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

Dave Jackson — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0400

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

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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

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41: The Last of Us (with Ben Robinson - Play Along Podcast)

Dave Jackson — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0400

Some games are released, garner acclaim and fans, and fade into our Nostalgia centers. Some games, however, keep growing until they are something much bigger. The Last of Us is a trend-setter, influencing the direction of Sony's first-party titles of the past decade, while also being remastered AND remade before spinning out into a multimedia franchise. But does it deserve the hype and continuing obsession? Is it truly one of the greatest video games ever made?

Dave is joined by Ben Robinson of Play Along Podcast to discuss the original PS3 release and the PS4 remaster.

TIMESTAMPS
Intro/Personal Histories 1:03
Story Setup/Stealth/Survival Gameplay 15:29
Combat 47:43
To Remake?/Final Thoughts 1:06:18
SPOILER WALL 1:26:31

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Tales from the Backlog - Episodes Tagged with “Ps3”

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

41: The Last of Us (with Ben Robinson - Play Along Podcast)