Metal Gear Solid V Announced, Looks INSANE

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Yesterday, at the annual Game Developer's Conference, Konami officially announced Metal Gear Solid V. Of course, they kind of announced Metal Gear Solid V at the most recent VGAs as The Phantom Pain. The new trailer makes absolutely no sense and feels like a terrifying dream. Which MIGHT BE WHAT THE GAME ACTUALLY IS.

It's pure gibberish, but it's super rad gibberish full of references to gibberish from previous entires in this gibberish series.

The game is ostensibly about Big Boss waking up from a coma, but with all the insane stuff that goes on in the trailer — including giant flame whales, exploding unicorns, ghost children flying through ceilings, and Big Boss shooting a shotgun on the back of a horse — we're left to wonder if Big Boss even wakes up from his coma at all.

This is what happens if you eat rations after 11.
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I'm honestly having the same amount of trouble differentiating reality from hallucination as Big Boss. The Phantom Pain was announced a few months ago and was supposedly being developed by Moby Dick studios. But that studio's CEO had a name that was just an anagram of Hideo, referencing Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima. Also, Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes had been announced a few months before, so was THAT Metal Gear Solid V? According to Konami, both Ground Zeroes AND The Phantom Pain are Metal Gear Solid V.

So basically, I'm going through exactly what Big Boss is going through — I know Metal Gear Solid V exists. I can feel it. But there's so much insanity swirling that I'm beginning to doubt myself. In other words, I'm having phantom pains about The Phantom Pain.

You know how Nintendo announces a new Mario game? THEY JUST SAY WHEN YOU CAN BUY A NEW MARIO GAME.
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And Konami's attempt to mess with my head is working. Honest to god, ever since I watched The Phantom Pain trailer I feel like I've been in a hallucinogenic trance. I looked across my office just now and it looked like one of the desks was on fire.

Wait, no. One of my coworkers just lit his computer on fire when Excel crashed.

I hear you, Mark! We've all been there! Also you're fired.
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