Sites like ours thrive off listing the most important details in all of gaming culture. Like a lot, I mean. Though, as professionals, we can occasionally get just as discouraged as any reader over another site’s glaring omission. Take for example when we took in Edge Online’s 50 Greatest Gaming Innovations piece from last year. Stealth, cutscenes, bloom lighting - fine... but where are the farts, dammit?! ...

With Final Fantasy XIII going multi-platform and Haze ending up a sad, broken mess, Metal Gear Solid 4 is starting to look like the last blockbuster third-party exclusive the PlayStation 3 has in its arsenal. And although it looks set to stay that way - as publisher Konami has repeatedly reaffirmed that the game will stay PS3-exclusive - rumors keep cropping up that the game will eventually head to the Xbox 360.

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For the benefit of budding handy-cam critics everywhere we've put together this five point checklist that we hope will provide some priceless pointers for making better video reviews. ...

To celebrate Independence Day (the holiday, not the movie), we’ve scoured our encyclopedic minds for the most patriotic games to be developed. But that wasn’t funny enough. So, we dug deeper to find the most rabidly patriotic games every developed. Ya know - the ones with so much love for Old Glory that it starts to get a little ridiculous. Behold - our results!

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This is it folks. The last time you’ll hear about our Metal Gears Make Nice contest until a winner is decided. (Except for in the forums) We’re showcasing a metric assload of submissions this time, and dare we say they’re even better than before. ...

As if Playboy mags and Naomi's side-boob action weren't enough, Metal Gear Solid 4's easter eggs have more to offer than just hidden Sony product placement and special FaceCamo.  Our video-filled guide to MGS4’s rudest easter eggs will tame those raging hormones in no time.  Check it out below.

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Check out Metal Gear Solid 4's easter eggs and Hideo Kojima's love for Japanese fashion model Akina ...

What happened to Snake? With those layered and textured wisps of oh-so-touchable hair, that Rambo-ninja headband, and a perfectly landscaped maze of lovable facial scruff, MGS 2 Snake was downright dreamy. Several years and one blond douchebag later and Snake is back with crow’s feet and the beginnings of a Geraldo Rivera 'stache. If anything is suited for sneaking, it’s the varicose veins crawling up the skin stuffs stretched over his legs. ...

Did you know we were giving away a PlayStation 3? Well, you better check your Intel, ‘cause it’s one of those fancy-pants, Limited Edition Gun Metal Gray PS3s, bundled with a matching Dual Shock 3 and a Collector’s Edition copy of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots worth around $600. ...

Check out these five videos of the most brilliant parts of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Be warned of spoilers, although we've been as careful as we could. ...

So, you can't wait to plow into Solid Snake's next chronicle of badass neck-snappery and cigarette puffing, but you don't want to miss a thing or find yourself stuck? No problem. We've got your how-to guide right here, courtesy of our friends at CVG Presents... magazine. Read on for a full walkthrough. Or, download the pdf version so you can print it out and have it handy as you dab Crying Wolf's tears with her own pelt and shove Laughing Octopus' tentacles back down her throat. ...