Grind my Metal Gears

We're back with more Peace Walker! Time to fight the Shagohod, uh, I mean, time to fight Pupa! We also learn a bit more about what's going on in Costa Rica as we meet Otacon's father, and *checks notes* Hot Coldman.

We're back in the hands of Hideo Kojima as we move on from Portable Ops to Peace Walker! Turns out everything we liked about Portable Ops is here, but there's more of it and it's even better. After spending some time away from him, we can really feel Kojima's influence on this one. Join us as we begin our quest to build up Outer Heaven and find out what the CIA is doing in Costa Rica.

Not even a battery failure could keep us from finishing Portable Ops! We finally learn what Gene's goals are (and you just know Big Boss is taking notes), have a shocking revelation about the events of MGS3, catch a few glimpses of our boy Ocelot, and stop a nuclear war or something, but that's not as important. Join us next time for Peace Walker!

We're not quite at the end of Portable Ops just yet, but it's time for a big fight against a Metal Gear! Or maybe it's more accurate to call it a small fight against a medium-sized Metal Gear? Regardless! We take down RAXA and learn a little bit more about what's really going on here in the San Hieronymo Peninsula and what Gene might be planning. We also say farewell to one of our best soldiers.

Last time we made it across that pesky rail bridge, so now it's time to find out what's on the other side! Turns out there's nukes, maybe a metal gear, and a Mr. freeze pinhead combination freak that we also have to fight.

We're reliving the glorious days of portable gaming with 2006's Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops: the first non-Kojima led game we're covering! Time to find out what Big Boss was up to after the events of MGS3. Turns out he was somewhere in Columbia with Roy Campbell building an army one solider at a time.

We're finally here at the end of MGS4. We've got a rat patrol Wedding, a ninja family reunion, and Solid Snake's got one last mission to complete. One last bullet to fire into his.. hey wait, who's that coming up behind him. By God! That's ███ ████'s music!

It's our penultimate episode on MGS4! We've gotta stop Liquid's plan by uploading a virus into GW, but first we have one last Beauty and the Beast Corps member to take care of, a reunion with a certain psychic, a long walk down a microwave hallway, and one final battle between two men free of ideology and politics (questionable).

Time to make our fated return to Shadow Moses Island before it sinks into the ocean. After strolling down memory lane, we have one final showdown with everyone's favorite bisexual vampire and then finally, after 4 games, we get in the robot.

Not a lot of gameplay happens in Act 3 of MGS4, but we learn SO MUCH from the cutscenes. Enjoy this longer than normal episode as we try to unpack the many things we learn from Big Mama before Ocelot finally gains control of The System.

Episode 24: Bag Boss