Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker's Naked Snake from Play Arts: Just because I'm unworthy doesn't mean I won't get it

2:00 PM on 06.30.2010   |   Jason Millward

Way back in the 90's there was this group of high-schoolers that figured themselves for the alternative to the social norm. Except they never accepted ANYBODY. They would always look down upon people for not knowing about such and such a band or film before they got mainstream notice. I was totally one of those people. Yes, I knew about Sebadoh and Fugazi way before you knew how to even pronounce them. Yes, this made me pathetic in my own right. But the thing that kept me from being a poser was I never pretended. And I'd admit when I was wrong.

I never touched a Metal Gear game before Solid 4 was released. Only then did I go back and play them all. MGS 3 became one of my all-time favorite games (after initially hating the game), and Naked Snake/Big Boss amongst my favorite vidja game protagonists. All well after all you cool kids knew the score.

I feebly lift my white flag in acknowledgment that a boss new version of Big Boss is up for preorder at Hobby Search. This is him in his sneaking suit from the recent PSP game Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. Just like how I'm cooler than you because I knew about Nirvana before you owned all of their albums, you're cooler than me because of Metal Gear, even though I have also caught up. Truce? 4,080 yen and meant to ship in September.