It's a threat to shake the still-future 90s! Rookie Foxhound operative Solid Snake is dispatched to Africa, where he must infiltrate the rogue state of Outer Heaven run by a mysterious, legendary mercenary (yes, that is a contradiction) and dismantle the ultimate weapon: METAL GEAR.

...But that's just the set up. The real plot is that our main characters, senior operators Sheltered Snipe and Tangent Man, have assigned themselves the vexing the task of completing a 40-ish year old video games. Can these coddled, aging gamers of the Millennial generation withstand a quarter-consuming, no safety rails included, 8-bit as god intended video game? And if they overcome the challenge, will they have anything interesting to say about it? They better, or I don't know how we'll ever get to the Kojima games people actually like!

For those of you ...