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Op-Ed: Metal Gear Solid and the progression of LGBT in pop-culture

Metal Gear Solid has been a leader in pushing to include the LGBT community in the gaming world. However one writer for Vice fears that if there is any truth to the theory that Quiet is Chico, the character will only play into the transphobic rhetoric of pop-culture. This is a look at how Hideo Kojima has introduced a verity of LGBT character to the gaming world and how several characters have become gay icons.

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stanr3566d ago

Normally I would have just gone into the comment section and rebutted the writers entire point, however as a long time fan of the series I felt that I had to write an actually opinion pointing out his fallacious fear over the series. If the theory is true then it could be assured that Quiet will break the stereotypes that has defined the transgender community. Yes I know some working on the game have denied the theory but come on this is a Kojima game.

assdan3566d ago

Exactly on both points. If quiet is indeed a transgender Chico, Kojima is going to do it well. They've never had annoying stereotypical portrayals of people that were LGB, and I wouldn't expect it to be any different for a transgender character, who has yet to appear in the series.
To the point about the denial, exactly, this is Kojima we're talking about. It's not like they haven't lied to us before, and about such a major plot point, it would make sense that they would deny the rumor to keep the story under wraps. Which as a whole so far, we really don't know all that much about the story. And to the main reason I believe that there's a good chance Quiet is Chico. If I remember correctly, Chico doesn't appear in any of the trailers so far, and the one that came out for e3 this year is likely that last or second to last trailer for the game. Why would such a major character not appear in any of the trailers? Unless he has and we don't know it yet. The only other possibility is if Chico died in the helicopter crash.

breakpad3565d ago (Edited 3565d ago )

i dont think (and i hope not ) that Quiet is a transgender Chico...Quiet is the only as it seems hot female in the game and Kojima always is a more traditional developer , having always a hot female presence in his games ...Kojima was always very subtle about these sexual orientation things (lgbt) to a point where some of these are considered innuendo...in contrary to some companies like EA where just shove gay characters to your throat depicting the straight ones as minority in options ...Kojima do it in a far more intelligent , humorous and subtlety way giving you the option to believe whatever you want for the char and Not forcing cringe and unaesthetic moments /characters in his games

ZaWarudo3566d ago

"I know the Major better than anyone else!"

assdan3566d ago

Random side note, I was always under the impression the Volgin was bisexual. Am I wrong on this? He seemed to show some form of sexual interest in Eve at least.

Revolver_X_3566d ago

Volgin was not gay or straight. Shows how much the writer paid attention. Even Eva says it. Volgin was a sadist. He is only interested in inflicting pain. Gender was not a part of it.

stanr3566d ago

Actually there has been some confusion about Volgin's sexual orientation. At first glance it appears that she may be bisexual, however his relationship with Eva is mostly about torturing her. Meanwhile his relationship with Raikov is more emotional and sexual based, hence it's mostly agreed upon that he is actually gay and not bisexual among gamers.

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Death Stranding 2 Lets Players Skip Boss Battles For An Easier Time

Hideo Kojima has revealed a new feature in Death Stranding 2, promising a more accessible experience for newcomers to action games.

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gold_drake18d ago

ehm okeeey.
i guess i get it, but shouldn't be a difficulty setting be the solution and not a skip feature?

StoneTitan18d ago

That is the difficulty setting ^^

Knushwood Butt18d ago

Love the first game but the boss battles were crap, especially the Cliff ones. All Cliff encounters are exactly the same, only in different environments. Furthermore, you have to do the same thing 4 times! No different forms, no different patterns, nothing.

-Foxtrot18d ago

I mean that's a nice thought and all but if you are going to get the sequel to this I'm guessing you are going to be one of those fans who managed to do the boss battles in the original.

I don't think this is going to bring in new fans or ones who didn't like the first one in general.

I understand if it was a brand new story with new characters where you get a clean fresh slate to try and bring in everyone again but a straight up sequel...it has it's fans and I bet they managed to get through the first game no problem.

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H918d ago

A weird idea for a sequel to have, since players need to beat the bosses of the first game, unless he plans on making the bosses more complicated this time around which I highly doubt. Honestly it's a horrible feature, for a game about the struggle of going around to deliver things, to let you skip fighting which is a part of the struggle.

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Hideo Kojima Says Kojima Productions Will Enter Phase 2 With PHYSINT After DS2 & OD

Hideo Kojima has revealed that Kojima Productions’ PHYSINT will enter phase 2 of its development after Death Stranding 2: On the Beach & OD.

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Bathyj18d ago

Put OD on the back burner. That's not gonna sell

Jingsing17d ago

Glad Kojima is working to drain Microsoft of cash. :D

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Kojima Questions How Long His "Creativty" Will Last

Kojima: At this age, I can’t help but think about how much longer I’ll be able to stay “creative.” I want to keep going for the rest of my life, but is it 10 more years? 20? Every day feels like I’m racing against the clock. Even now, at 87, Ridley Scott is still active. And back when he was past 60—my current stage in life—he created the masterpiece “Gladiator.”

cammers1995106d ago

His games are boring and weird. Nobody cares.

xHeavYx106d ago

@Cammers1995 It's very early, but I think you secured the "N4G's dumbest comment of 2025". Unbelievable thinking that there are people like Obscure commenting here.

Knushwood Butt106d ago

We definitely need a year-end roundup of the dumbest comments.

Elda106d ago

Your comment is boring & weird...lol!!

jznrpg106d ago

We are all racing against the clock

Ninver106d ago

In the unapologetic words of Sir Davos "nothing f$cks you harder than time"

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