S!CK #017 - METAL GEAR SOLID: THE SWANSONG OF A SERPENT

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“Love can bloom on a battlefield.” S!CK Magazine dedicates this 180-page classic issue to Metal Gear Solid—and to the broader Metal Gear saga as an obsession and a chain of revolutions led by Hideo Kojima. The issue dives into the series’ “glory years” while reflecting on its legacy—“the swan song of a Snake.”

From the original Metal Gear through Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain—including Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater—it aims to form a big-picture view of Kojima’s work, pulling out major themes, recurring motifs, and fixations: its violence and poetry, cinematic style, the evolution of its controls, its virtuosic soundtrack, and the density of its geopolitical storytelling. It also highlights the power of key characters like Revolver Ocelot, Raiden, Otacon, and—of course—Solid Snake and Big Boss, the legendary soldiers that anchor the analysis. In its cross-culture section, the issue also explores the role of food in Shenmue, Cyberpunk 2077, and RoboCop versus The Terminator.

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PUBLICATION DETAILS

LANGUAGE	BINDING	EDITION	ISBN	YEAR	PAGES
French	Paperback		9782493091024	2021	180

OTHER NAMES

S!CK 017 - Metal Gear Solid: The Swansong of a Serpent S!CK 017 - Metal Gear Solid: Le Chant du Cygne d'un Serpent

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Authors/Illustrators: #YoxVillars

Publishers: #SICKPublishing (S!CK Publishing)

Languages: #French

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Year: #Year2021

Genres: #Interviews

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#HideoKojima (Hideo Kojima)

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#Cyberpunk2077 (Cyberpunk 2077)

#MetalGear (Metal Gear, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain)

#Robocop (Robocop vs Terminator)

#Shenmue (Shenmue)

#TheTerminator (Robocop vs Terminator)

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