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The most incredible depiction of Solid Snake I have ever seen (hexbear.net)

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Just look at the lips, squinty eyes and Wakka hair on this magnificent specimen. I wonder what female Japanese gamers would have thought of THIS Solid Snake data-laughing

Also, why does this very green and EXTREMELY 90s looking Meryl have some kind of Iron Age shortsword on her belt?

I have to know if this magazine was around for MGS2- their version of Raiden must have been transcendent. They would've probably drawn him to look like Dolph Lundgren as He-Man

EDIT

I just chortled at this goofy magazine cover illustration but apparently someone at Konami liked it enough that it was actually used as the cover for the manual of MGS: Integral in Japan

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[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 8 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I had a subscription to PSM and I had this issue! I remember them doing an april fools joke where they photoshopped a nude lara croft into game screens claiming they found "the code", ah young me was wowed to say the least.

[–] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Looking at archived copies of this magazine at retrogamemags, it seems like PlayStation characters in 90s comic book art was their thing. These are just delightful- look at this Jamer Sunderland

Now that's the face of a man mourning his wife

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 10 points 8 months ago

No more SOYBOY James we on that alpha male monster slayer shit.

[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I believe that was a mod that got urban legend’ed into being a supposed secret code available in the base game. Which is funny as it’s not the only time in the 90’s an April Fools joke by a gaming magazine got spread as truth. EGM photoshopped Sheng Long into SFII screen shots as a joke and players fell for it.

[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, there was a mod called Nude Raider that Eidos wasn't happy about, they tried to shut the site down.

edit: I wonder if this inspired the damage control done by Rockstar over Hot Coffee in GTA: SA, iirc they initially tried to claim it was user created.

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

My memory was that the hot coffee thing was in the game as shipped but it could only be accessed with a mod

[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 3 points 8 months ago

It was in the game, but Rockstar claimed it was created by modders. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/hackers-behind-sex-change-says-grand-theft-maker/

Hackers behind sex change

Incredible headline out of context.

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 5 points 8 months ago

Dude, same and same.

Good times.