Konami has been around for a very long time. Long before 3D and complex gameplay, the publisher busied itself as a prominent MSX developer. Before the Solid, Metal Gear made its home on the format, right alongside classics such as Contra and Parodius. For another round of retro, Konami's adding 13 MSX games into Virtual Console.

Imagined some sort of alternative way on how Solid Snake's final days went? If you can't picture it quite all too clearly, not to worry. TheFineBros on YouTube got that covered for you.

Amy Hennig of Naughty Dog has said that Uncharted 2 has been performing beyond expectations. If you're the type who needs actual statistics before you believe statements like that, maybe this will help. Nathan's second adventure, Among Thieves, has been found to have moved approximately 836,000 units -- in its first week alone, worldwide. This number puts it nicely at the number 2 position among the fastest selling PS3 exclusive title.

Homebrew coder leviadragon has released his brand new homebrew game My Snake Pet for the NEO Summer Coding Compo 2009. The dev describes his homebrew game as a Tamagotchi like game but instead of a pet, you use Solid Snake.


Download: My Snake Pet

Obsidian Entertainment's tweet yesterday revealed that you can actually finish the Alpha Protocol (Xbox 360, PS3, and PC) game without killing anyone. Intriguing, indeed, especially when you take into consideration the fact that it is a stealth-RPG title. You know, one where you sneak up on people precisely so you can kill them without much of a fuss?

In an interview with Kikizo, Quantic Dream's founder, David Cage, recounted an instance when he met the awesome, larger than life Hideo Kojima. "Very interesting" was how he described the said meeting with the creator of one of the most successful icons in videogaming history, Solid Snake.

Grasshopper Manufacture's head honcho Goichi "Suda 51" Suda has high hopes for No More Heroes lead Travis Touchdown. He even wants the beam katana wielding assassin/otaku to make an appearance in the next Smash Bros. game.

Judging by the comments on that Metal Gear Solid movie post a while back, it seems a number of you guys like the thought of Christian bale playing Solid Snake. Got some bad news for you though (and good news for those who didn't want him in the movie): Bale says he hasn't been approached about the Metal Gear Solid movie.

If these new ESRB listings prove to be correct, we may be seeing Solid Snake again on the PS3. It won't be Old Snake, though, but Metal Gear Solid-era Snake, and he'll even be bringing along pre-steroids Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine from before she had a dye job.

Oh, he's feeling the pressure alright. Hideo Kojima, creator of the famed Metal Gear series, is admitting that he does feel the intense pressure from people for him to continue with it, even when Solid Snake has already been technically retired in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots .