“This is Snake”: Kojima picks Kiefer Sutherland to replace David Hayter

By Mr Wolfe | June 6, 2013 - 10:25 PM |June 7, 2013 Ground Zeroes, Metal Gear Solid 5

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Kiefer Sutherland is the new voice of Big Boss.

This announcement comes from the pre-E3 Konami online press event which has just finished streaming a few hours ago. Kojima said that the choice of Sutherland came from a friend of his, and it appears that Kiefer was happy to oblige. This means David Hayter wasn’t lying about not being contacted by Konami (and negates the clever theory that it was “Moby Dick Studios” that contacted him instead) and that Kojima really is using Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain as a fresh start for the franchise.

With the utmost respect to David Hayter, I love this. I’ve always been a fan of Kiefer Sutherland from back in Young Guns, and there are a few things I expect to see different thanks to the new voice for Snake:

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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Revealed

By Mr Wolfe | March 28, 2013 - 2:34 AM |March 28, 2013 Metal Gear Solid 5

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Well my theory about the “double bluff” was wrong. Which means that just as everyone guessed a mere hours after it was first shown, The Phantom Pain is meant to combine with Ground Zeroes to become Metal Gear Solid 5. Or rather, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.

Overall I’m not disappointed, considering the trailer we got:

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The Phantom Pain’s Phantom Appeal

By Mr Wolfe | January 20, 2013 - 7:10 AM |September 12, 2013 Devil Project, Feature, News, Theory

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It’s what you DON’T see that makes it fascinating. Negative space. The words “METAL GEAR SOLID V” literally cut out of the title, instead of being shown front and center. It’s brilliant, intriguing, and (hopefully) reflects a deeper theme within the game — of letting our imaginations go wild, for better or worse.

Is The Phantom Pain really Metal Gear Solid 5? Or is that what we’re supposed to trick ourselves into thinking?

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Remember when Kojima talked about a “taboo” project that could potentially force him to leave the industry — the project which was eventually revealed to be the “devil” project?