Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker

Do you own a PSP but have no idea what games you should play? It can be tough choosing from the huge library of games available, but we’ve got you covered with a list of our 10 most highly acclaimed, must-play games on Sony’s portable…

Week of Hate 2011 officially begins today, giving us yet another opportunity to spew venom and whine like babies about the industry that we love the remaining 51 weeks of the year. And in keeping with past tradition, we’re trotting out some of gaming’s most beloved, venerable franchises this week for the sole purpose of picking apart their flaws and upsetting their fans. We’ll start with Metal Gear, a series that has spent roughly the past 10 years turning itself into one of the weirdest, most divisive, love-it-or-hate-it propositions in modern gaming...

Boy I tell ya what, GamesRadar is working extra hard to make sure we get all the end of the year content up before the year ends. And if that means the staff’s hearts may explode before then, so be it. In between working and occasionally not working, we found time to record you the last regular TDar of the year, our holiday gift to you. You’re welcome!

With a storyline so baffling even Kojima doesn’t understand it, it’s only prudent we set straight the events leading to Metal Gear Solid: Rising. Be prepared for detail so utter, it may cause brainlock. Here is the complete timeline, including events not occurring directly in any of the games...

Ever had that shameful feeling you get when you're horribly late to a party? Y'know, it's that horrible guilt which hits you as you pathetically paw through the last of the sandwiches that have started to go a bit funny and try to hunt down any leftover booze. This is exactly the feeling I had recently when a mate suggested I play through my beloved Metal Gear Solid 4's developer podcasts... which I only realised existed last week. Inside, you'll find out why you need to listen to them, while we also cover some of the awesome Easter eggs the devs reveal in their stupidly soothing 'cast.

Traditional wisdom suggests that fictional superstars never change. Bugs Bunny, Homer Simpson and Superman, for example, have endured for decades with more or less the same appearance. They never age, never look incredibly dated (save for a few misguided revamps that die off) and consistently appeal to a new generation. The same can’t be said for videogame characters, though.

As a technology-based medium, game heroes and villains cannot remain the same. They must constantly evolve, or risk looking “last gen.” That doesn’t mean the new or old designs take precedence, it just means no developer will ever, ever leave its creation alone. Now, with decades of console history to pull from, let’s take a look at the “old” designs and see how they stack up against their modern equivalents...

When you spend all day working in the enchanted land of the interwebs, you end up looking at a lot of screenshots. Most are from 7/10 games you’ll never buy in a month of sweltering Sundays. Others the product of accidental x-rated Google Image searches. But sometimes, you come across a little gem that reveals a gaming Easter egg of Fabergé value. Inside, for Metal Gear fans at least, is one such shot.

We try desperately to keep our energies high as the monster that is E3 creeps up on us to rip apart our souls. So it's non-stop talk about next week's mega-convention, except for when we do stop to talk about Green Day, Metal Gear, capitalism and whiskey...

Being the internet connoisseurs that we are, we stumbled upon a highly amusing article that pondered the deadly serious question of what superheroes would do if they were assholes. After we’d successfully boarded the roflcopter, we knocked up our own version starring game heroes abusing their skills. So if you’ve ever wondered what would happen if Solid Snake used his powers of super sneakery for evil, you’ve come to the right place…

Anything that accentuates the male scrotal evil is automatically evil. Like ‘Hitler on a bad moustache day’ evil. Because the human Johnson is clearly an inherently terrible thing, it should be concealed at all times, only be broken out under extreme circumstances. Perhaps, if you need to tie a rope around it to pull a car with, in order to break some sort of World’s Strongest Wang record.

That’s why, simply put, the following banana hammock-harbouring characters deserve nothing less than virtual vasectomies.