Now isn’t this just pretty. It’s a rubber band gun based on Metal Gear Solid’s Silver Wolf.

It can fire ten rounds. The power is admirable. There’s a safety, but who the hell wants a safety?

Laser-targeting. Flashlight.

I want to steal this and go back in time to grade three. I know a few boys who will feel my time-travelling sting.

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Metal Gear Rubber Band Gun Will Kill You With Awesome

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.

(Images copyright Konami)

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Big Metal Gear Solid 4 Explo-sion

The concluding line of Eurogamer’s review sums up the conflicted three-page analysis thoroughly: “We love you, Snake. Don’t come back.”

Oli Welsh’s review is spoiler-free and contains much praise for Metal Gear Solid 4, but it still burrows deeply into the marrow of the game to diagnose its undeniable problems.

From Eurogamer:

You’re sorry to see Snake go. But should you be? Guns of the Patriots is a frustrating, fractured game that turns Metal Gear Solid’s world upside down several times over, but never changes it. It just burrows deeper into what fans love and detractors hate than ever before, and it will make few converts.

Do you agree? Disagree? Time will certainly tell. For now, read the review to prep yourself for an upcoming event that some will undoubtedly receive like Holy Communion.

If you doubt the validity of Welsh’s gripes, you might be interested to know that Konami has asked reviewers not to reveal the length of Metal Gear Solid 4’s cut scenes—or its install time(s). The latter is a troubling thing to keep out of a review, honestly. Not everyone has gobs of hard drive space to spare, and they might need to make arrangements to meet demand.

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Eurogamer Reviews Metal Gear Solid 4.