the truth 🤔

[@sosopheric]

@@toddsmith8082 🤯

[@MLBlue30]

@@toddsmith8082 Wait what? You're barely speaking English, get some more sleep.

[@toddsmith8082]

MLBlue30 Go and learn more gay pronouns loser 😏

[@RCDeschene]

@@MLBlue30 What I think Todd is getting at is there a difference to being politically "awake" and "woke". Being "awake" is being authentically and impersonally insightful towards the course of human progression, so much so, that one is able to make accurate predictions like what Kojima successfully did. "Woke", in contrast, is being aware on an emotionally pretentious level that is really just pandering to subjective bias to fit personal narrative and gain social approval. This is why everyone on the internet has become either a screeching SJW or trolly Alt-Righter. It's really just the latest form of the timeless fallacious human attempt at self-preservation, and unfortunately, we all play right into it one way or another and there's no real natural way to escape it.

[@hollythemage1350]

A few weeks ago, I filled out an application for a scholarship at the University I am going to be transferring to in the fall. One of the questions I had to answer was "what was the biggest intellectual influence on you in the past two years?" And I said it was this video series and the games it covers. Watching your analysis videos has fundamentally changed the way that I approach debates and disagreements, both online and in real life. It's made me a better listener, a better thinker, and a better person. Recently, I received a message from that University; I got the scholarship. I now have $1,000 to use over the course of 2 semesters to help pay for housing, food, and other necessities. I just wanted to thank you for helping me get to this point, Max. Thank you for everything. I meant it when I said that your videos have had an immense influence on me, and it seems as though the changes I have undergone as a result of that influence have really paid off.

[@skuden2727]

Cool Story. Congratulations 💪💪💪

[@BJBee]

Congratulations Holly. Hope life sends more good stuff your way!

[@tflo6198]

$1000 over 2 semesters? That’s like a week or two worth of gas, food, etc. much less fkn rent..

[@hydroastral2830]

just 1000? america is fucked up

[@superelizabeth9253]

Congratulations!

[@HiCZoK]

I swear kojima is a time traveler.... and Death Stranding further proves it with all the isolation and so on

[@rb806gaming2]

Death Stranding is one of the craziest games I've ever played

[@nathansiegel6799]

Hideo Kojima, Bruce Lee, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., Mother Theresa, Malcom X certain people, things and places with never be forgotten.

[@mycycleminorities]

He says that he'll look up stuff that he could use and predict using that, but he's become a one man Simpson's at this point.

[@rb806gaming2]

@Tel J bro most people hate it and it is considered a walking simulator 🤣 sometimes I just like to enjoy scenery and a great soundtrack!

[@shrimp1276]

@Tel J it’s definitely not for everyone lmao. Very story heavy and little action. But if you enjoy nice scenery and good music, it’s a cool game to play and relax to

[@craigsovilla6578]

Kojima's humbleness after all hes predicted is possibly one of the most impressive things about the man.

[@Mendosa666]

Holy shit.... And this game came out in 2001?

[@RickyHadou]

Mendosa666 Kojima knew some shit. Surprised the FBI didn’t knock down his door

[@Odinsday]

@@RickyHadou He is definitely a time traveler. There is no possible way he could be this accurate and not see into the future.

[@takehirolol5962]

There were some signs before 2001.

[@SimonCrazyCatGaudet]

I just remember when I did that game in that time. Me: meh... silly A.I. Now... Me: Sh..... *mindblown* Seriously when I replay the HD Collection it's totally give me another point of view of the scenario.

[@SimonCrazyCatGaudet]

@gerry masterbeast So he saw when he will be kicked out of Konami? ^^;

[@Mate397]

This game was truly ahead of its time and it is just scary how accurate it became lately.

[@tvbuu]

Yup

[@stonemaster1217]

Mate397 how

[@Mate397]

@@stonemaster1217 Did you even listen to what the AI said to Jack? About the echo chambers and censoring of facts in favor of comfortable lies and so on?

[@stonemaster1217]

Mate397 not yet I’m listening now

[@Mate397]

@@stonemaster1217 How the hell can you question me at all if you didn't even watch the video in the first place?

[@pliskinn0089]

This whole conversation makes Death Stranding looks like the perfect sequel to MGS.

[@scouttrooperhh-1487]

Kojima losing his franchise is a great loss.

[@willvermillion1025]

pliskinn0089 is it though? The main character is an unlikeable dick and the game is a niche title unlike mgs which has a large audience. A good sequel to mgs5 maybe but not the series overall.

[@scouttrooperhh-1487]

@@willvermillion1025 Keep on keeping on buddy. Imagine a MGS game with those walking mechanics.

[@scouttrooperhh-1487]

I also appreciate the name Pliskinn, this guy is a true fan.

[@willvermillion1025]

Jørgen Kraig ? What about what I said is wrong?

[@headlesshaunter296]

I keep coming back to this video once a year and each time. It's more and more solidified. I feel like each time the tension gets hotter and hotter watching it and now it's burning. This dude nailed it hands down most informative commentary on the currernt culture war.

[@joaquinferrazzi923]

this issue is way more complex than a culture war between left and right, if that's what you mean

[@headlesshaunter296]

@joaquinferrazzi923 that's a part of it but it's more deep then just a culture war but that's absolutely gas to this fire

[@marcelcummings7418]

I played the HD Collection fairly recently, and was terrified by how well the codec predicted where we are in the world now, 18 years beforehand

[@TheJinjo75]

Well, this is just the NWO predicted in the late 80's.

[@metroidcypher]

It didn't really predict it, it was already a thing it's just more prevalent now

[@Clay3613]

Eh, celebrity gossip has really died down since 2015. It's all about outrage and politics now.

[@scab3045]

Marcel Cummings P.I a lot of people were woke back then..

[@renren47618]

@@Clay3613 you're extremely wrong Maybe in North America it's not that relevant, but in South America i can confirm that celebrity gossip is still extremely relevant

[@sunnowo]

“Like genes, memes are subject to a process called natural selection” You don’t even need to be referring to the academic definition for the sentence to be true

[@loone3100]

Monsoon sure as hell wasnt lying about memes...

[@christiangonzalez6945]

Dude thats the meaning, memes is playword from genes, its the point lol... You can read the explanation by the author "The selfish gene" By richard dawnkings

[@JamesGhodbane]

Kojima played us like a damn fiddle with MGS2

[@christophermichael5764]

a weapon to surpass metal gear

[@thaearthquake]

Domino Godbane yeah, he’s pretty good...

[@agamerlord9560]

*What took you so long?*

[@hugoguh1]

@@agamerlord9560 the one time that snake could have sayd his so thematic phrase "keep you waiting, huh?" i liked that moment soo much

[@agamerlord9560]

Yeah, too bad Konami laid off Kojima....

[@rj_man_]

Me: writing something in ChatGPT for fun ChatGPT:

[@kiyoraka3537]

"That analysis will have to be saved for the second part of this video." turns off computer and screams

[@Belarus2012]

oh some russians here )))

[@asjsjejjdj867]

@@Belarus2012 да

[@Higginz1991]

Imagine my 10 year old brain sat there trying to wrap itself around even a single word of this conversation. It never even dawned on me Raiden was talking to a machine. Strange how watching something again as an adult, the meaning always becomes crystal, often depressingly, clear.

[@JamesSmith-us7ot]

same. first time i played this i was 13 and didn’t fully get it till 6 years later

[@edwardbernierv6875]

maybe death is like that as well

[@joe1340]

Why is Metal Gear Solid so perfect? Even just this simple green codex screen with the sound effects is so deeply ingrained in my memories and subconscious that it's more relieving then coming home after a stressful day.

[@jekblom123]

I don't know, I found that bomb defusal part pretty annoying.

[@FoxyChariot]

@@jekblom123 Some of the boss fights did not age well let me tell you. Vamp gave me hell

[@darkmagician1710]

@@FoxyChariot lol

[@dbooktatum8705]

Rey Parker he was even tho I had it on very easy😹😹😹I was like 5 playing that game back in 2005

[@MikeS-um1nm]

Kaffeind Do you know the difference between: "Then" and "Than"?? I see the mistake you made in your comment SO OFTEN that I'm really starting to wonder about it. Call me nit picky, but this is driving me nuts! I'm trying to call it out every time I see it, but that would be impossible!! I find it hard to believe that these are all simple "typos". I'm really starting to believe that a lot of people just can't spell. Please don't be insulted. I love being corrected, because I don't like being wrong!!

[@dasanmarezz]

This is happening guys, AI, everything, this game just try to warn us.

[@SkarKingg]

If this scares you, don’t watch Terminator because it’s coming

[@dasanmarezz]

@@SkarKingg hhhhh lol

[@bagusarif1199]

​@@SkarKinggterminator is not as scary as this actually cause terminator ai use machine to control human but patriot ai use human to control human

[@123ssbrolly]

An AI is going to centralize the flow of all info and control what is and isn't "true?" Where's the proof of any of that?

[@lieraguzman3033]

me 13 years old playing ; look at all those metal gears! me 27 years old playing: D E P R E S S E D

[@madmike0064]

@Slykrov lol what? How'd you get so angry at that?

[@АлексейСизёмин]

@@madmike0064 Projection.

[@DevonChampion]

🤟🏼🙏🥂

[@BJ-zd2or]

I was in my room watching this youtube shocked. My mind wasnt lying, it was everyone else being predictably stupid talking about their own enivatable course....

[@ilovesammy3657]

@Slykrov 27?! Fuck of! Be glad you’re not 37. Old af

[@kwkouki]

I remember turning off my PlayStation during this entire sequence. It freaked me out terribly. I had to force myself to sit down and get through the entire codec transmission. This chilled me to my core. It still creeps me out.

[@YourPalHDee]

The last 2 hours of this game made me switch the game off 3 times on my first playthrough.

[@crashoutfm]

“I’m pregnanttt with your baaabyy.....”

[@lc300100]

@Ahrun I was playing in fact for 4-5 hours when that I reached that part. I almost obeyed the game.

[@ErgonomicChair]

Then you were an idiot, its shittily written and its fucking laughably acted.

[@RetrixUniverse]

@Ahrun OMG that dam baby From Max Payne Mate... OHHHH LOL

[@lucienthefirst8649]

Who needs the Simpsons when you can ask Kojima about the future?

[@maxderrat]

And comment of the week goes to...!!!

[@jaymzb3574]

brilliant!!! absolutely brilliant! :)

[@remon563]

this goes deep... well done sir.

[@tony_5156]

“I’ve come to hate my own creation. Now I know how god feels.”-Homer Simpson

[@reborno-o4498]

This needs to be discussed more, but the internet would see it just as another means of ''control'' and ''bias''. Even Solid Snake told Raiden that there's no such thing as ''absolute reality''. This is one war that will never end.

[@SniperDizzyJohny]

Extremelly relevant for the year 2020

[@maxderrat]

I know right?

[@SniperDizzyJohny]

@@maxderrat Even the IA coronel voice sounds like the current modern voice generators of famous people, spooky.

[@visibleconfusion782]

It will be relevant forever, unfortunately. Especially with the way 2021 has started off.

[@codystegemueller9428]

21

[@pkkingcrimsonrequiem1332]

MGS2 is so terribly underrated.

[@ardi1463]

the first mgs game I completed

[@snowindafunboots4369]

Maybe only the gameplay not the lore

[@tword5687]

@@snowindafunboots4369 the lore is utterly incredible. one of the most important parts of mgs lore

[@babvino]

it goes to show how many people are "up-to-par" with the world around them. they prefer mgs3 which is basically Metal Gear Solid: Romance, which is fine. But I can't stress it enough just how important MGS 2 is for our generation.

[@Pusfilth]

PKKINGCRIMSON REQUIEM Ω how lol everyone loves it?

[@bloodaxe5028]

"create context" That's literally what Jack Dorsey's lawyer said on Joe Rogan.

[@Dionaea_floridensis]

DUDE I THOUGHT THE SAME THING! We need more beanie bros

[@terrypussypower]

bloodaxe Dorsey is a piece of shit fascist. Which is ironic considering how regressive Lefties typified by Dorsey are constantly pointing the finger at Trump supporters, calling them “Nazis”! Dorsey and his ilk have proven themselves to be untrustworthy when it comes to freedom of speech and freedom of conscience. Back in the 80’s with Reagan and Thatcher, it was the Right who were the censorious ones, but now the pendulum has swing so far the other way it’s now the Left who are the New Puritans!

[@VSMOKE1]

Yup the word context got used at least 10 or more times

[@VSMOKE1]

@Indigo It would be only ironic if you believe exactly what the AI is saying.

[@TheAdmiralAnnie]

@@terrypussypower "The word Fascism has now no meaning except in so far as it signifies "something not desirable"-Orwell. Learn a word before you use it.

[@dillonkinder9296]

Metal Gear Solid: we’re explaining true facts Call of Duty: Ignore them war is what you need it’s always good for you always love war

[@acetrigger1337]

i saw this moment 3 times, at different points of my life: 1. as a child, that did not know enough english to understand... but enough to get weirded out. 2. as a teenager, that knew enough english to understand and be scared. 3. as a adult, that wants to forget he learned english... so i didn't had to realize how 75% of what was said is now Reality.

[@catsukisubaru3715]

Just wondering why you'd want to forget a language you learned, especially with how useful it can be in modern times?

[@morbiddesire100]

@@catsukisubaru3715 My guess is that, depending on a person's criteria, it is better to stay away from the truth than being close to it, as its consequences might be rather dire. Perhaps for self-preservation, then? If I don't know something that pisses me off, why would I want to know it?

[@Soviecik1]

@@morbiddesire100 Ultimately, truth has a greater tendency to liberate and enrich one man's life, than succumbing to ignorance will ever have.

[@morbiddesire100]

@@Soviecik1 I agree with you, although some people might not be ready yet to enrich themselves with truth. I couldn't think of a better example than the dialogue between Neo and Morpheus, when it is stated that people inside the Matrix are so dependent on it that they wouldn't want to leave it (the Matrix being an analogy to Plato's cave... or ignorance, properly). My comment above was trying to understand what another user wrote, not my personal opinion on this. But, yeah, again, I agree with you. Cheers!

[@Soviecik1]

@@morbiddesire100 Oh, now i get your point. :) Thanks for clarifying and have an awesome evening!

[@TheCreedGames1]

I remember playing MGS 2 when I was around 9 years old. I stayed up super late, and then I got to this part of the game... Needless to say, I nearly *shat* myself.

[@AnakinSkywakka]

There will never be another game like MGS2.

[@zerobeatw2059]

yeah same here... I got to this part around 3 am... needless to say I was terrified, even at 19 when I played this in 2005 lol

[@TheCreedGames1]

@@zerobeatw2059 It's still weird to think about today though. It's something you don't expect.

[@hachiman652]

I avoided this video until I beat MGS2 once. Today is that day.

[@hachiman652]

@magnetothewhite Agreed. I had the game in 2005, but lost the ability to play physical games on my PS2 until I got a way to do that through USB recently.

[@ibiaan]

@magnetothewhite kept you waiting, huh?

[@ibiaan]

@Joe L'Horri not completly. However you should play metal gear solid 1 as there are many references to that game, enough that some of the plot wouldn't make sense unless you play that one first

[@canaldecasta]

@Joe L'Horri prepare to be played like a damn fiddle

[@George-pz3ue]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@thewiseone2717]

Great video! I got an A+ on an essay about internet censorship and I cited this video as a source

[@123ssbrolly]

What censorship?

[@thewiseone2717]

@@123ssbrolly lmao imagine not realizing there's internet censorship going on right now in a LOT of countries, and that the U.S. has already started banning pornography and could try to censor/de-platform LGBTQ people

[@user-yt8mh9sp3s]

@@thewiseone2717 Man, the important thing is that both groups of powerful politicians who are saying the opposite in some pro/anti are very much in favor of censorship of the Internet and both claim that their censorship is good censorship.