Have you ever dreamed of rubbing your body up against some aspect of master game designer Hideo Kojima? If you can settle for his signature, you might be in luck.

PS3fanboy.com reports that a gunmetal grey Metal Gear Solid 4 PS3 bundle is up for grabs on eBay, and the sexy system has been tagged by Kojima. It’s all yours for a paltry five thousand zenny.

Shipping is free! If you’re spending that kind of money on the bundle, it may as bloody well be.

PS3fanboy insists that this is a wretched instance of price-gouging. Maybe so, but there’s been worse. Anyone remember the jackass who tried to eBay a Playstation 2 for a million bucks?

I don’t think he got very far, and admittedly neither is this dude.

Check out the auction here.

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Post from: EveryJoe

Kojima’s $5,000 Signature

Happy Metal Gear Solid 4 Day! Or, uh, Happy Snake Solstice, if you prefer? I just made that one up.

Do you get the day off in honour of our hero’s last hurrah? I sure as hell don’t. So here’s a Metal Gear Solid 4 blowout for you word vultures.

At the stroke of midnight on June 12th, the vampires and hags of the world emerged to haunt the night, but quickly retreated into their stony lairs in confusion. Half the world’s population remained awake to buy Metal Gear Solid 4 at the Midnight Launch of their choice. Game writers, bloggers and web techies, after soaking their insides with Red Bull, posted reviews and impressions as soon as the bonging of the Angelus lifted Konami’s embargo. The remainder of the population consisted mostly of meth addicts flying high and joining the celebration in a happy, muddled haze.

The reviews I’ve seen have been pretty consistent with praise and complaints. In short (which MGS 4 is not), the game is full of flawed beauty: Grit, war, blood, death and soldiers having a bit of a pee.

Most gamers put more thought into their review sources than they do into babysitters for their newborn infants. I personally recommend Jeremy Parish’s excellent (and hard earned) review over at 1UP.com.

My opinion also tends to align itself often with GameTrailers’ reviews, so I’ll include that for anyone who thinks that reading is for chumps.

Into the dark, silent night with you, soldier.

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Big Metal Gear Solid 4 Explo-sion