The METAL GEAR SOLID series is known for innovating the genre of "tactical espionage action". But it rarely, perhaps, gets as much credit as an important achievement in science fiction.

In this, the start of a new series by MGS YouTuber Futurasound Productions, we'll be diving into each of the MGS games in turn, taking a detailed look at how each game contributes to the sci-fi genre.

Beginning with 1998's Metal Gear Solid, this video covers all the essential scientific concepts elucidated or otherwise commented on by MGS1 - from the "Selfish Gene" Theory by zoologist Richard Dawkins, to the Asymmetry Principle in Evolutionary Diversity, and the impact and potential risks posed by the long-term storage of nuclear materials.


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"Metal Gear Solid is a 3D espionage third-person action-adventure game developed by KCE Japan and published by Konami for the Sony PlayStation on October 21, 1998. It is the sequel to the Japanese-exclusive 1990 game Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, and the first (and most prominent) installment of the Metal Gear Solid series of stealth action games.

The game is set in 2005, six years after a battle-hardened infiltrator of United States special forces unit FOXHOUND, codenamed "Solid Snake", infiltrated the military nation of Zanzibar Land, destroyed armored bi-pedal tank Metal Gear D (with its pilot, rogue FOXHOUND operative Gray Fox), and eliminated its leader, rogue FOXHOUND commander Big Boss. A secret nuclear weapon disposal facility (codenamed "Shadow Moses"), located on a remote island in Alaska's Fox Islands has been attacked by a terrorist splinter cell of FOXHOUND (led by the mysterious "Liquid Snake", who threatens the United States government with nuclear weapons if they do not provide the remains of Big Boss). Players reprise the role of Solid Snake, brought out of retirement (again) and dispatched by Colonel Roy Campbell of the U.S. government to neutralize the threat and rescue two key hostages (DARPA Chief Donald Anderson and ArmsTech President Kenneth Baker)."
https://www.giantbomb.com/meta....l-gear-solid/3030-16