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Metal Gear: The Origin an essay about METAL GEAR for MSX; this essay covers a number of topics outside of Metal Gear and draws unusual comparisons to the OJ Simpson Murder Trial of 1994

ESSAY: Metal Gear Copes Every Land

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KEY EXCERPTS:

Two landmark, global events occurred in 1995. First, FOXHOUND agent Solid Snake infiltrates Outer Heaven and destroys both mobile nuclear weapon Metal Gear and Outer Heaven’s enigmatic leader, Big Boss, and secondly, Orenthal James Simpson is acquitted of murder.

I forgot about the enemy that emerges from that truck. The game has shown me this before. And, again, this death is all my fault.

All of the player’s patience is rewarded with power.

Simpson did as Cochran asked and said to all on the transceiver: If the glove doesn’t fit, one must acquit.

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