Analyses

An article looking at the symbolic meaning behind the cigarettes in Metal Gear Solid 4.

“I won’t make the same choice as her. My future’s going to be different.”

“The human mind is capable of many illusions. Of pain, of the future.”

The Phantom Pain’s story revolves around the relation between signified and signifier – and how language plays a central role.

“It was then that the norms – manifested as AIs, the inheritors of Zero’s will… began to reproduce and take

This article aims to demonstrate how different dimensions of reality intertwine and create a (false) sense of truth; constructing a reality.

‘Dehumanization’ is one of the most important themes of Metal Gear Solid 4.

What do the lyrics mean exactly, and how do they relate to the storyline? This article attempts to propose a possible explanation.