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#70 - The Best is Yet to Come
Epilogue Way to Fall Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) say goodbye to yesterday, in our final episode for the times. It's been a long journey through the Metal Gear saga, covering the story of Solid Snake, Big Boss, and Raiden over the course of 7 games. We reflect back on our...
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#69 - Never Be Game Over
Chapter Seven: Metal Gear Solid V Part 11: Endings and the Video Game Power Fantasy Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) have reached the last episode of the last Metal Gear Solid game! Today, we cover the game's many endings, and answer the last two pressing questions of our coverage…
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#68 - The Day Weapons Learned to Walk Upright
Chapter Seven: Metal Gear Solid V Part 10: Imperialism of Language Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) are finally here; it's time to take vengeance on Skull Face and his demon, Sahelanthropus! But before we face off with the giant mech, we do our exploration of this game's themes on...
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#67 - Lingua Franca
Chapter Seven: Metal Gear Solid V Part 9: Code Talker and Eli Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) drive deeper into the African setting, both thematically and into Code Talker's hiding place. Plus several boss encounters to discuss; a sniper showdown with the Skulls, a shootout in an...
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#66 - Diamond Dogs
Chapter Seven: Metal Gear Solid V Part 8: David Bowie/Man on Fire & Mantis Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) rock the tunes of David Bowie as they run their first operations out of Central Africa! We take a look at the musical influences of Hideo Kojima in MGSV, and then we drive...
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#65 - Cloaked in Silence
Chapter Seven: Metal Gear Solid V Part 7: Quiet and Huey Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) wrap up the first act in Afghanistan by analyzing the Central Asia setting in detail; why did Kojima take us to the famous "graveyard of Empires" for his final Metal Gear outing? Then we rejoin...
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#64 - Let the Legend Come Back to Life
Chapter Seven: Metal Gear Solid V Part 6: Kaz and Ocelot Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) join Ocelot on horseback as they ride out to save Kaz, and get "Big Boss" back into the game. We reacquaint ourselves with our two long-time Metal Gear buddies, plus we go under the mist to…
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#63 - The Man Who Sold the World
Chapter Seven: Metal Gear Solid V Part 5: Hospital Escape Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) wake up after 9 long years, only to find themselves under attack by XOF and a mysterious Man on Fire! This week, we dive into the "awakening" of Venom Snake and the "truth" behind Big Boss as...
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#62 - Another Mission, Boss?
Chapter Seven: Metal Gear Solid V Part 4: Gameplay Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) take a break from the heavier narrative of MGSV to discuss the game play side of things. Mission deployment, Extra Ops, new mechanics and systems are all discussed as we tackle the Fox Engine head…
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#61 - Here’s to You
Chapter Seven: Metal Gear Solid V Part 3: Ground Zeroes Analysis Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) run some extra ops against Camp Omega, discussing the various side missions and rewards available in Ground Zeroes. We then take a closer look at the Cuban setting, the antagonist Skull...
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#60 - Age Hasn’t Slowed You Down One Bit
Chapter Seven: Metal Gear Solid V Part 2: Ground Zeroes Main Mission Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) make for Camp Omega as Big Boss attempts to save Chico and Paz from a mysterious Cipher agent with a Skull for a Face. We talk about this game's direct continuation of Peace Walker…
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#59 - V Has Come To
Chapter Seven: Metal Gear Solid V Part 1: Production History Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) haven't let age slow them down one bit. We've arrived at the final chapter of Metal Gear Solid, Ground Zeroes and The Phantom Pain! Today we dive into the development cycle of both…
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#58 - Violence Breeds Violence
Chapter Six: Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (2013) Part 6: Wrap-up episode Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) cap off their analysis of Metal Gear Rising by hitting all their thematic staples: setting, imperialism, and power fantasy! The game twists these concepts compared to its…
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#57 - Don’t @#*$ with this Senator!
Chapter Six: Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (2013) Part 5: Senator Armstrong Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) come to the end of another Metal Gear game, which means it's time for big mech fights and bigger villain monologues! Raiden squares off with Metal Gear Excelsus, before...
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#56 - A Soul Can’t be Cut
Chapter Six: Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (2013) Part 4: The Winds of Destruction Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) pick up their Revengeance coverage with Jetstream Sam confronting Raiden with his life of violence! We dish on this Metal Gear trope for a bit as we work through the...
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#55 - Return to Ashes
Chapter Six: Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (2013) Part 3: R-01 to R-03 Intro Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) ninja run through the first third of the main story, following Jack from Abkhazia to Mexico and finally Denver as he tracks Desperado and uncovers their secret child…
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#54 - Rebooted. Rearmed. Recharged.
Chapter Six: Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (2013) Part 2: Raiden/Prologue Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) reacquaint themselves with our game's protagonist, Jack aka Raiden, and catch you up on life following Guns of the Patriots. We detail his support staff as well before diving...
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#53 - Give War a Chance
Chapter Six: Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (2013) Part 1: Production History Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) let 'er rip! It's time for Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, the continuation of Raiden's story following the events of MGS4. This episode sets up our coverage with a history...
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#52 - Break the Rules and Become the Hero
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) Movie Review Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) hop multiverses as they break down Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness! We give some non-spoiler thoughts up top before diving deep into the characters, twists, turns, and the...
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#51 - Sentinel of Liberty
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) Bonus Episode Manu (@ManuclearBomb) decided to celebrate his birthday by giving YOU a gift; a full breakdown and analysis of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, to my mind still the best film the MCU has to offer. We go into Captain America's comic...
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#50 - Turn the Game Console Off Right Now!
50th Episode Celebration What We've Been Playing Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) have officially recorded 50 episodes! In a more laid back episode, we talk a bit about what games we've been playing, including Elden Ring, Cyberpunk, Psychonauts and more! And then we look back at our...
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#49 - The Illusion We Call Peace
Chapter Five: Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (2010) Part 10: Finale Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) finish their coverage with a deep dive into Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker's settings, takes on imperialism, and how it challenges the video game power fantasy. This one is chock…
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#48 - Assemble the Men
Chapter Five: Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (2010) Part 9: Game modes/Co-op Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) take an episode to dive deeper into Peace Walker's many game modes and extras, from main missions to side ops and Mother Base management. They also share their experiences...
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#47 - Angel of Peace
Chapter Five: Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (2010) Part 8: Chapter 5/Zero Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) wrap up Peace Walker's story which involves Paz revealing her true self and commandeering Metal Gear Zeke! As Snake rushes to stop her, the hidden undercurrent to the plot is...
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#46 - I’m Done Looking for the Truth
Chapter Five: Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (2010) Part 7: Chapter 4/Big Boss Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) infiltrate a secret US missile base where Peace Walker is ready for its nuclear launch! The whole cast is here: Snake, Kaz, Galvez, Paz, Coldman, Strangelove...join us as…
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#45 - We All Have Our Scars
The Batman (2022) Movie Review Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) don their capes and cowls to discuss The Batman (2022) by Matt Reeves! We give some non-spoiler reactions up top, and then following a music interlude from Michael Giacchino, we go in-depth on the plot with a vengeance!...
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#44 - The Phantom Hero
Chapter Five: Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (2010) Part 6: Peace Walker Chapter 3 Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) saddle up their white Andalusian horses and begin galloping to the meat of this story! Speaking of meat, Dr. Strangelove gets to treat Big Boss as such, "tickling" him...
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#43 - Courage Need Not Be Remembered
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) Five-Year Retrospective Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) are joined by Marc Normandin (@Marc_Normandin) to talk about the five-year anniversary of Breath of the Wild! We give our thoughts on the story, gameplay, and the mark it left on...
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#42 - A New Kind of Business
Chapter Five: Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (2010) Part 5: Militaires Sans Frontieres/Dr. Strangelove Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) kick off today's episode with a closer look at Militaires Sans Frontieres, the new business Snake and Miller are forwarding. Then we infiltrate the...
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#41 - The Perfect Deterrent
Chapter Five: Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (2010) Part 4: Hot Coldman and Huey Emmerich Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) continue their investigation into Peace Sentinel's activities, finding CIA Station Chief Hot Coldman and Dr. Huey Emmerich at the center. Mutually-assured...
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#40 - Libertad o Muerte
Chapter Five: Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (2010) Part 3: The Sandinistas/Che Guevara Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) dive into Peace Walker's first chapter, where Snake rendezvous with the Sandinistas for local intelligence. From them he learns about Peace Sentinel's movements...
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#39 - America’s Backyard
Chapter Five: Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (2010) Part 2: Prologue Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) dive headfirst into Peace Walker's story by introducing the game's major players: Kaz, Paz, and Professor Galvez. Then we make our way into Costa Rica only to discover nukes are…
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#38 - An Army Without Borders
Chapter Five: Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (2010) Part 1: Introduction Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) kick off PSF's coverage of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker! It's an important demarcation point in the series, signaling the switch to Big Boss as Metal Gear's going-concern and…
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#37 - Like a Spy Movie
Metal Gear Solid: The Movie Fancasting Episode Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) decide to finally speak to the Metal Gear Solid movie, the very reason this podcast was started! We go over our wishes and concerns with adapting Metal Gear for the big screen, and then just sit back and...
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#36 - Shaine Smith Simulation
Shaine Smith Interview Bonus Episode Manu (@ManuclearBomb) is joined by "Metal Gear Hot Girl" Shaine Smith (@shainehinnant)! We talk about her history with Metal Gear and what it means to be a Metal Gear Historian, as well as her own experience about being a woman in the Metal Gear community....
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#35 - The Solid Snake Simulation
Solid Snake Wrap-Up Character Analysis Having just completed Metal Gear Solid 4, Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) take a look back at the character arc and themes of Solid Snake over the course of his games, and how our opinions have evolved during the course of our coverage. Plus…
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He‘s a Menace!
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) Bonus Episode Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) take a holiday break from Metal Gear Solid to talk Spider-Man: No Way Home! We give some production notes and non-spoiler reaction, but then we go beat-by-beat through the movie in full spoiler mode. Join…
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#33 - This is Good, Isn‘t It?
Chapter Four: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008) Part 10: Thematic Analysis Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) put a coda on their MGS4 coverage, as we do PSF staples of analyzing setting, imperialism, and how Metal Gear challenges the male power fantasy. Finally, we take…
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#32 - Back to Zero
Chapter Four: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008) Part 9: Outer Haven Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) wrap up the story of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots as Solid Snake faces his final battle, including one final showdown with Liquid Ocelot atop Outer Haven....
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#31 - Where Our Fates Were Born
Chapter Four: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008) Part 8: Return to Shadow Moses Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) go back to a familiar military base on a remote island off the Fox Archipelago...that's right, Snake and Hal return to Shadow Moses to track down Metal Gear...
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#30 - Green Collars
Chapter Four: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008) Part 7: Liquid Ocelot Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) raise the curtain on Liquid Ocelot's insurrection! We finally dive into our game's antagonist, as well as examine the Patriot AIs and the plan Liquid has for them....
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#29 - Paradise Lost
Chapter Four: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008) Part 6: EVA and Raging Raven Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) join Snake as he heads to Eastern Europe to locate Big Mama, who we know as EVA from Metal Gear Solid 3. This gives us plenty of opportunity to discuss her...
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#28 - White Blood
Chapter Four: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008) Part 5: Raiden and Vamp Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) wrap up South America with a tracking setpiece and our patented deep dives into Vamp and Raiden, who explode onto the scene in the second act finale! Support…
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#27 - Chained to Fate
Chapter Four: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008) Part 4: Beauty and the Beast Corps, Naomi Hunter Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) rendezvous with Old Snake in South America to discuss the first half of Act II: Solid Sun! We discuss this game's Shakespearean act...
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#26 - The Past Isn‘t Dead (007)
Outer Op: No Time to Die Reaction/Review Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) found some time to die and give their initial thought on the latest in the 007 franchise! We give a few minutes of non-spoiler discussion before diving headfirst into the last Daniel Craig James Bond film!…
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#25 - On a Tired Battlefield
Chapter Four: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008) Part 3: Drebin, Meryl, and Sons of the Patriots Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) finish the first act of Metal Gear Solid 4 and deep dive into the characters of Drebin 893 and Meryl Silverburgh, who stand in for the war...
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#24 - Age of Heroes
Chapter Four: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008) Part 2: Old Snake and Otacon Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) infiltrate the first act of Metal Gear Solid 4 as we break down our protagonists, Old Snake and Otacon, and their original treatment for the game's ending. But...
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#23 - Old Sun
Chapter Four: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008) Part 1: Introduction Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) kick off coverage of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots! We cover the game's production, design, and systems, and then get a sense of what this game is all…
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ManuclearBomb Patreon Announcement
Manu (@ManuclearBomb) has started a Patreon! I'll be taking on some additional projects, including: expanding Podcast Sans Frontieres to include more special episodes and cover adjacent media like 007 No Time to Die Launching My Brother, My Captain, My Podcast, a celebration of the 20th…
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#22 - Trapped in the Memory of Shadow Moses
Sequels, Prequels, and Remakes Special Episode Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) take some time to ruminate on the future, if any, of the Metal Gear Solid games franchise. We address the Kojima of it all, and if we even would want another MGS game in the first place. Finally, we…
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