158: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (with Geoff Moonen - "Fun" and Games)

26 Mar 2025 • 169 min • EN
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In my ongoing first-time playthrough of the Metal Gear Solid series, we've arrived at the canonical end of Solid Snake's story, while seeing series creator Hideo Kojima at his most self-indulgent (yet) and most creative. Metal Gear Solid is a series of multitudes, and 2008's Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is no different. Listen in to find out what we thought! Guest info: Geoff Moonen * Check out "Fun" and Games podcast https://funandgames.libsyn.com/ * Follow Geoff on BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/geoffmakesnoise.bsky.social * Need a voice actor? https://www.geoffmoonen.com/ TIMESTAMPS * 0:00 Title Card * 0:28 Intros/Personal Histories/Opening Thoughts * 18:42 Story Setup * 35:02 Story Themes/Presentation * 54:08 Gameplay * 1:18:28 Final Thoughts/Plugs * 1:30:24 SPOILER WALL * 1:32:18 Spoiler section Music in the episode is credited to Harry Gregson-Williams. Tracks used: * Old Snake * Metal Gear Saga * Midnight Shadow * Haven Troopers * Breakthrough * Drebin 893 * Guns of the Patriots * Father & Son * Everything Begins Check out Dave's guest appearance on Pixels and Polygons! https://open.spotify.com/show/1scBiQBcm6u03qSjFkDvzD?si=k1OReY87SRSamyl6bPgiCw Support Tales from the Backlog on Patreon! (https://patreon.com/realdavejackson) or buy me a coffee on Ko-fi (https://ko-fi.com/realdavejackson)! Join the Tales from the Backlog Discord server! (https://discord.gg/V3ZHz3vYQR) Social Media: BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/tftblpod.bsky.social) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/talesfromthebacklog/) Cover art by Jack Allen- find him at https://www.instagram.com/jackallencaricatures/ and his other pages (https://linktr.ee/JackAllenCaricatures) Listen to A Top 3 Podcast on Apple (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-top-3-podcast/id1555269504), Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/2euGp3pWi7Hy1c6fmY526O?si=0ebcb770618c460c) and other podcast platforms (atop3podcast.fireside.fm)!

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