Above: Hideo Kojima, director of the Metal Gear series, pretends to take a bite of roasted snake. Tastes like fishy chicken in case you're wondering

The game
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

The place
London

The theme
Getting a taste for Snake-style food

The vibe
With eating everything you can find playing a pivotal role in Kojima-san's third Metal Gear Solid, it seemed sensible to give reviewers a shot of some "interesting" cuisine. Fortunately, the food on hand wasn't prepared exactly as it is in the game - tranquilized and raw - but chocolate-coated scorpion, vodka-flavored bees and fried lumps of snake still aren't high on our preferred list of foods.

The effect
A newfound respect for survivalists. We've still got the bottle of drowned-snake vodka they gave us to take away - it's the only alcohol guaranteed not to get stolen at parties.