http://www.gamesradar.com/gc/metal-gear-solid-the-twin-snakes/g-2007052113223360051 en http://www.gamesradar.com/gc/f/the-top-7-winter-wonderlands/a-2009120417741330072/g-2007052113223360051 <img src="http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Features/2009/12/T7%20winter%20wonderlands/Snow_Zelda2--article_blog_image.jpg" /><br /><p>Ah, December! Despite being home to torturous holiday shopping, rampant sickness and some of the most inhospitable living conditions, it&#8217;s routinely held up as &#8220;the most wonderful time of the year.&#8221; Maybe, if you ignore the pounds of snow, record-breaking cold snaps and general anxiety that stems from attempting to exist in a world slathered in ice. ...</p> feature 7 Dec 2009 http://www.gamesradar.com/gc/f/a-brief-history-of-missile-rides/a-2009081911411569044/g-2007052113223360051 <img src="http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Features/2009/08/History%20of%20missile%20rides/Art/Finished/slimpickens--article_blog_image.jpg" /><br /><p>Since time immemorial, mankind has gazed upon missiles and secretly thought, &#8220;Hey, that&#8217;d be fun to ride.&#8221; For whatever perverse reason, the idea of straddling or surfing on what amounts to a blazing rocket engine packed with deadly explosives is wildly fascinating to just about everyone, particularly if someone else does it. ...</p> feature 19 Aug 2009 http://www.gamesradar.com/gc/metal-gear-solid-the-twin-snakes/videos/g-2007052113223360051/v-20090819115340139008 video 19 Aug 2009 http://www.gamesradar.com/gc/f/8-games-with-disastrously-botched-rescue-missions/a-20090730113724852093/g-2007052113223360051 <p>Generally, the first rule when it comes to rescuing hostages is &#8216;don&#8217;t let everybody get horribly done in.&#8217; But sadly, this proves too much of a stumbling block for many game heroes. Be it accidentally killing geriatrics with a killer virus or letting the damsel in distress get crushed by a cow, the following rescue missions all get botched. Spectacularly.</p> <img title="" height="476" alt="" src="http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Features/2009/07/8 games with botched rescue missions/JPEG/Resi_casualty_report--article_image.jpg" width="355" border="0">&# ...</p> feature 30 Jul 2009 http://www.gamesradar.com/gc/f/the-citizen-kanes-of-videogames/a-20090723134438115098/g-2007052113223360051 <img src="http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Features/2009/07/Citizen%20Kanes/Screens/HalfLife--article_blog_image.jpg" /><br /><p>When talking about the idea of videogames as art, it&#8217;s become increasingly popular to lament that the medium doesn&#8217;t yet have its &#8220;Citizen Kane.&#8221; Seemingly everyone, from industry luminary Ian Bogost to film director Guillermo del Toro, has sounded off about how games either need, don&#8217;t need, or will soon receive the masterpiece that will force the medium to &#8220;grow up&#8221; and be accepted as an art form by the mainstream. ...</p> feature 23 Jul 2009 http://www.gamesradar.com/gc/f/if-game-characters-used-twitter/a-2009072110532718035/g-2007052113223360051 <p>The secret lives of gaming's greats, in 140 characters or less. ...</p> feature 21 Jul 2009 http://www.gamesradar.com/gc/f/10-characters-who-know-smoking-is-cool/a-20090616102317115021/g-2007052113223360051 <img src="http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Features/2009/06/Smoking%20Is%20Cool/ART/RAW/spy4--article_blog_image.jpg" /><br /><p>For too long, political correctness has choked expression much like smoking might choke someone&#8217;s lungs. Back in the good old days, it was common for prominent pillars of society to be seen smoking: baseball players, gangsters, Popeye. Now it&#8217;s incredibly frowned upon, because &#8220;smoking may slowly kill you,&#8221; if you believe &#8220;proven medical facts.&#8221; ...</p> feature 16 Jun 2009 http://www.gamesradar.com/gc/f/the-secretly-sinister-storylines-of-your-favourite-games/a-2009060911582296048/g-2007052113223360051 You never knew they were so wrong... ...<br/> feature 12 Jun 2009 http://www.gamesradar.com/gc/f/the-13-unluckiest-videogame-bastards/a-2009021312497865018/g-2007052113223360051 <img src="http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Features/2009/02/Unluckiest%20bastards/Screens/max_payne1--article_blog_image.jpg" /><br /><p>As you&#8217;re probably aware, Valentine&#8217;s Day is tomorrow. To hell with that. Friday the 13th is today, and aside from developmentally disabled serial killers with machetes, that means one thing: bad luck.</p> <p>Over the years, continually playing as the hero in videogames has taught us to have a generally optimistic outlook when faced with challenges, to believe deep down that, whatever happens, we can overcome any obstacle. ...</p> feature 13 Feb 2009 http://www.gamesradar.com/gc/f/the-top-7-outrageously-camp-bad-guys/a-20081107102214515048/g-2007052113223360051 Evil doesn't HAVE to be serious business... ...<br/> feature 17 Nov 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/gc/metal-gear-solid-the-twin-snakes/videos/g-2007052113223360051/v-20080616142735578092 video 16 Jun 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/gc/f/the-best-videogame-stories-ever/a-200804179337286093/g-2007052113223360051 <img src="http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Features/2008/04/Best%20Game%20Stories%20Ever/longest%201--article_blog_image.jpg" /><br /><p>Whoever said videogames have no cultural value needs a shot in the mouth - or they need to sit down with The Longest Journey, Metal Gear Solid or any of the other games on our list of Best Videogame Stories EVER. A good story isn&#8217;t necessary for a good game (Halo, Super Mario Galaxy or Tetris, anyone?) but that&#8217;s what makes the games on our list just that much more important. These are good games with amazing stories of epic ...</p> feature 17 Apr 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/gc/f/most-annoying-game-over-screens-ever/a-20080416101611697053/g-2007052113223360051 <img src="http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Features/2008/04/Annoying%20Game%20Over%20Screens/game_over--article_blog_image.jpg" /><br /><p>Nobody likes to see a Game-Over screen. As if knowing you suck isn&#8217;t bad enough, some games rub it in by torturing you with really annoying Game-Over screens. What could be worse than having to watch your demise from multiple angles, or sitting through the same long-ass cutscene of the world ending every time you fail? Tack one of these onto a tough boss fight, and you have a perfect formula for gamer rage. We&#8217;ve hand-picked this ...</p> feature 16 Apr 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/gc/f/the-top-7-inanimate-objects/a-2008040794638233043/g-2007052113223360051 <img src="http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Features/2008/04/Top%207%20inanimate%20objects/sfcar--article_blog_image.jpg" /><br /><p>Inanimate objects. Wow, we must really be out of ideas, huh? It's true, at first pass this sounds absurd, open to all kinds of interpretation with an infinite number of potential entries, but after careful contemplation (i.e. shouting at one another for hours) we've come up with a list of in-game objects so desirable that every gamer should love 'em - even if all they do is sit there.</p><p>For our consideration, the items have to be ...</p> feature 7 Apr 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/gc/metal-gear-solid-the-twin-snakes/news/metal-gear-solid-psone-headed-for-psn/a-20080318103826519015/g-2007052113223360051 <img src="http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Games/M/Metal%20Gear%20Solid%20The%20Twin%20Snakes/Bulk%20Viewers/GC/demo_01--article_blog_image.jpg" /><br />As the PSOne games on PSN drought continues on this side of the planet, Japan's Famitsu magazine has revealed that the original Metal Gear Solid will be hitting the PSN in spring for play on PS3 and PSP. MGS was, in case you lived in the Himalayas at the time, one of the best games on the PSOne - a platform-defining title upon which the whole modern MGS craze was built. Its arrival on the PSN would be sweet. But there is, ...<br/> news 18 Mar 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/gc/metal-gear-solid-the-twin-snakes/videos/g-2007052113223360051/v-20080220114723156001 video 21 Feb 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/gc/f/the-dying-game/a-20070928154319734057/g-2007052113223360051 Sep 28, 2007 Game over. Continue? If only life was that simple. We've all died thousands of times in videogames. But never do we think 'well, that's it then' and put the pad down. There's nearly always the prospect of another life or a continue, or at worst having to start afresh with a new game. But game death has given us so many memorable sequences. Ever since Pac-Man's mouth widened to envelop his entire self with that classic descending soundclip, game developers have sought to make ...<br/> feature 28 Sep 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/gc/f/keanu-reeves-as-solid-snake/a-20070913102436515006/g-2007052113223360051 Sept 13 2007 Christian Bale is "tipped to play Solid Snake" in a forthcoming film version of Metal Gear Solid, according to Nuts, the UK's weekly tits-and-giggles mag. Sound like a good fit? We're convinced of his credentials, but who else could challenge Bale's bid to star as the bandana-wearing operative? We've drawn up a handful of likely lads, and judged them on the only attributes that matter when assuming the role of Metal Gear's leading man. If you've got different ideas, though, get ...<br/> feature 13 Sep 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/gc/metal-gear-solid-the-twin-snakes/easter-eggs/g-2007052113223360051#133829 Go to GamesRadar to see the Easter Egg ... Easter Egg 8 Aug 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/gc/metal-gear-solid-the-twin-snakes/unlockables/g-2007052113223360051#133827 Go to GamesRadar to see the Unlockable ... Unlockable 8 Aug 2007