In 1997, several high school friends formed a rock band known as Xero. After 2 years, they changed their vocalist and a new name: Hybrid Theory. The title comes from their hybrid style of music: rap and rock. For the sake of curiosity, I'll refer to the vocalists as "Chaz" and "Spike" In 1999, they released an EP, named after their band. I'm here to review said EP, and to tell you that it is awesome.

The EP starts off with "Carousel" which begins with an electric beat and what sounds like an Indian howl... Then, it turns into an odd hip-hop song, with Spike rapping about a girl, who "just wants to get rid of this hell" and then, all of the sudden, distorted guitars come in and Chaz sings "I never know, just why you run, so far away, far away from me," the song is dark, heavy and just overall satisfying. Think about drug addiction while listening to the lyrics.

The next track, "Technique", is a short little piece made with a voice changer and a turntable. It's nothing but a weird voice saying "YOU MUST EXERCISE THE PROPER TECHNIQUE!" and then some electronic noises and scratching.

"Step Up" is a good song. It's basically a hip-hop song with Spike rapping about...the band. Seriously, he talks about how he's so great at rapping and about the fusion of rap and rock. It's a bit egotistical, but I'll admit, it's very good rapping. I can tell that the heart of the music comes from the DJ, with lots of ambient, electric sounds and scratching in the song. Also, during the bridge, the odd voice from "Technique" returns to deliver some announcement about an audio weapons system..odd, but very cool. 

"And One" is the climax of the EP. It easily has the most meaningful lyrics, a great chorus and some great rapping. Chaz sings the verses and chorus, while Spike does the bridge and ending. This song has one of the best musical lines I've heard: "If anger's a gift then I guess I've been blessed," The song is heavy and fast, and ends with some odd electric sounds with Spike rapping. This part felt unnescesary, but it's still pretty cool.

"High Voltage" is probably the black sheep of the EP. I honestly think the 2000 reprise is better. The song starts with Spike saying "Just do something to tell you who I am, you know?" well he's a really freaking weird person if that's the case. The rapping's good, but I just can't interpret the lyrics. The chorus has an electronic sounding voice singing, which is pretty cool.

The EP ends with "Part of Me" which features Spike rapping the verses and Chaz singing the chorus. There honestly isn't much I can do to describe the track. It has great lyrics and music. After the song ends, there's about 6 minutes of silence before a hidden track. This isn't anything special, but it's kind of cool. 

Overall, Hybrid Theory is an excellent EP. It's only about half an hour long, so it's perfect to listen to on a short trip. Oh yeah, and that whole Spike and Chaz thing? Yeah, Spike is actually Mike Shinoda, and Chaz is Chester Bennington - the 2 vocalists for Linkin Park. Hybrid Theory changed their name to Linkin Park shortly after the release of the EP, and soon became a hugely popular band. Only hardcore fans like me have heard the EP, but it's definitely something you shouldn't miss out on.

Sequels...they're often perceived oddly by the fan base. Some think they're so much worse, some think they're too different, and some thing they're not different enough. I'm here to talk about all the kinds of sequels people talk about starting with...

Worse: Modern Warfare 2

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was an intense, fast and epic experience. The campaign had a somewhat realistic story, great level design and some of the best multiplayer ever created - heck, I'd prefer CoD4's MP over Black Ops or any other CoD. It had some amazing moments - silently sniping a terrorist occupied village from a cliffside, getting nuked in the middle east, crawling through Chernobyl, sniping a guy from a mile away and piloting a massive gunship. It was an amazing campaign. 2 years later, enter Modern Warfare 2. The story isn't as good, it's filled with plot holes unnecessary twists, horrible design and incredibly predictable moments. Here's the highlights to MW2's campaign: chasing some guy in Rio, attacking an oil rig for no reason, running back and forth between 2 fast food restaurants...that's it. There's no spectacle. It's boring. The 1st time through, it's cool, 2nd time it's predictable, 3rd time it's boring and 4th and after, it just plain stupid. Now Call of Duty's campaigns aren't the most replayable, but they offered several fun playthroughs. And there's nothing to come back for - no cheats, no coop, no cool easter eggs, nothing. Spec Ops is fun, sort of. Most of it is just stuff lifted from the campaign with coop added in. And multiplayer? Never played it. Thanks to they're 'great' job porting it to the PC. Hopefully MW3 will be better - if it's being developed by IW, Sledgehammer and Raven, it should be.

Equal: Doom II

Doom was one of the greatest games of all time. It was developed by a team of less than 10 people, and looked and played better than any game on the market. It was fast, violent, hardcore and just brilliant. Less than a year later, Doom II: Hell on Earth was released. The only differences were 6 new enemies and a new weapon. The game ran on the same engine, all the same graphics were used. Now the new enemies and weapons were welcome, there was also a new soundtrack which just didn't hold up to the original. The level design was...well, different. Not better or worse than the original. The levels were somewhat odd and much longer than they were in the 1st game. Not much is different in Doom II, but it's still an excellent game.

Better: Half-Life 2

Half-Life was pretty darn awesome. It had pretty good graphics, a great story and really fun gameplay. Though it did have it's faults - the voice acting sucked and it was brutally difficult (I've never screamed louder over a game in my life) That all changed 6 years later when Valve released Half-Life 2. It had incredible graphics, excellent acting, and it was just challenging enough, that and the story was much more interesting. Half-Life 2, in my opinion was the best game of the decade. It not only met everyone's expectations - it exceeded them

Not-so-different: Super Mario Galaxy 2

Super Mario Galaxy 2 was a bit of a surprise at E3 2009 - we had never had 2 full 3D Mario platformers on one console. SMG2 was pretty much the stuff they couldn't fit in, and more. They added Yoshi, the "super-guide" thing that they have in a lot of their new games and some more stuff. It's really not that different than the original, but that wasn't a problem, because Super Mario Galaxy 2 is the 3rd highest rated game of all time. It was brilliant, a ton of fun. I think it's the perfect sequel.

Completely different: Quake 2

Quake was a gothic, fast, atmospheric, dark, and intense 1st person shooter. Quake 2 is a science fiction, somewhat fast, not very atmospheric shooter. It has absolutely nothing to do with the original Quake. It's about an attack on the alien planet Stroggos, after they invaded earth. The level design is still pretty good, but it's a lot less linear than the original Quake. There are lots of parts where you'll be going back to the same place. Quake 2 is great, it's just not Quake.

Improved, barely: Call of Duty - Black Ops

In 2008, Treyarch copied made copy of CoD4 and changed the Ultranationalists and Arabs to Japanese and Nazis, and they called it Call of Duty: World at War. World at War was so similar to CoD4, that it overshadowed lots of the great design that was in the game (aside from the poor job they did on the American campaign). 2 years later, Treyarch made a sequel, Call of Duty: Black Ops. Black Ops featured 2 characters from WaW, and that was pretty much the only 'sequel' aspect of the game. But, unlike WaW, it's not a carbon copy of IW's previous entry. The MP is very similar, but they changed the system a lot - they added CoD points. It's not terribly creative or different, but it's a good way to distinguish it from other titles. Also, the campaign is good. Seriously, it's almost as good as CoD4's. It also has the best story of any of the games in the series. Overall, not much has changed, but what has, is for the better.

Sequel everyone hated it: Metal Gear Solid 2

In 1998, everyone was crazy about Metal Gear Solid. Well, that, and Quake 2. But of course everyone was crazy excited for Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. The trailer showed Solid Snake diving onto a tanker, sneaking around and fighting Russian soldiers, with the ship exploding and sinking. It looked incredible. Little did they know that it wasn't anything more than the game's introduction, and that throughout the rest of the game you would be on an oil cleanup plant playing as a whiny, naive guy named Raiden. People were pissed, seriously. There wasn't even the slightest clue that this would happen. While most people complained about this, the reviewers simply shrugged it off and realized that the game was incredibly well designed, with beautiful graphics, outstanding story and voice over, and the brilliant gameplay innovations. MGS2 was as confusing as calculating molarity (which I've never figured out how to do) but it was a really good game. 

So obviously, people view sequels very differently. It all depends on the decisions made by the developers. Dead Space 2 recently came out, and it has gotten a lot of praise over the original. Let's hope that developers can continue making awesome sequels.

Artist: Linkin Park
Label: Warner Bros
Release: September 8th, 2010

Okay...an album review.. I've never done one of these before, but I feel I should start doing it. Anyway, I'm a big Linkin Park fan. I loved Hybrid Theory, Meteora and Minutes to Midnight, but A Thousand Suns is a bit different. It's a good album - just not a good Linkin Park album. Anyway, let's talk about the tracks

The Requiem - Not really much of a song - like about 1/3 of the album, it's just ambience. It has a creepy voice saying the second verse of The Catalyst, it's a pretty good intro to the album

The Radiance - Again, an atmospheric track. Nothing special here

Burning in the Skies - Now this is a darn good song. Very nice music, and some well constructed lyrics. It's like one of the old LP's soft songs.

Empty Spaces - An atmospheric track that sounds like it was recorded at some kind of boot camp. Nothing worth listening to here.

When They Come For Me - A really good one. Mike Shinoda does his excellent (as usual) rapping with Chester Bennington doing the chorus great. One of the few songs they've made that contain profanity.

Robot Boy - An odd, yet pretty piano opening. Very nice melody, great lyrics. One of my faves

Jornada del Muerto - Wut...oh, more ambience...yipee

Waiting for the End - Whoa, whoa whoa... Linkin Park did a reggae song? Believe it or not, they did. Well somewhat, the verses are reggae and the chorus is completely different. A pretty cool song

Blackout - Chester sucks at rapping, nuff said. Mediocre song

Wretches and Kings - The rapping could be better, chorus is really cool

Wisdom, Justice and Love - Another ambient track, but it's really cool and kind of creepy

Iredescent - Not much to say, it's a pretty good one though 

Fallout - AAAAAAAAMMMMMBBBBBBIIIIIEEEENNNNNCCCCCEEEE

The Catalyst - DEFINITELY, the best track on the album. Very repetitive, but absolutely incredible. Profound and epic lyrics combined with amazing music makes one of LP's best tracks ever.

The Messenger - and now for a crappy acoustic track. Nothing to see here..

Anyway, A Thousand Suns is an odd album. It's very interesting and worth listening too, but I do miss LP's old style. It's a darn good album, and you should definitely check it out

8/10

 

We all know the Wii is very popular, and also that it's universally hated by PS3/360 users for being "kiddy" (see: MadWorld, House of the Dead, No More Heroes) and for having "horrible" graphics. But the reason graphics on Wii are so mediocre all the time, is because developers don't try hard enough.

There are 3 developers that have made great games for Wii with great graphics: Nintendo, Capcom, and Treyarch. Of course, Nintendo knows their hardware better than anything else. Super Mario Galaxy has a lot of great, bright textures and some brilliant lighting effects. Capcom has proved the Wii's power with Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles. Look at this and tell me that it doesn't look close to a 360 game.

Lastly, Treyarch (the other CoD developer) actually seems to care about the Wii fanbase - unlike Infinity Ward. CoD3, WaW and Black Ops have been on Wii since day one, and Treyarch even ported CoD4 over to Wii in 2009. They're first effort, CoD3 wasn't all that great. Other than motion controls and lack of online MP, the Wii version is identical to the PS2 version. I can understand why they did this, since CoD3 was a Wii launch title and they didn't have time to polish it up. 

Ehhh...not much in common 

WaW was much better. Aside from missing one of the SP missions, Nazi Zombies and a couple of MP maps, it was just as good as the 360 version. The graphics did take a good hit. Some models look very crappy, but the game holds up very well. Instead of just making the textures look abysmal and eliminating scenery, they took out a lot of detail as you can see in this video. There's not as much grass, which honestly doesn't matter very much. Treyarch simply takes out not-so-important details to get the game running - a great technique.

See all those unneeded details? Yeah they're all gone

 They used it in the Wii port of CoD4, which was great. As you can see in this screen, they took out a lot of unneeded detail to get the game running. In IGN's review, they constantly bickered about the inconsistent framerate and the occasional crash. I don't know what's with them, but my game has never crashed and has always run at full speed.

Again, more unneeded details are gone to help it run better

 Treyarch obviously tried very hard to make the Wii version of Black Ops. While the graphics were still no where near as good as the HD versions, the campaign is mostly intact, Nazi Zombies is here and MP is nearly identical. In the campaign, they took the boat scene out of Crash Site. Five isn't present in Nazi zombies, although it's because they just didn't have enough time to port it over. Dead Ops is apparently very graphically intensive, and they stated that the HD versions encountered some slowdown while running it, so they didn't bother putting it on Wii. The chopper gunner, attack chopper and valkyrie rockets are missing from the MP due to the Wii's lack of RAM. Overall, Treyarch did an amazing job with BlOps on Wii, and I hope they continue.

 Another developer that pushes the Wii in terms of graphics is Eurocom, the developers of Dead Space: Extraction and the GoldenEye remake. Both are great games, and I recommend you check them out. Instead of going on about all the details, enjoy a Dead Space screenshot.
 As you can see, it's got some pretty sick gore effects.

GoldenEye has received a lot of hate from graphics whores, claiming it "looks worse than the n64 version" 

Uhuh, sure...
Now this article has turned out to be a lot longer than I planned, but it must continue! Now for some games that aren't on Wii that the Wii could probably handle.

The Orange Box
Okay, first of all I'm not saying Valve's gonna put Orange Box on Wii or anything (though it would be pretty cool) I'm just saying the Wii's hardware could probably handle it. Now I know what you're thinking "There's no way the Wii can handle a 360 game" Well, Half-Life 2 was on the original Xbox, and it wasn't all that different than the PC version. Also, the Xbox isn't much more powerful than the GameCube at all, and the Wii is about as powerful as 1.5 GameCubes. Simple logic. Now it may not be able to handle some of the effects in the Orange Box, but that doesn't mean it couldn't handle it at all. One of the big hurdles would actually be porting the Source engine to Wii, and keep in mind Treyarch was able to port the IW engine to Wii.

Resident Evil 5
RE5 on Wii has been demanded by Wii and RE fans alike, and before I go on about graphics, let me point out that there's no reason RE5 shouldn't be on Wii. There was an exclusive RE remake for Gamecube, a prequel, a port of RE2, 3 and Code Veronica and RE4 was exclusive for about 9 months, so other than graphics, Capcom has no reason to not put it on Wii. Before RE5's release, Capcom said they would consider putting it on Wii if sales for Umbrella Chronicles and RE4: Wii edition were good. Well, they both sold over 1 million copies each, so there's that. and as for the graphics, an employee at Capcom once stated "The RE4 engine could handle RE5's gameplay, but not it's graphics" So what the hell are they waiting for? I mean I know it's hard work porting a game to another engine, but it can be done. and honestly, I don't think the Wii community particularly cares about graphics. RE4 sold 1.6 million copies on GameCube as of January 2007, and the Wii version came out several months later and sold just about as much. So obviously we'll buy the exact same game for different controls, so that means we'll probably buy RE5. Oh yeah and, the graphics...comparison?

RE5 running on Xbox 360

 

RE4 running on GameCube

Well...wow..just..wow. Doesn't seem like too much of an upgrade other than textures and model clarity. Anyway, enough with that.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Wii could handle CoD4 just fine, and Black Ops just fine, and it could probably handle MW2 just fine. Enough said. See ya 

Call of Duty is insanely popular. But the reception on it has been somewhat mixed. Many people love the intense action of the franchise, and some think it's just too repetitive. Here are my thoughts, game by game.

Call of Duty (PC, 2003)

One of the last game to use the Quake 3 engine, CoD is certainly a lot different from Q3. There's no regenerating health, and all of your allies can die at some point, so don't expect your captain to cover you through the whole mission. The only things I didn't really like were the machine guns. Lots of times you had to peek around from cover and take a shot of faith and hope you kill the gunner, or else you'll lose a good chunk of your health. I don't really remember much of the campaign, all I know is that it takes place in Normandy and Stalingrad, and an ending mission in Berlin. Anyway, it's a pretty fun game.

Call of Duty 2 (PC/Xbox 360, 2005)

Okay, so this one uses the IW engine - the same one they used in Black Ops. It also has regenerating health, which is now a series staple. This one had an excellent campaign. It took place in Stalingrad, Africa, France and Normandy. It even had D-Day. The graphics in CoD2 were great. There were some really nice lighting effects, great explosions and good looking models. The gameplay was unchanged other than the addition of regenerating health. It was a very good game, I recommend you check it out.

Call of Duty 3 (everything but PC...wtf?)

The black sheep. Treyarch's 1st (and probably worst) entry in the franchise. There was no Russian campaign, and not much of a British one, but instead, a Canadian, Polish and French campaign. I mean, who wants to play as the Canadians. I haven't played much of this, but from what I've played, it's not very good. It did introduce a very awkward way of throwing grenades back.

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Multiplatform, Wii in 2009)

The fan and critic favorite. My favorite too. Infinity Ward's 3rd game - and their last one before it went all downhill. The campaign follows an SAS Sargent named Soap MacTavish, and a Marine named Paul Jackson. The story takes place in 2011, unlike previous entries and actually has an original story involving a Russian civil war. I read somewhere theres was actually going to be a Russian campaign, but it was taken out. The graphics in this game are incredible. Incredibly detailed in every sense of the word, and it even looks good on my piece of crap computer. The missions aren't very repetitive since they aren't restricted to WW2 battles, and some are very memorable. Like flying an AC-130, sniping a weapons dealer in Chernobyl, sneaking through an abandoned city and attacking a cargo ship in the Bering Strait. The multiplayer on this is also incredibly fun and offers a very wide variety of gameplay choices. Easily the best in the series, no doubt about it. 

Call of Duty: World at War (Multiplatform)

Treyarch's 2nd game, and boy was it an improvement over their last. The 4th game to take place in WW2, and the last for now. Previous games weren't very bloody, had barely any language and a little bit of humor. World at War is a lot different. There's gallons of blood, decapitations, throat-slittings, executions, dismemberment, f-bombs every other second and not a single joke to be found. In World at War, you play as a Marine named Miller in the Pacific and a Red Army soldier named Dimitri Petrenko in Germany. Like I said, the game takes place in the Pacific, retelling the Makin raid, Peleliu and Okinawa. It also retells the Battle of Stalingrad and Berlin - in the most epic sense imaginable. WaW is beautiful. It has much different environments than CoD4 and has some really great effects. Speaking of effects, there's a ton of gore. You can blow enemies legs, heads and arms off. It's very pleasing, and I don't care if that makes me sound masochistic. WaW has some very noticeable voice actors, like Jack Bauer and Sirius Black - I mean Kiefer Sutherland and Gary Oldman playing Roebuck and Reznov, respectively. The campaign is very intense and fun, and the multiplayer's a blast too. Some fans didn't like it due to it taking place in WW2, and it's similarities to CoD4. But they still play it. Why? A little mode Treyarch threw in near the end of development that they thought no one would care about. Nazi Zombies. In this mode, you're trapped inside a building with undead SS surrounding you. It's ridiculously fun to play with friends, and it became so popular that they made 3 more maps, and a story about it. It even returns in Black Ops.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Multiplatform)

When MW2 was announced, fans were giddy with excitement. Then it came out. Sure, lots of people loved it, but lots of people hated it too. It follows Gary "Roach" Sanderson, a Task Force 141 operative under the command of Soap MacTavish, that's right the main character from CoD4. There's also Joseph Allen and James Ramirez in the US Army campaign. The plot can't really be explained without many spoilers, but lets just say that they thought of a bunch of cool level ideas and worried about the story later. It take place in Afghanistan, Rio de Janeiro, Russia and Washington DC. It's got some great moments, but lots of not-so-great moments. There's no AC-130 mission or an intense sniper mission, which is disappointing because now there's nothing too memorable. Not saying the campaign's terrible, it just has a lot wrong with it. Lots of plot holes, too many different locations and it's incredibly short. One thing I do like though, is the music. Hans Zimmer did the music in this, and all of it is stupendous. I've got the entire soundtrack on my iPod and listen to it all the time. Oh, and don't buy the soundtrack from iTunes, just rip it from the game so you get every song. Anyway, MW2 also has a Spec-Ops mode where you take on challenges with a friend such as fighting off waves of Russians with a sniper rifle, fighting Juggernauts on an Oil Rig and many more. This mode can be very fun, but sometimes seems...eh. Multiplayer has a lot added to it, but it's not quite as good as CoD4. Decent game - don't pay much for it.

Call of Duty: Black Ops (Multiplatform)

Treyarch's latest effort, and easily their best. Black Ops takes place during the Cold War and follows a US soldier named Alex Mason and a CIA operative named Jason Hudson. The story is very confusing for a while, but get's better near the end. The campaign goes to many locations, like a Gulag, Vietnam, Hong Kong and even the Arctic. This game is brand new, and I haven't even played multiplayer yet, so I can't say much. Zombie mode makes a return and has 3 new maps. A Nazi mansion (Kino der Toten), the Pentagon (Five) and a special arcade mode called Dead Ops.

That's all I have to say about the series...for now.

 

So Spikes video game popularity contest aired last night and...well it sucked. Other than Neil Patrick Harris hosting, it was awful. Let's go over this, shall we? 

Character of the Year: Sgt. Frank Woods, CoD Black Ops

Wow. The stereotypical badass sarge wins. Forget memorable characters like Reznov, Kratos and James Marsden...

Best Shooter: Call of Duty: Black Ops

This seems all too familiar. Where's GoldenEye? That game was actually remotely different from it's predecessor.

Best Original Score: Red Dead Redemption

Other nominees were Reach, ME2 and GoW3. One question...WHERE THE HELL IS SMG2?!

Game of the Year: Red Dead Redemption

Now, I've only played a bit of RDR, but the little bit I played of it was insanely fun. It's definitely deserving of the nomination, and probably deserves the award, but here's what bothered me... The other nominees were: A game that wins awards for doing the same thing every year, pretty much the same thing, a sequel that didn't really change anything, and Mass Effect 2. Now, one thing I'm wondering is, how come the highest rated game of the year was not nominated?

So yeah, the Spike VGAs are kinda bs... Nuff said. 

It's October 29th, and Halloween is near. To celebrate, I'm gonna post a few short reviews of some horror movies I've seen.

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

1, 2 Freddy's coming for you.... Alright, so A Nightmare on Elm Street was the 1st horror movie I ever saw, and boy was it fun! It was just a bunch of teens fooling around, doing homework, getting it on, getting murdered in their dreams 1 by 1... I loved Freddy Krueger in this, he's such an enjoyable killer. You're cheering for the protagonists because he keeps killing them, but you're also cheering for him because he's so darn crazy. Oh, and Johnny Depp was in this movie? You bet. 9/10

 

A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

26 years later, we get the same movie only much darker and scarier. It followed the same basic plot and had just about all the same characters. Only this time, there wasn't much humor in it at all. It was a lot more gruesome, a lot darker and a lot scarier in general. Freddy's no longer a crazy lunatic, he's a pissed off burn victim. They explained Freddy's backstory a lot more in this, which I liked a lot. Overall, a good remake. 9/10

 

Friday the 13th (1980)

Wow. I seriously was disappointed with this movie. There wasn't much tension at all, I knew when someone was gonna die and it was quite boring to be honest. Characters were boring, but the kills were cool. Nothing much to say here. 6/10

 

Friday the 13th (2009)

Wow. I was seriously thrilled with this movie. This is one of my favorite horror movies of all time. The characters were likable (except one D-bag who died a very gruesome death..) For one thing, it's not exactly a remake at all. It seems they took elements from all the previous films and squished them together into one giant badass horror movie. This movie had a lot of naughty stuff (some of which I enjoyed, a lot) and some awesome kills. Jason was very intimidating, and a real non-stop killing machine in every sense of the phrase. It was bloody, it was exciting, it was arousing, it was great. 10/10

 

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

It started off slow, but very creepy. Very gritty, realistic and quite disturbing. Not terribly gory either, the characters were very frightening and the suspense was killer. Nothing much here, just a really good horror flick. 8/10

 

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)

Dear God, this movie scared me. As if a girl killing herself in the beginning in full, brutally graphic detail wasn't freaky enough, they had to add a screwed up cop, a cannaballistic family and a mentally unstable guy with a chainsaw and a mask made of other people's faces. The environment itself seemed to be terrifying - a creepy old house in the middle of nowhere. This was a freaky movie, very bloody, disturbing and violent. 8/10

 

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)

One thing I didn't like about the original TCM remake was the lack of much gore. Well, they sure changed that in the prequel. Aside from adding in a lot of gore, they made it even more disturbing by showing how the family got so freaking screwed up. It was very brutal, and had some tense scenes. Ending sucked though. 8/10

 

Halloween (1978)

One of the greatest horror films of all time. Suspenseful, atmospheric and creepy. You could cut the tension with a knife. Incredibly suspenseful, barely a single drop of blood. Eerie and memorable soundtrack, and simply one of the best pieces of cinema ever created. 10/10

 

Halloween (2007)

...and now the abysmal remake. Not suspenseful, not atmospheric, not creepy, just brutal, gory and offensive. The F-bomb is dropped every 10 seconds, the acting sucks, it's violent to the point of nausea and just an awful movie. 3/10

 

Halloween II (1981)

A very good sequel - it starts off the exact second the 1st ended. The music was a bit different, and I can tell there's a bigger budget. It simply continues what the 1st started, and it did a good job of it. Death scenes are bloodier and more memorable now. 9/10

 

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

One thing I don't like is a movie with a slow start. It took about 20 minutes before any zombies appeared at all in this movie, and another 20 before they even entered the mall. The character development is practically non-existant, and it's a kind of tedious movie. The action scenes are pretty cool, and the special effects are great. 8/10

 

Dawn of the Dead (2004)

Like I said, I don't like it when a movie starts slow. That's why I love this movie. Zombies appear about 3 minutes into the film, and they never stop. There are a lot more characters in this one, and every single one of them has a good amount of character development. Some scenes are really freaky, some are kind of humorous and some are just freaking awesome. Gory, exciting and entertaining as all hell, one of the best zombie movies ever! 10/10

 

Shaun of the Dead (2004)

Dang, this was a fun movie. All the action and violence of a zombie movie and all the jokes and laughs of a comedy. The characters are simply TOO good, they're freaking hilarious and there's about 3 running gags throughout the film. It's just awesome. 9/10

 

The Shining (1980)

Heeeere's an awesome movie! The Shining has a feeling to it where you always know something's wrong, or that something is eventually going to happen. There's scenes that would be perfect for something horrible to happen, but they don't. There's some very creepy moments to this movie, and the characters are great - especially Jack Nicholson. He's a freaking lunatic, and is frightening and entertaining at the same time. 10/10

 

My Bloody Valentine (2009)

Turn your brain off when you watch this, cause it's one of those movies. It's gory, corny and crappy as all hell, but it's a really entertaining movie. Acting's lame, kills are cool but you can tell it was meant to be in 3D. 7/10

 

Paranormal Activity (2009)

Not nearly as scary as all the commercials say it is. It's got a cool documentary feel to it, and it is fairly creepy at some points, but never really utterly terrifying. The only real scary thing about this is imagining that stuff like this could (and somewhat have) happened. 8/10

 

28 Days Later (2002)

Not just zombies, but British zombies! A cool flick that makes zombies seem a lot more dangerous than you'd think. Just a drop of their blood can turn you into one of them in mere moments. I got a little lost at the end, but it was still a really cool movie. 8/10

 

Well, tomorrow I plan to watch Night of the Living Dead, so maybe a quick review of that later. Happy Halloween!

Well I didn't get to watch E3 (darn you, summer science class!) but I do know about lots of stuff and have seen trailers, previews and everything else - so let's get this started

Metal Gear Solid: Rising

This looks like it will be a more tactical DMC game (Devil May Cry) with MGS characters. The combat looks great and I heard it's gonna support Kinect, which might work but I'd like a traditional control scheme.

Kinect

Okay, so this looks amazing...for party games. Seriously, it's quite difficult to have a hardcore game without any buttons, the Wii was succesful with it's motion sensetivity and it even had a good bunch of hardcore games that used it right. If they can somehow make a really hardcore game for this thing, I might check it out

Nintendo 3DS

Out of everything at E3 this year, the 3DS was my favorite. Seriously, not only does it have graphics that are probably BETTER than the wii, but it's in 3D and it has everything we loved about the DS. There's gonna be a new Kid Icarus game which should be really good. Oh an Ocarina of Time and Star Fox 64 remake? F**K YES! Could this get any better? Wait...METAL GEAR SOLID 3? That's it, I'm probably buying this one. Wait, a new RE and the graphics on MGS3 are slightly better than the PS2 version? DEFINITELY GETTING THIS!

Zelda: Skyward Sword

Not quite what I expected. I expected an uber-realistic graphic style that pushed the wii to it's limits, but TP mixed with Wind Waker? That sounds excellent. There wasn't much gameplay, but it's a 3D Zelda title, which is guaranteed to be AT LEAST outstanding

Donkey Kong Country Returns

Man, DKC was the s**t when I was 10, one of the best platformers EVER! So now the company that made Metroid in 3D is reviving one of the best games ever? Oh my god, this will be nothing short of incredible. This is probably gonna end up like NSMBWii - but better

Metroid: Other M

The 1st time I saw the E309 trailer, I thought it was awesome, then I heard about the lack of nunchuck. But now it looks VERY good and I'm still a bit skeptical but I'll wait for the reviews

Kirby's Epic Yarn

Kirby games to me have been just plain fun - nothing fancy, just fun. The design of this looks really good and hopefully it's longer and more challenging than previous entries in the series. Might check it out

GoldenEye Wii

Well I never played the original version (shame on me!) but this looks really good. Though I hope it's more than just a graphical upgrade.

Well that's pretty much all I'm gonna talk about. The only things that interested me at Sony's conference were Twisted Metal 6 and Portal 2, but I don't have much to say about them so seeya later!

 

The videos show the scenes as they were in the 2004 remake (when they actually had mouths that moved and facial features)

METAL GEAR SOLID
Adapted by JTgamerguy/nerd2max
Based on the game by Hideo Kojima

ACT 1

SCENE 1: BRIEFING
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4385Py0xhDE 

SNAKE is sitting on a bed with casual clothing on and COLONEL walks towards him from STAGE RIGHT
COLONEL: It's been quite a long time, Snake
SNAKE: I should have known it was you who asked me to come here colonel
COLONEL: Straight to the point as always Snake...
SNAKE: So what do you want from me?
COLONEL: I just invited you here so we could talk
SNAKE: Invited? You sent armed soldiers after me!
NAOMI enters STAGE LEFT and starts going through her medical supplies
COLONEL: We've got a serious situation here Snake, only you can help us.
SNAKE: I'm retired from FOXHOUND. I don't have to take orders from anyone anymore
COLONEL: Well you're gonna have to take these orders for sure
NAOMI approaches SNAKE and lifts his arm

NAOMI: Excuse me.
NAOMI gives SNAKE a shot in the arm
SNAKE: Who's this?
COLONEL: Doctor Naomi Hunter, the unit's chief medic
NAOMI: Nice to meet you Snake
COLONEL: Here's the situation. A few hours ago, an island in Alaska's Fox Archipelago called Shadow Moses Island was occupied by special ops soldiers.
SNAKE: What soldiers?
COLONEL: Next Gen Special Forces led by rogue members of FOXHOUND. They demand that Washington hand over the remains of Big Boss, or else they will launch a nuclear weapon.
SNAKE: A nuclear weapon?
COLONEL: Now you see why the situation is so serious. You have 2 objectives. Rescue the 2 hostages, the DARPA chief Donald Anderson and ArmsTech president Kenneth Baker. You also need to find out if they really have a nuclear weapon
SNAKE: So what’s the insertion method?
COLONEL: We’ll approach the island via submarine and then launch you in a one man SDV
SNAKE: So…when are we gonna launch?
COLONEL: In just a few minutes. Get dressed

SCENE 2: INFILTRATION
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW3qY2n-D4k 
LIQUID: Guard this area. He’ll be coming through here very soon…
GENOME SOLDIER: Yes sir
LIQUID: I’m going to swat some annoying pests
LIQUID EXT STAGE RIGHT
SNAKE ENTERS STAGE LEFT
SNAKE calls COLONEL
SNAKE: This is Snake. I’m in the cargo dock
COLONEL ENTERS STAGE RIGHT
COLONEL: Loud and clear. What's the situation, Snake?
SNAKE: There are 2 genome soldiers patrolling the area
COLONEL: Sneak past them and take the elevator to the helipad. Good luck
NAOMI enters stage left
NAOMI: Your wet suit should protect you from the cold. If you need any medical help, call me.
NAOMI AND COLONEL EXITS STAGE RIGHT
SNAKE sneaks past the guards and EXITS STAGE RIGHT

SCENE 3: HELIPAD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF_T3ZdgvFw 
SNAKE enters STAGE RIGHT
Helicopter sound effect is playing
SNAKE: A hind D…?
SNAKE uses his codec
COLONEL enters STAGE LEFT
SNAKE: Colonel…What’s a Russian gunship doing here?
COLONEL: Probably reacting to the diversion. Two jets just took off from a base far east from here. They’re probably going to check it out.
MEI LING: Wow…you must be crazy to fly a hind in this weather
SNAKE: Who’s that?
MEI LING enters stage RIGHT
COLONEL: I haven’t introduced you 2 yet. Snake, this is Mei Ling the unit’s chief analyst
MEI LING: Pleasure to meet you Snake! I’m here to record your mission data so call me if you need to
SNAKE: Will do
COLONEL: Snake, now that the Hind is gone, it will be much easier to enter the base unnoticed. Hurry and find the Darpa Chief

SCENE 4: THE DARPA CHIEF
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs2kFiYL9JY 
SNAKE IS CROUCHING DOWN
DARPA CHIEF: Who are you?!
SNAKE: Calm down. I'm the one they sent to save you.
DARPA CHIEF: About time, now get me out of here!
SNAKE: Hold up, I want facts about the terrorists
DARPA CHIEF: The terrorists?
SNAKE: Do they really have a nuclear weapon ready for launch
DARPA CHIEF: Yes...They are working on a nuclear equipped walking battle tank, capable of launching
a nuke from anywhere in the world
SNAKE: Metal Gear!? It can't be!
DARPA CHIEF: You knew?
SNAKE: We’ve had a bit of a history…
SNAKE paces around the room
SNAKE: Is it active?
DARPA CHIEF: Yes...They stole the detonation code from me
SNAKE: What!?
DARPA CHIEF: Psycho Mantis…
SNAKE: Psycho Mantis?
DARPA CHIEF: One of the members of FOXHOUND
SNAKE: Is there any way to stop Metal Gear?
DARPA CHIEF: Yes. Baker has the card key
SNAKE: Got it.
DARPA CHIEF: Alright now let’s get out of here… 
DARPA CHIEF suddenly starts twitching violently and screaming
SNAKE: What the..!?
The DARPA CHIEF falls down, dead.
SNAKE: He's dead....
SNAKE uses his codec
NAOMI and COLONEL enter STAGE RIGHT
SNAKE: Naomi! What the heck happened!?
NAOMI: I heart attack maybe? I don’t know…
SNAKE: Colonel?
COLONEL: I…I don’t know
COLONEL AND NAOMI EXIT STAGE RIGHT
SOUND OF DOOR OPENING
SNAKE: The door opened...
SNAKE EXITS STAGE RIGHT

SCENE 5: THE ROOKIE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5-vAf2_PCA 
SNAKE ENTERS STAGE LEFT
SNAKE scopes the room
MERYL disguised as a soldier points her gun at SNAKE
MERYL: Don't move!
MERYL looks to the left
MERYL: So you killed the chief, huh?
SNAKE turns around
MERYL: Liquid? No…
SNAKE: Can you shoot me rookie?
MERYL: You better be careful, I'm no rookie!
SNAKE: Liar!
MERYL: Just open the door!
SNAKE: Why?
MERYL: So we can get the heck out of here!
SNAKE: That’s not gonna be happening
Several GENOME SOLDIERS enter stage right
CUE SONG: Encounter
SNAKE grabs one of the soldiers and throws him off stage right
SNAKE kicks the other soldier off stage right
SNAKE: What are you waiting for, SHOOT!
MERYL: Don't talk to me like a rookie
SNAKE: I'm telling you, SHOOT!
A GENOME SOLDIER enters stage right
CUE SFX: Gunfire
MERYL shoots the soldier
FADE OUT SONG
MERYL: Thanks for the help, take this.
MERYL tosses SNAKE a handgun
SNAKE: Wait, who are you!?
MERYL exits stage right

SCENE 4: REVOLVER OCELOT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5-vAf2_PCA 
SNAKE ENTERS STAGE LEFT
BAKER is tied up to a chair with several bombs around it
SNAKE reaches for the ropes that are tying BAKER up
BAKER: NO! Don't touch it!
SNAKE looks at the bombs on the ground
SNAKE: C4!
OCELOT enters stage right while twirling a revolver in his hand
OCELOT: Right, touch the wire and the old man will get blown to kingdom come
OCELOT approaches SNAKE
OCELOT: So you're the one Liquid never stops whining about…
SNAKE: And you?
OCELOT: Special operations FOXHOUND....Revolver
OCELOT twirls/juggles his guns
OCELOT:...Ocelot
SNAKE: You seem to be pretty good with those guns..
OCELOT: You better hope you are. DRAW!
CUE SFX: Gunshot
OCELOT fires his gun
SNAKE ducks, runs towards OCELOT and punches him.
OCELOT falls down
OCELOT: Very nice, just what I expected from the man with the same code as the boss
OCELOT points his gun at SNAKE, GRAYFOX ENTERS STAGE RIGHT and hits OCELOT with his sword
OCELOT screams and falls down
GRAYFOX hits all the bombs with his sword, unties BAKER and exits STAGE LEFT
OCELOT exits STAGE RIGHT
SNAKE: Do you have the card key that deactivates Metal Gear?
BAKER: Yes..here it is
SNAKE: Alright let’s get you out of here
BAKER suddenly starts twitching and screaming, then falls down
SNAKE: What the...?
SNAKE uses his codec
NAOMI enters STAGE RIGHT
SNAKE: Now Baker too? What's going on!?
NAOMI: I....I don't know
SNAKE: Is there anyone that might know how to get to Metal Gear
NAOMI: Yes. Doctor Emmerich, the designer of Metal Gear
SNAKE: Do you know where he is?
NAOMI: He's in the basement of the nuclear warhead storage building
SNAKE: Got it
NAOMI exits stage right

SCENE 5: FRIEND FROM LONG AGO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD1f52lqMeE 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q86_5vSixFA
OTACON is seen cowering in a corner on stage right with GRAYFOX approaching him.
SNAKE enters stage left
GRAYFOX: Where’s my friend?
OTACON: What are you talking about?
SNAKE fires his gun at GRAYFOX but GRAYFOX jumps out of the way
GRAYFOX: Snake...
SNAKE: Hey...you're that Ninja who saved Baker...
GRAYFOX: I've been waiting for you, Snake
SNAKE: Who are you?
GRAYFOX: Neither enemy nor friend. I come back from a land where words such as these are meaningless
SNAKE: What do you want?
GRAYFOX: I've been waiting for this for a long time. I want you to fight me to the death
OTACON: Whoa… this is just like one of my Japanese Animes...
GRAYFOX: I will kill you, or you will kill me. It makes no difference 
OTACON runs off STAGE RIGHT
CUE SONG: Duel
GRAYFOX: Now make me feel alive again!
GRAYFOX and SNAKE have an epic fistfight
FADE OUT SONG
GRAYFOX: Do you remember me now?
SNAKE: It can't be..you were killed in Zanzibar..
GRAYFOX twitches violently and runs off STAGE LEFT
SNAKE uses his codec
COLONEL and NAOMI enter STAGE RIGHT
SNAKE: Colonel, that ninja is Gray Fox, no doubt.
COLONEL: It can't be...you killed him in Zanzibar
NAOMI: Yes...He was killed..but a group of scientists revived him. They used gene therapy to
experiment on him...those experiments eventually led to the creation of the genome soldiers...
COLONEL: That's awful...
NAOMI: That doesn't matter for now. Snake find Dr. Emmerich
SNAKE: Got it
NAOMI and COLONEL exit STAGE RIGHT
OTACON enters STAGE RIGHT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2rcoAOyabs 
OTACON: Is it over?
SNAKE: Are you Dr. Emmerich?
OTACON: Yeah...but you can just call me Otacon..what is it?
SNAKE: Tell me about Metal Gear
OTACON: It's a mobile TMD, designed to shoot down nuclear missles. For defensive purposes.
SNAKE grabs OTACON by his shoulders and shakes him
SNAKE: Liar! You and I both know that Metal Gear is nothing but a walking death-mobile!
OTACON: What are you talking about?
SNAKE: It's capable of launching a nuclear strike.
OTACON: Metal Gear launches nukes....?
SNAKE: Don't play dumb with me. The Darpa chief told me all about it
OTACON: I'm serious, I didn't know
SNAKE: So you really didn't know?
OTACON: Yes
SNAKE lets go of OTACON
SNAKE: Is there any way to stop Metal Gear?
OTACON: Yes. There's a card key that that Baker had that can deactivate it.
SNAKE: I’ve got that. Where is Metal Gear?
OTACON: It’s in an underground maintenance base just north of the communication towers
SNAKE: Alright. Hey uh… you feeling okay?
OTACON: Uh..yeah
SNAKE: You sure?
OTACON: I’m feeling fine
SNAKE: Good. So how do I get to the communication towers?
OTACON: Go through the commander’s room, there’s a door there.
SNAKE: Okay
OTACON exits STAGE LEFT
SNAKE uses his codec
COLONEL enters stage right
SNAKE: Colonel, I’ve got Metal Gear’s location.
COLONEL: Great. However, you’re gonna need a level 5 key card to get there. My niece, Meryl has one. She was sent in as a replacement but she’s not really on board with the nuclear launch.
SNAKE: Got it
COLONEL exits STAGE RIGHT
GUARD: I heard a noise in the lab, go check it out!
MERYL: Yes sir
MERYL enters STAGE RIGHT and sees SNAKE
CUE SFX: !
MERYL: It’s you
MERYL runs off STAGE RIGHT with SNAKE following

SCENE 6: MERYL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt5qZBfYs28 

SNAKE ENTERS STAGE LEFT
SNAKE cautiously walks across the stage with his gun pointed. MERYL runs up behind him and points her FAMAS at him. 
MERYL: Don’t move
SNAKE puts his hands in the air
MERYL: That’s the 2nd time I’ve been able to sneak up on Solid Snake
SNAKE turns around
SNAKE: You’re Meryl?
MERYL: Yes...
SNAKE: Do you have a level 5 key card?
MERYL: Yes...but I’m not giving it to you
SNAKE: Why not!?
MERYL: I know a lot more about this place than you do. You’re gonna follow me.
SNAKE: If you say so...
SNAKE and MERYL exit STAGE LEFT

SCENE 7: PSYCHO MANTIS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jencMtrlty8

MERYL and SNAKE enter STAGE LEFT
CUE SONG: Mantis' Hymn
MERYL starts walking dizzily
SNAKE:...Meryl?..
PSYCHO MANTIS enters stage right.
MANTIS lifts his right arm up and points at SNAKE
MERYL points her gun at SNAKE
SNAKE backs away
SNAKE uses his codec
NAOMI enters stage RIGHT
SNAKE: Naomi, what's going on?
NAOMI: It's PSYCHO MANTIS one of the members of FOXHOUND. He has psychokinetic powers. He's using them to control MERYL's mind.
SNAKE: So what should I do?
NAOMI: If you knock her unconscious, Mantis should let go

NAOMI exits STAGE RIGHT

SNAKE hits MERYL

MERYL falls down

PSYCHO MANTIS enters STAGE LEFT

PSYCHO MANTIS: There's no need to speak Snake, I can read your every thought!
SNAKE: Really?
PSYCHO MANTIS: I see you enjoy theater...
SNAKE: What the....

MERYL get's up without SNAKE or PSYCHO MANTIS noticing and picks up a gun

PSYCHO MANTIS: You are a very methodical, cold man...

MERYL points the gun at PSYCHO MANTIS head

SNAKE: So you can read people's minds, but can you predict the future?
PSYCHO MANTIS: Yes, I can and I see

MERYL fires the gun and MANTIS falls down
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LswHRAnVLtk 

FADE OUT SONG

PSYCHO MANTIS: I.... I couldn’t read the future
SNAKE: A strong man doesn’t need to read the future. He makes his own
PSYCHO MANTIS breathes heavily and stops breathing

SNAKE: He's dead. Meryl, let's go

SNAKE and MERYL EXIT STAGE LEFT

SCENE 8: CORRIDOR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_7iSSJgEjo 

SNAKE and MERYL enter STAGE RIGHT

SNAKE: Stop....something's wrong...

MERYL turns around

MERYL: What?
SNAKE: I don't know..it's just
MERYL: Quit fooling around!

CUE SFX: Gunshot

MERY falls down and screams in pain

SNAKE: Meryl!

SNAKE runs towards MERYL but get’s shot in the arm
SNAKE screams in pain
GUARD enters STAGE RIGHT

GUARD: I've got him, boss.

LIQUID enters STAGE LEFT

FADE OUT

END OF ACT 1

BEGINNING OF ACT 2

SCENE 1: CAPTURED
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLdcbSu0OXE 

SNAKE is laying down on the floor

SNAKE gets up and uses his codec

COLONEL and NAOMI enter stage RIGHT

CUE SONG: The Best is Yet to Come

SNAKE: Colonel...I'm sorry...It's all my fault
COLONEL: No Snake, it's not your fault
SNAKE: Yes, it is! Meryl's gone now and it was by my hand!
NAOMI: Snake calm down..I know it hurts but you need to continue the mission.
SNAKE: Naomi..Help me get my mind off the pain..
NAOMI: How?
SNAKE: Talk to me...please
NAOMI: I'm not really a talkative person...
SNAKE: Tell me about your family.
NAOMI: That's not a happy topic for me...My parents were killed and I had a brother but he wasn't even blood related and was much older than me...Do you have a family Snake?
SNAKE: I have no family...Although there was a man who said he was my father...
NAOMI: Where is he now?
SNAKE: Dead. By my own hand
COLONEL: Big Boss...
NAOMI: Big Boss!?
SNAKE: Yes...I killed him in Zanzibar
NAOMI: I'm sorry Snake...Have you had any friends?
SNAKE: Yes. Frank Jaeger
NAOMI: Frank Jaeger?
SNAKE: Yeah. He was a member of FOXHOUND
COLONEL: The only one in FOXHOUND to receive the title "FOX"
SNAKE: Gray Fox...
NAOMI: Gray Fox!?
SNAKE: Yes. 
COLONEL: Feeling better Snake?
SNAKE: Yeah, but I need to get out of here...

FADE OUT SONG

COLONEL and NAOMI exit STAGE RIGHT

SNAKE hides under his bed

JOHNNY: Hey! Where'd he go?

JOHNNY enters stage right

SNAKE crawls out from under his bed, throws JOHNNY onto the floor and exits stage right

SCENE 2: LOVE ON THE BATTLEFIELD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH0XlsbEw4o 

SNAKE enters stage LEFT
OTACON enters STAGE RIGHT

SNAKE: Otacon, how'd you get here?
OTACON: That doesn't matter....Snake...I need to ask you something....Have you ever loved someone? 
I was wondering if even soldiers fall in love.
SNAKE: What are you trying to say?
OTACON: Do you think love can bloom, even on a battlefield?
SNAKE: Yeah...I think at any time and place, people can fall in love with each other
OTACON: I think so too
SNAKE: Well...I need to go find Metal Gear

SNAKE exits stage RIGHT

SCENE 3: COMMUNICATION
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH0XlsbEw4o 
SNAKE enters STAGE LEFT

LIQUID: Snake!
SNAKE: Liquid?

LIQUID enters STAGE RIGHT

LIQUID: So the Snake's finally come out of his hole? Are you ready now my brother?
SNAKE: Why are you calling me brother? Who the heck are you?
LIQUID: I'm you! I'm your shadow
SNAKE: What?!
LIQUID: Ask the father you killed! I'll send you to hades to meet him!

LIQUID pulls out a FAMAS and fires at SNAKE as SNAKE exits STAGE RIGHT

SCENE 4: SNIPER WOLF
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_Evzf6Z41c 

CUE FOG

SNAKE enters stage left

CUE SFX: Gunshot

SNAKE grabs his side in pain

SNAKE uses his codec

OTACON ENTERS STAGE LEFT

SNAKE: Otacon, I just got shot and there's no one here...
OTACON: Wolf?
SNAKE: Sniper Wolf? The one who shot Meryl?
OTACON: Snake, please don't hurt her!
SNAKE: I have to Otacon, it's my mission
OTACON: Okay....

SNAKE pulls out his FAMAS and points it STAGE LEFT

SNAKE: Come out!

SNIPER WOLF enters STAGE LEFT and SHOOTS SNAKE

SNAKE fires his FAMAS

SNIPER WOLF FALLS DOWN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2TRW9GUyO0 

CUE SONG: Enclosure

SNIPER WOLF: I...I have waited for this moment. I am a sniper...waiting is my job.

SNIPER WOLF coughs

SNIPER WOLF: I am lung shot. You cannot save me. I was born and raised on a battlefield. Gunshots, sirens and screams. They were my lullabies...Please..set me free...

SNAKE pulls out his handgun

OTACON enters STAGE RIGHT

OTACON falls to his knees

OTACON: Why?! Why!? I loved you....
SNIPER WOLF: Set me free...

SNAKE points his gun at SNIPER WOLF

OTACON: Goodbye...

OTACON turns around and covers his ears

SNAKE fires his gun

SNAKE: I need to find Metal Gear. We're running out of time

SNAKE begins to exit STAGE LEFT but OTACON interrupts him

OTACON: Snake! What was she fighting for? What am I fighting for? What are you fighting for?

FADE OUT SONG

SNAKE: If we make it through this....I'll tell you.

SNAKE EXITS STAGE LEFT

SCENE 5: VULCAN RAVEN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksnxeKeF1ac 

SNAKE ENTERS STAGE RIGHT

VULCAN RAVEN ENTERS STAGE LEFT carrying a machine gun

RAVEN: Welcome Snake! This is the end of the road for you!
SNAKE: Who are you?
RAVEN: I am Vulcan Raven!

VULCAN RAVEN walks towards SNAKE

RAVEN: The ravens and I are testing to see if you are a true warrior. I am not fond of snakes, so
there will be no holding back!

RAVEN fires his machine gun at SNAKE

RAVEN then knocks SNAKE down

SNAKE shoots RAVEN in the foot and RAVEN falls to his knees

SNAKE kicks RAVEN down and shoots him
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_gjhRarEcU 

RAVEN: Snake...before I go on to the next world..I need to tell you something. 

SNAKE lowers his gun

RAVEN gets up and holds his side

RAVEN: That wasn't really the DARPA CHIEF in that cell...It was a member of FOXHOUND called
Decoy Octopus....He died of FOXDIE...a virus that targets specific people and imitates a heart attack..
SNAKE: So where is the real DARPA chief?
RAVEN: Dead. Ocelot killed him when they were trying to get the password.
SNAKE: Hmmm...
RAVEN: Metal Gear REX is just beyond this door.....

RAVEN stops breathing and falls down

SNAKE EXITS STAGE LEFT

SCENE 6: METAL GEAR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl8U5BiU0q8

SNAKE ENTERS STAGE RIGHT

SNAKE LOOKS OFF STAGE

SNAKE: Metal Gear....

SNAKE hides inside a cardboard box

LIQUID and OCELOT enter STAGE RIGHT

LIQUID operates a laptop

LIQUID: There. Metal Gear REX is ready to launch. Let's gather up the soldiers so they can watch
this historic event

LIQUID and OCELOT exit stage LEFT

SNAKE comes out of the cardboard box and inserts the card key into the laptop

LIQUID enters STAGE RIGHT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8DEqA-8iXY 

LIQUID: So we finally meet! The brother of light and the brother...of dark
SNAKE: I'm not your brother!
LIQUID: Yes you are. We're twins, created in the Les Enfants Terrible project
SNAKE: We're clones of Big Boss....?
LIQUID: Exactly
SNAKE: Whatever, my mission is complete so I'm going to get out of here
LIQUID: Good, get out of here and let Metal Gear launch.
SNAKE: What?
LIQUID: That card key was an activation key.
SNAKE: No! I have to stop it!
LIQUID: Too bad Snake!
ahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc6m4322PtI 

LIQUID runs towards SNAKE, throws him to the ground and kicks him

GRAY FOX enters stage right and knocks LIQUID out

SNAKE gets up

SNAKE: Gray Fox!

GRAY FOX takes off his mask

GRAY FOX: The name from long ago....it sounds better than Frank. Snake...there's something I need to tell you
SNAKE: What is it?
GRAY FOX: I am Naomi's brother
SNAKE: What?
GRAY FOX: Back in Rhodesia..I killed everyone in her village...Including her parents. But I couldn't 
bring myself to kill her...I took her into my care and raised her as if she was mine..

LIQUID gets up and grabs GRAY FOX's sword

SNAKE: Fox....

LIQUID stabs GRAY FOX

GRAY FOX screams in agony and falls to his knees

LIQUID pins GRAY FOX to the wall and punches him several times

LIQUID: In the middle east, we don't hunt foxes, we hunt jackals!
GRAY FOX: A cornered fox is more dangerous than a jackal!

GRAY FOX shoves LIQUID and punches him several times

LIQUID picks up GRAY FOX's sword and slashes at him

GRAY FOX falls to the ground

LIQUID puts his foot on GRAY FOX

GRAY FOX: There are several jets coming in to bomb this place, get out as fast as you can! Snake, We're not tools of the government, or anyone else. Fighting was the only thing... the only thing I was good at. But... at least I always fought for what I believed in. Snake...farewell

SNAKE: Fox!!!

LIQUID shoots GRAY FOX in the head

LIQUID throws his gun to the ground

SCENE 7: AFTERMATH

LIQUID: Sleeping in as usual, eh brother?
SNAKE: Liquid? Still alive?
LIQUID: I won’t die as long as you live. Just because Metal Gear’s been destroyed, doesn’t mean this is over
SNAKE: What are you after?
LIQUID: The return of an era where warriors such as us live as we should!
SNAKE: That was Big Boss’s dream
LIQUID: His dying wish. In the Cold War, warriors like us were needed. Times have changed now, with liars and hypocrites running the nation, we’re treated like scum. If I were successful with my plans, we would be living in luxury like we deserve!
SNAKE: I don’t want that kind of world!
LIQUID: Liar! So why are you here then? Why did you continue to follow your orders after your superiors betrayed you? I know why.

LIQUID walks towards SNAKE until they are face to face

LIQUID: You enjoy all the killing, that’s why.
SNAKE: What?
LIQUID: Haven’t you already killed most of my comrades? Hee hee, hee, I watched your face as you delivered the coup de grace. I don’t blame you, that’s the way we were created.
SNAKE: Created?a
LIQUID: Les Enfants Terrible. The terrible children. That’s the name of the project started in the 1970s. Their goal was to create the most powerful soldier possible. The model was a man who was known as the greatest soldier in the world
SNAKE: Big Boss...
LIQUID: Yes. And I was just the leftovers of you! You have the dominant genes, whereas I have the recessive! You took everything from me before I was even born!! But we aren’t the only sons of Big Boss. They used his genes to create the same genome soldiers you have been killing on this mission. So you’ve been killing our own brothers!

SNAKE looks away in disgust

LIQUID: My goal is to restore my heritage as Big Boss’s son and to do that, I must kill you! Look behind you...

SNAKE turns around and sees MERYL laying down

SNAKE: Meryl! Is she still alive?
LIQUID: I don’t know. She was a few hours ago. Kept calling out your name... Stupid girl, falling in love with a man who doesn’t even have a name!
SNAKE: I have a name!
LIQUID: No! We have no past and no future! 
SNAKE: Let Meryl go!
LIQUID: I will once we finish our business.

LIQUID starts untying SNAKE

SNAKE stands up

LIQUID: Are you ready brother?

SNAKE clenches his fists

LIQUID: Have at you, Snake!

CUE SONG: Duel

LIQUID and SNAKE fistfight

FADE OUT SONG

LIQUID collapses, unconscious

SNAKE run towards MERYL and shakes her

SNAKE: Meryl?!
MERYL: uhh.. S-Snake?
SNAKE: Are you okay?
MERYL: I think so... can we get out of here?
SNAKE: Yeah...

SNAKE uses his codec

OTACON enters STAGE RIGHT

SNAKE: Otacon, we need to get out of here before the fighter jets come in for another run.
OTACON: I have a helicopter waiting outside.
SNAKE: Alright, Meryl and I will meet you there

OTACON exits STAGE RIGHT

SNAKE: Come on, let’s go

SNAKE and MERYL exit STAGE LEFT

SCENE 8: THE BEST IS YET TO COME

CUE SFX: Helicopter

SNAKE and MERYL enter STAGE RIGHT running

SNAKE: There’s Otacon with the chopper, let’s go
LIQUID: SNAAAAKE!

LIQUID enters STAGE RIGHT, SNAKE and MERYL turn around

LIQUID stumbles towards SNAKE and tries to punch him but falls to his knees 

LIQUID: F-Fox....
SNAKE:...Die

LIQUID collapses

SNAKE: Dead...finally

OTACON: Let’s go

END OF ACT 2

CUE SONG: Metal Gear Solid Theme

CURTAIN CALL

THE END

The videos show the scenes as they were in the 2004 remake (when they actually had mouths that moved and facial features)

METAL GEAR SOLID
Adapted by JTgamerguy/nerd2max
Based on the game by Hideo Kojima

ACT 1

SCENE 1: BRIEFING
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4385Py0xhDE 

SNAKE is sitting on a bed with casual clothing on and COLONEL walks towards him from STAGE RIGHT
COLONEL: It's been quite a long time, Snake
SNAKE: I should have known it was you who asked me to come here colonel
COLONEL: Straight to the point as always Snake...
SNAKE: So what do you want from me?
COLONEL: I just invited you here so we could talk
SNAKE: Invited? You sent armed soldiers after me!
NAOMI enters STAGE LEFT and starts going through her medical supplies
COLONEL: We've got a serious situation here Snake, only you can help us.
SNAKE: I'm retired from FOXHOUND. I don't have to take orders from anyone anymore
COLONEL: Well you're gonna have to take these orders for sure
NAOMI approaches SNAKE and lifts his arm

NAOMI: Excuse me.
NAOMI gives SNAKE a shot in the arm
SNAKE: Who's this?
COLONEL: Doctor Naomi Hunter, the unit's chief medic
NAOMI: Nice to meet you Snake
COLONEL: Here's the situation. A few hours ago, an island in Alaska's Fox Archipelago called Shadow Moses Island was occupied by special ops soldiers.
SNAKE: What soldiers?
COLONEL: Next Gen Special Forces led by rogue members of FOXHOUND. They demand that Washington hand over the remains of Big Boss, or else they will launch a nuclear weapon.
SNAKE: A nuclear weapon?
COLONEL: Now you see why the situation is so serious. You have 2 objectives. Rescue the 2 hostages, the DARPA chief Donald Anderson and ArmsTech president Kenneth Baker. You also need to find out if they really have a nuclear weapon
SNAKE: So what’s the insertion method?
COLONEL: We’ll approach the island via submarine and then launch you in a one man SDV
SNAKE: So…when are we gonna launch?
COLONEL: In just a few minutes. Get dressed

SCENE 2: INFILTRATION
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW3qY2n-D4k 
LIQUID: Guard this area. He’ll be coming through here very soon…
GENOME SOLDIER: Yes sir
LIQUID: I’m going to swat some annoying pests
LIQUID EXT STAGE RIGHT
SNAKE ENTERS STAGE LEFT
SNAKE calls COLONEL
SNAKE: This is Snake. I’m in the cargo dock
COLONEL ENTERS STAGE RIGHT
COLONEL: Loud and clear. What's the situation, Snake?
SNAKE: There are 2 genome soldiers patrolling the area
COLONEL: Sneak past them and take the elevator to the helipad. Good luck
NAOMI enters stage left
NAOMI: Your wet suit should protect you from the cold. If you need any medical help, call me.
NAOMI AND COLONEL EXITS STAGE RIGHT
SNAKE sneaks past the guards and EXITS STAGE RIGHT

SCENE 3: HELIPAD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF_T3ZdgvFw 
SNAKE enters STAGE RIGHT
Helicopter sound effect is playing
SNAKE: A hind D…?
SNAKE uses his codec
COLONEL enters STAGE LEFT
SNAKE: Colonel…What’s a Russian gunship doing here?
COLONEL: Probably reacting to the diversion. Two jets just took off from a base far east from here. They’re probably going to check it out.
MEI LING: Wow…you must be crazy to fly a hind in this weather
SNAKE: Who’s that?
MEI LING enters stage RIGHT
COLONEL: I haven’t introduced you 2 yet. Snake, this is Mei Ling the unit’s chief analyst
MEI LING: Pleasure to meet you Snake! I’m here to record your mission data so call me if you need to
SNAKE: Will do
COLONEL: Snake, now that the Hind is gone, it will be much easier to enter the base unnoticed. Hurry and find the Darpa Chief

SCENE 4: THE DARPA CHIEF
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs2kFiYL9JY 
SNAKE IS CROUCHING DOWN
DARPA CHIEF: Who are you?!
SNAKE: Calm down. I'm the one they sent to save you.
DARPA CHIEF: About time, now get me out of here!
SNAKE: Hold up, I want facts about the terrorists
DARPA CHIEF: The terrorists?
SNAKE: Do they really have a nuclear weapon ready for launch
DARPA CHIEF: Yes...They are working on a nuclear equipped walking battle tank, capable of launching
a nuke from anywhere in the world
SNAKE: Metal Gear!? It can't be!
DARPA CHIEF: You knew?
SNAKE: We’ve had a bit of a history…
SNAKE paces around the room
SNAKE: Is it active?
DARPA CHIEF: Yes...They stole the detonation code from me
SNAKE: What!?
DARPA CHIEF: Psycho Mantis…
SNAKE: Psycho Mantis?
DARPA CHIEF: One of the members of FOXHOUND
SNAKE: Is there any way to stop Metal Gear?
DARPA CHIEF: Yes. Baker has the card key
SNAKE: Got it.
DARPA CHIEF: Alright now let’s get out of here… 
DARPA CHIEF suddenly starts twitching violently and screaming
SNAKE: What the..!?
The DARPA CHIEF falls down, dead.
SNAKE: He's dead....
SNAKE uses his codec
NAOMI and COLONEL enter STAGE RIGHT
SNAKE: Naomi! What the heck happened!?
NAOMI: I heart attack maybe? I don’t know…
SNAKE: Colonel?
COLONEL: I…I don’t know
COLONEL AND NAOMI EXIT STAGE RIGHT
SOUND OF DOOR OPENING
SNAKE: The door opened...
SNAKE EXITS STAGE RIGHT

SCENE 5: THE ROOKIE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5-vAf2_PCA 
SNAKE ENTERS STAGE LEFT
SNAKE scopes the room
MERYL disguised as a soldier points her gun at SNAKE
MERYL: Don't move!
MERYL looks to the left
MERYL: So you killed the chief, huh?
SNAKE turns around
MERYL: Liquid? No…
SNAKE: Can you shoot me rookie?
MERYL: You better be careful, I'm no rookie!
SNAKE: Liar!
MERYL: Just open the door!
SNAKE: Why?
MERYL: So we can get the heck out of here!
SNAKE: That’s not gonna be happening
Several GENOME SOLDIERS enter stage right
CUE SONG: Encounter
SNAKE grabs one of the soldiers and throws him off stage right
SNAKE kicks the other soldier off stage right
SNAKE: What are you waiting for, SHOOT!
MERYL: Don't talk to me like a rookie
SNAKE: I'm telling you, SHOOT!
A GENOME SOLDIER enters stage right
CUE SFX: Gunfire
MERYL shoots the soldier
FADE OUT SONG
MERYL: Thanks for the help, take this.
MERYL tosses SNAKE a handgun
SNAKE: Wait, who are you!?
MERYL exits stage right

SCENE 4: REVOLVER OCELOT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5-vAf2_PCA 
SNAKE ENTERS STAGE LEFT
BAKER is tied up to a chair with several bombs around it
SNAKE reaches for the ropes that are tying BAKER up
BAKER: NO! Don't touch it!
SNAKE looks at the bombs on the ground
SNAKE: C4!
OCELOT enters stage right while twirling a revolver in his hand
OCELOT: Right, touch the wire and the old man will get blown to kingdom come
OCELOT approaches SNAKE
OCELOT: So you're the one Liquid never stops whining about…
SNAKE: And you?
OCELOT: Special operations FOXHOUND....Revolver
OCELOT twirls/juggles his guns
OCELOT:...Ocelot
SNAKE: You seem to be pretty good with those guns..
OCELOT: You better hope you are. DRAW!
CUE SFX: Gunshot
OCELOT fires his gun
SNAKE ducks, runs towards OCELOT and punches him.
OCELOT falls down
OCELOT: Very nice, just what I expected from the man with the same code as the boss
OCELOT points his gun at SNAKE, GRAYFOX ENTERS STAGE RIGHT and hits OCELOT with his sword
OCELOT screams and falls down
GRAYFOX hits all the bombs with his sword, unties BAKER and exits STAGE LEFT
OCELOT exits STAGE RIGHT
SNAKE: Do you have the card key that deactivates Metal Gear?
BAKER: Yes..here it is
SNAKE: Alright let’s get you out of here
BAKER suddenly starts twitching and screaming, then falls down
SNAKE: What the...?
SNAKE uses his codec
NAOMI enters STAGE RIGHT
SNAKE: Now Baker too? What's going on!?
NAOMI: I....I don't know
SNAKE: Is there anyone that might know how to get to Metal Gear
NAOMI: Yes. Doctor Emmerich, the designer of Metal Gear
SNAKE: Do you know where he is?
NAOMI: He's in the basement of the nuclear warhead storage building
SNAKE: Got it
NAOMI exits stage right

SCENE 5: FRIEND FROM LONG AGO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD1f52lqMeE 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q86_5vSixFA
OTACON is seen cowering in a corner on stage right with GRAYFOX approaching him.
SNAKE enters stage left
GRAYFOX: Where’s my friend?
OTACON: What are you talking about?
SNAKE fires his gun at GRAYFOX but GRAYFOX jumps out of the way
GRAYFOX: Snake...
SNAKE: Hey...you're that Ninja who saved Baker...
GRAYFOX: I've been waiting for you, Snake
SNAKE: Who are you?
GRAYFOX: Neither enemy nor friend. I come back from a land where words such as these are meaningless
SNAKE: What do you want?
GRAYFOX: I've been waiting for this for a long time. I want you to fight me to the death
OTACON: Whoa… this is just like one of my Japanese Animes...
GRAYFOX: I will kill you, or you will kill me. It makes no difference 
OTACON runs off STAGE RIGHT
CUE SONG: Duel
GRAYFOX: Now make me feel alive again!
GRAYFOX and SNAKE have an epic fistfight
FADE OUT SONG
GRAYFOX: Do you remember me now?
SNAKE: It can't be..you were killed in Zanzibar..
GRAYFOX twitches violently and runs off STAGE LEFT
SNAKE uses his codec
COLONEL and NAOMI enter STAGE RIGHT
SNAKE: Colonel, that ninja is Gray Fox, no doubt.
COLONEL: It can't be...you killed him in Zanzibar
NAOMI: Yes...He was killed..but a group of scientists revived him. They used gene therapy to
experiment on him...those experiments eventually led to the creation of the genome soldiers...
COLONEL: That's awful...
NAOMI: That doesn't matter for now. Snake find Dr. Emmerich
SNAKE: Got it
NAOMI and COLONEL exit STAGE RIGHT
OTACON enters STAGE RIGHT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2rcoAOyabs 
OTACON: Is it over?
SNAKE: Are you Dr. Emmerich?
OTACON: Yeah...but you can just call me Otacon..what is it?
SNAKE: Tell me about Metal Gear
OTACON: It's a mobile TMD, designed to shoot down nuclear missles. For defensive purposes.
SNAKE grabs OTACON by his shoulders and shakes him
SNAKE: Liar! You and I both know that Metal Gear is nothing but a walking death-mobile!
OTACON: What are you talking about?
SNAKE: It's capable of launching a nuclear strike.
OTACON: Metal Gear launches nukes....?
SNAKE: Don't play dumb with me. The Darpa chief told me all about it
OTACON: I'm serious, I didn't know
SNAKE: So you really didn't know?
OTACON: Yes
SNAKE lets go of OTACON
SNAKE: Is there any way to stop Metal Gear?
OTACON: Yes. There's a card key that that Baker had that can deactivate it.
SNAKE: I’ve got that. Where is Metal Gear?
OTACON: It’s in an underground maintenance base just north of the communication towers
SNAKE: Alright. Hey uh… you feeling okay?
OTACON: Uh..yeah
SNAKE: You sure?
OTACON: I’m feeling fine
SNAKE: Good. So how do I get to the communication towers?
OTACON: Go through the commander’s room, there’s a door there.
SNAKE: Okay
OTACON exits STAGE LEFT
SNAKE uses his codec
COLONEL enters stage right
SNAKE: Colonel, I’ve got Metal Gear’s location.
COLONEL: Great. However, you’re gonna need a level 5 key card to get there. My niece, Meryl has one. She was sent in as a replacement but she’s not really on board with the nuclear launch.
SNAKE: Got it
COLONEL exits STAGE RIGHT
GUARD: I heard a noise in the lab, go check it out!
MERYL: Yes sir
MERYL enters STAGE RIGHT and sees SNAKE
CUE SFX: !
MERYL: It’s you
MERYL runs off STAGE RIGHT with SNAKE following

SCENE 6: MERYL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt5qZBfYs28 

SNAKE ENTERS STAGE LEFT
SNAKE cautiously walks across the stage with his gun pointed. MERYL runs up behind him and points her FAMAS at him. 
MERYL: Don’t move
SNAKE puts his hands in the air
MERYL: That’s the 2nd time I’ve been able to sneak up on Solid Snake
SNAKE turns around
SNAKE: You’re Meryl?
MERYL: Yes...
SNAKE: Do you have a level 5 key card?
MERYL: Yes...but I’m not giving it to you
SNAKE: Why not!?
MERYL: I know a lot more about this place than you do. You’re gonna follow me.
SNAKE: If you say so...
SNAKE and MERYL exit STAGE LEFT

SCENE 7: PSYCHO MANTIS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jencMtrlty8

MERYL and SNAKE enter STAGE LEFT
CUE SONG: Mantis' Hymn
MERYL starts walking dizzily
SNAKE:...Meryl?..
PSYCHO MANTIS enters stage right.
MANTIS lifts his right arm up and points at SNAKE
MERYL points her gun at SNAKE
SNAKE backs away
SNAKE uses his codec
NAOMI enters stage RIGHT
SNAKE: Naomi, what's going on?
NAOMI: It's PSYCHO MANTIS one of the members of FOXHOUND. He has psychokinetic powers. He's using them to control MERYL's mind.
SNAKE: So what should I do?
NAOMI: If you knock her unconscious, Mantis should let go

NAOMI exits STAGE RIGHT

SNAKE hits MERYL

MERYL falls down

PSYCHO MANTIS enters STAGE LEFT

PSYCHO MANTIS: There's no need to speak Snake, I can read your every thought!
SNAKE: Really?
PSYCHO MANTIS: I see you enjoy theater...
SNAKE: What the....

MERYL get's up without SNAKE or PSYCHO MANTIS noticing and picks up a gun

PSYCHO MANTIS: You are a very methodical, cold man...

MERYL points the gun at PSYCHO MANTIS head

SNAKE: So you can read people's minds, but can you predict the future?
PSYCHO MANTIS: Yes, I can and I see

MERYL fires the gun and MANTIS falls down
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LswHRAnVLtk 

FADE OUT SONG

PSYCHO MANTIS: I.... I couldn’t read the future
SNAKE: A strong man doesn’t need to read the future. He makes his own
PSYCHO MANTIS breathes heavily and stops breathing

SNAKE: He's dead. Meryl, let's go

SNAKE and MERYL EXIT STAGE LEFT

SCENE 8: CORRIDOR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_7iSSJgEjo 

SNAKE and MERYL enter STAGE RIGHT

SNAKE: Stop....something's wrong...

MERYL turns around

MERYL: What?
SNAKE: I don't know..it's just
MERYL: Quit fooling around!

CUE SFX: Gunshot

MERY falls down and screams in pain

SNAKE: Meryl!

SNAKE runs towards MERYL but get’s shot in the arm
SNAKE screams in pain
GUARD enters STAGE RIGHT

GUARD: I've got him, boss.

LIQUID enters STAGE LEFT

FADE OUT

END OF ACT 1

BEGINNING OF ACT 2

SCENE 1: CAPTURED
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLdcbSu0OXE 

SNAKE is laying down on the floor

SNAKE gets up and uses his codec

COLONEL and NAOMI enter stage RIGHT

CUE SONG: The Best is Yet to Come

SNAKE: Colonel...I'm sorry...It's all my fault
COLONEL: No Snake, it's not your fault
SNAKE: Yes, it is! Meryl's gone now and it was by my hand!
NAOMI: Snake calm down..I know it hurts but you need to continue the mission.
SNAKE: Naomi..Help me get my mind off the pain..
NAOMI: How?
SNAKE: Talk to me...please
NAOMI: I'm not really a talkative person...
SNAKE: Tell me about your family.
NAOMI: That's not a happy topic for me...My parents were killed and I had a brother but he wasn't even blood related and was much older than me...Do you have a family Snake?
SNAKE: I have no family...Although there was a man who said he was my father...
NAOMI: Where is he now?
SNAKE: Dead. By my own hand
COLONEL: Big Boss...
NAOMI: Big Boss!?
SNAKE: Yes...I killed him in Zanzibar
NAOMI: I'm sorry Snake...Have you had any friends?
SNAKE: Yes. Frank Jaeger
NAOMI: Frank Jaeger?
SNAKE: Yeah. He was a member of FOXHOUND
COLONEL: The only one in FOXHOUND to receive the title "FOX"
SNAKE: Gray Fox...
NAOMI: Gray Fox!?
SNAKE: Yes. 
COLONEL: Feeling better Snake?
SNAKE: Yeah, but I need to get out of here...

FADE OUT SONG

COLONEL and NAOMI exit STAGE RIGHT

SNAKE hides under his bed

JOHNNY: Hey! Where'd he go?

JOHNNY enters stage right

SNAKE crawls out from under his bed, throws JOHNNY onto the floor and exits stage right

SCENE 2: LOVE ON THE BATTLEFIELD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH0XlsbEw4o 

SNAKE enters stage LEFT
OTACON enters STAGE RIGHT

SNAKE: Otacon, how'd you get here?
OTACON: That doesn't matter....Snake...I need to ask you something....Have you ever loved someone? 
I was wondering if even soldiers fall in love.
SNAKE: What are you trying to say?
OTACON: Do you think love can bloom, even on a battlefield?
SNAKE: Yeah...I think at any time and place, people can fall in love with each other
OTACON: I think so too
SNAKE: Well...I need to go find Metal Gear

SNAKE exits stage RIGHT

SCENE 3: COMMUNICATION
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH0XlsbEw4o 
SNAKE enters STAGE LEFT

LIQUID: Snake!
SNAKE: Liquid?

LIQUID enters STAGE RIGHT

LIQUID: So the Snake's finally come out of his hole? Are you ready now my brother?
SNAKE: Why are you calling me brother? Who the heck are you?
LIQUID: I'm you! I'm your shadow
SNAKE: What?!
LIQUID: Ask the father you killed! I'll send you to hades to meet him!

LIQUID pulls out a FAMAS and fires at SNAKE as SNAKE exits STAGE RIGHT

SCENE 4: SNIPER WOLF
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_Evzf6Z41c 

CUE FOG

SNAKE enters stage left

CUE SFX: Gunshot

SNAKE grabs his side in pain

SNAKE uses his codec

OTACON ENTERS STAGE LEFT

SNAKE: Otacon, I just got shot and there's no one here...
OTACON: Wolf?
SNAKE: Sniper Wolf? The one who shot Meryl?
OTACON: Snake, please don't hurt her!
SNAKE: I have to Otacon, it's my mission
OTACON: Okay....

SNAKE pulls out his FAMAS and points it STAGE LEFT

SNAKE: Come out!

SNIPER WOLF enters STAGE LEFT and SHOOTS SNAKE

SNAKE fires his FAMAS

SNIPER WOLF FALLS DOWN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2TRW9GUyO0 

CUE SONG: Enclosure

SNIPER WOLF: I...I have waited for this moment. I am a sniper...waiting is my job.

SNIPER WOLF coughs

SNIPER WOLF: I am lung shot. You cannot save me. I was born and raised on a battlefield. Gunshots, sirens and screams. They were my lullabies...Please..set me free...

SNAKE pulls out his handgun

OTACON enters STAGE RIGHT

OTACON falls to his knees

OTACON: Why?! Why!? I loved you....
SNIPER WOLF: Set me free...

SNAKE points his gun at SNIPER WOLF

OTACON: Goodbye...

OTACON turns around and covers his ears

SNAKE fires his gun

SNAKE: I need to find Metal Gear. We're running out of time

SNAKE begins to exit STAGE LEFT but OTACON interrupts him

OTACON: Snake! What was she fighting for? What am I fighting for? What are you fighting for?

FADE OUT SONG

SNAKE: If we make it through this....I'll tell you.

SNAKE EXITS STAGE LEFT

SCENE 5: VULCAN RAVEN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksnxeKeF1ac 

SNAKE ENTERS STAGE RIGHT

VULCAN RAVEN ENTERS STAGE LEFT carrying a machine gun

RAVEN: Welcome Snake! This is the end of the road for you!
SNAKE: Who are you?
RAVEN: I am Vulcan Raven!

VULCAN RAVEN walks towards SNAKE

RAVEN: The ravens and I are testing to see if you are a true warrior. I am not fond of snakes, so
there will be no holding back!

RAVEN fires his machine gun at SNAKE

RAVEN then knocks SNAKE down

SNAKE shoots RAVEN in the foot and RAVEN falls to his knees

SNAKE kicks RAVEN down and shoots him
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_gjhRarEcU 

RAVEN: Snake...before I go on to the next world..I need to tell you something. 

SNAKE lowers his gun

RAVEN gets up and holds his side

RAVEN: That wasn't really the DARPA CHIEF in that cell...It was a member of FOXHOUND called
Decoy Octopus....He died of FOXDIE...a virus that targets specific people and imitates a heart attack..
SNAKE: So where is the real DARPA chief?
RAVEN: Dead. Ocelot killed him when they were trying to get the password.
SNAKE: Hmmm...
RAVEN: Metal Gear REX is just beyond this door.....

RAVEN stops breathing and falls down

SNAKE EXITS STAGE LEFT

SCENE 6: METAL GEAR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl8U5BiU0q8

SNAKE ENTERS STAGE RIGHT

SNAKE LOOKS OFF STAGE

SNAKE: Metal Gear....

SNAKE hides inside a cardboard box

LIQUID and OCELOT enter STAGE RIGHT

LIQUID operates a laptop

LIQUID: There. Metal Gear REX is ready to launch. Let's gather up the soldiers so they can watch
this historic event

LIQUID and OCELOT exit stage LEFT

SNAKE comes out of the cardboard box and inserts the card key into the laptop

LIQUID enters STAGE RIGHT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8DEqA-8iXY 

LIQUID: So we finally meet! The brother of light and the brother...of dark
SNAKE: I'm not your brother!
LIQUID: Yes you are. We're twins, created in the Les Enfants Terrible project
SNAKE: We're clones of Big Boss....?
LIQUID: Exactly
SNAKE: Whatever, my mission is complete so I'm going to get out of here
LIQUID: Good, get out of here and let Metal Gear launch.
SNAKE: What?
LIQUID: That card key was an activation key.
SNAKE: No! I have to stop it!
LIQUID: Too bad Snake!
ahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc6m4322PtI 

LIQUID runs towards SNAKE, throws him to the ground and kicks him

GRAY FOX enters stage right and knocks LIQUID out

SNAKE gets up

SNAKE: Gray Fox!

GRAY FOX takes off his mask

GRAY FOX: The name from long ago....it sounds better than Frank. Snake...there's something I need to tell you
SNAKE: What is it?
GRAY FOX: I am Naomi's brother
SNAKE: What?
GRAY FOX: Back in Rhodesia..I killed everyone in her village...Including her parents. But I couldn't 
bring myself to kill her...I took her into my care and raised her as if she was mine..

LIQUID gets up and grabs GRAY FOX's sword

SNAKE: Fox....

LIQUID stabs GRAY FOX

GRAY FOX screams in agony and falls to his knees

LIQUID pins GRAY FOX to the wall and punches him several times

LIQUID: In the middle east, we don't hunt foxes, we hunt jackals!
GRAY FOX: A cornered fox is more dangerous than a jackal!

GRAY FOX shoves LIQUID and punches him several times

LIQUID picks up GRAY FOX's sword and slashes at him

GRAY FOX falls to the ground

LIQUID puts his foot on GRAY FOX

GRAY FOX: There are several jets coming in to bomb this place, get out as fast as you can! Snake, We're not tools of the government, or anyone else. Fighting was the only thing... the only thing I was good at. But... at least I always fought for what I believed in. Snake...farewell

SNAKE: Fox!!!

LIQUID shoots GRAY FOX in the head

LIQUID throws his gun to the ground

SCENE 7: AFTERMATH

LIQUID: Sleeping in as usual, eh brother?
SNAKE: Liquid? Still alive?
LIQUID: I won’t die as long as you live. Just because Metal Gear’s been destroyed, doesn’t mean this is over
SNAKE: What are you after?
LIQUID: The return of an era where warriors such as us live as we should!
SNAKE: That was Big Boss’s dream
LIQUID: His dying wish. In the Cold War, warriors like us were needed. Times have changed now, with liars and hypocrites running the nation, we’re treated like scum. If I were successful with my plans, we would be living in luxury like we deserve!
SNAKE: I don’t want that kind of world!
LIQUID: Liar! So why are you here then? Why did you continue to follow your orders after your superiors betrayed you? I know why.

LIQUID walks towards SNAKE until they are face to face

LIQUID: You enjoy all the killing, that’s why.
SNAKE: What?
LIQUID: Haven’t you already killed most of my comrades? Hee hee, hee, I watched your face as you delivered the coup de grace. I don’t blame you, that’s the way we were created.
SNAKE: Created?a
LIQUID: Les Enfants Terrible. The terrible children. That’s the name of the project started in the 1970s. Their goal was to create the most powerful soldier possible. The model was a man who was known as the greatest soldier in the world
SNAKE: Big Boss...
LIQUID: Yes. And I was just the leftovers of you! You have the dominant genes, whereas I have the recessive! You took everything from me before I was even born!! But we aren’t the only sons of Big Boss. They used his genes to create the same genome soldiers you have been killing on this mission. So you’ve been killing our own brothers!

SNAKE looks away in disgust

LIQUID: My goal is to restore my heritage as Big Boss’s son and to do that, I must kill you! Look behind you...

SNAKE turns around and sees MERYL laying down

SNAKE: Meryl! Is she still alive?
LIQUID: I don’t know. She was a few hours ago. Kept calling out your name... Stupid girl, falling in love with a man who doesn’t even have a name!
SNAKE: I have a name!
LIQUID: No! We have no past and no future! 
SNAKE: Let Meryl go!
LIQUID: I will once we finish our business.

LIQUID starts untying SNAKE

SNAKE stands up

LIQUID: Are you ready brother?

SNAKE clenches his fists

LIQUID: Have at you, Snake!

CUE SONG: Duel

LIQUID and SNAKE fistfight

FADE OUT SONG

LIQUID collapses, unconscious

SNAKE run towards MERYL and shakes her

SNAKE: Meryl?!
MERYL: uhh.. S-Snake?
SNAKE: Are you okay?
MERYL: I think so... can we get out of here?
SNAKE: Yeah...

SNAKE uses his codec

OTACON enters STAGE RIGHT

SNAKE: Otacon, we need to get out of here before the fighter jets come in for another run.
OTACON: I have a helicopter waiting outside.
SNAKE: Alright, Meryl and I will meet you there

OTACON exits STAGE RIGHT

SNAKE: Come on, let’s go

SNAKE and MERYL exit STAGE LEFT

SCENE 8: THE BEST IS YET TO COME

CUE SFX: Helicopter

SNAKE and MERYL enter STAGE RIGHT running

SNAKE: There’s Otacon with the chopper, let’s go
LIQUID: SNAAAAKE!

LIQUID enters STAGE RIGHT, SNAKE and MERYL turn around

LIQUID stumbles towards SNAKE and tries to punch him but falls to his knees 

LIQUID: F-Fox....
SNAKE:...Die

LIQUID collapses

SNAKE: Dead...finally

OTACON: Let’s go

END OF ACT 2

CUE SONG: Metal Gear Solid Theme

CURTAIN CALL

THE END