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Posted: May 21st 2009 9:17PM (Unverified) said

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Fuck you Kojima
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Posted: May 21st 2009 9:26PM (Unverified) said

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Now PS3 fans know how the Brawl delays felt.
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Posted: May 21st 2009 9:36PM (Unverified) said

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KOJIMA? KOJIMA!? KOJJJIIIIMAAA!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted: May 23rd 2009 1:07AM (Unverified) said

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As much as I hate to say it, didn't Kojima say that MGS4 was going to be Snake's last game. I mean the Foxdie Virus was really doing a number on Snake in MGS4. Is he going to even be alive after the ending of MGS4, *spoiler alert* where he sticks the gun in his mouth, and the camera pans away. yes he will.. but really the Foxdie is killing him and he's growing old fast. I actually had a thought that maybe Raiden, would take over the series, but with all the things that's happened to him over the period of game 2 to 4 is a mystery...to me at least
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Posted: May 23rd 2009 5:15PM The MARIO said

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OMG it's "Lord of Shadows" how the hell did i not see it DAMMMM
look it if you don't know what it is.
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Posted: May 21st 2009 9:17PM Xaeinovis said

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Enough with this horse shit!
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Posted: May 22nd 2009 12:10AM EngadgetSoFunny said

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Agreed. I don't really care about this hype/viral marketing at all. Ohh wow a countdown that lead to a countdown that leads to a magazine? Geesh, why not just write a comment on a blog somewhere or drop something in an interview saying that a new game would be annouced on May 30th in some magazine and be done with it?

Instead an elaborate ploy to show countdowns, leading to countdowns? Lame lame lame. Guess what everyone, I'm going to tell you what I'm going to do in 15 seconds....

wait for it...

wait for it...
I'm going to hit the add comment button! YESSSS, what's that fun, cool, viral and mysterious?
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Posted: May 22nd 2009 10:08AM Wozamil said

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Agreed. I think it's time we just stop caring anymore. If readers stop caring, Joystiq will stop posting, and Konami will stop playing these games and go back to making games.
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Posted: May 22nd 2009 4:03PM UK31337 said

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Bungie did it twice as well for ODST because MS pulled the first announcement at pretty much literally the last second - if I remember rightly the timer literally ran down to zero and then it said sorry, we can't actually tell you right now. They could have stopped the timer early for those that cared instead of fans hanging on for something which turned out to be nothing anyway even when the announcement did finally come out. ODST is just a short (by Bungie's own admission it'll likely be about 4 hours long) side-strand for a minor part of the Halo 2 campaign let alone Halo 3 and the multiplayer is identical to Halo 3 with nothing special exclusive to ODST owners apart from, perhaps, a few unannounced maps that won't be part of the standard Mythic map pack part 2 which comes on the disc.

Essentially, viral marketing like this gets people psyched for something which turns out to be nothing at all, but it's a good way to build hype and suspense I guess - even though, in this case, the announcement has already leaked.
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Posted: May 21st 2009 9:19PM (Unverified) said

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Has anyone else realised that the letters have changed?

When the lightning flashes
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Posted: May 21st 2009 9:19PM SheppyReturns said

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"On the day I was born, it was raining."

I think we can confirm it's Raiden related...
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Posted: May 21st 2009 9:19PM mezzaninex said

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If I see one more countdown, I'm going to snap. I'll take my clothes off and start screaming and shitting all over the place. No joke.

And by place, I mean the Kojima Productions building. And my shit is acidic.
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Posted: May 21st 2009 11:27PM (Unverified) said

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Countdown to Your Rage:

31:05:69
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Posted: May 22nd 2009 9:33AM (Unverified) said

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+1 for saying that your shit is "acidic".
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Posted: May 24th 2009 7:29AM Ameen said

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What !? Your Shit is Hasidic??? Damn you, Anti-Semite, Holocaust Denier !
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Posted: May 21st 2009 9:20PM PR0F3TA said

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kojima must be laughing his ass off
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Posted: May 21st 2009 9:42PM Arashikou said

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I know - I mean, who else could get people to play along this long? We've had what now... A rumor of an announcement of an announcement of an announcement of an announcement, I believe? That's one hell of a lot of indirection.
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Posted: May 26th 2009 12:11AM (Unverified) said

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Next we'll find out that the game was released 2 weeks ago.
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Posted: May 21st 2009 9:20PM Worsel said

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SNAKKKKKEEEEEEE!!!! Wait, let me try that again...
*Channeling William Shatner*
KOJIMAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
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Posted: May 22nd 2009 8:35AM MGarvey said

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Lol @ *Channeling William Shatner*
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Posted: May 21st 2009 9:20PM (Unverified) said

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BULLOCKS!!!!
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Posted: May 21st 2009 9:20PM SheppyReturns said

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"It was raining on the day I was born."

I think we can call this Metal Gear Raiden at this point.
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Posted: May 21st 2009 9:20PM (Unverified) said

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I effin' hate this shit... oh, and now an E is flashing on there. Too bad the news was already leaked, rendering all this teaser countdown business pointless.
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Posted: May 21st 2009 9:20PM DarknessBear said

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So May 30th? I can't wait, I hope the countdown turns into snow that day revealing 40 more days! So exciting.
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Posted: May 21st 2009 9:20PM Ebichu said

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First there's the MGS iPhone countdown, then he weird April fools joke during GDC, and now a timer that reveals another timer ...
Kojima, if you want to make another MGS / game then just say so man :/
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Posted: May 21st 2009 9:20PM chrono said

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I've waited this long, I guess I'll wait a little longer
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Posted: May 21st 2009 9:21PM Reaper man said

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damnit I was 3 or so minutes too late in submitting this. Joystiq, you also forgot to mention that it's flashing "e" "5" and "3" now and the timer is now set to 119 hours instead of 199
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Posted: May 21st 2009 9:26PM Marius said

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Yeah its 120 hours ending on Tuesday at 8pm central time
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Posted: May 21st 2009 9:21PM cesaria said

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This is seriously shit. Why not just start the countdown from today? I'm tired of these countdown sites.
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Posted: May 21st 2009 9:21PM SheppyReturns said

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This comment system has to be run by the patriots.
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Posted: May 21st 2009 9:25PM Worsel said

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Dont you mean La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo?
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Posted: May 21st 2009 9:26PM (Unverified) said

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You can say La Li Lu Le Lo?
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Posted: May 21st 2009 9:50PM (Unverified) said

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Those La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo-ing La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo-ers! Why don't they La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo themselves!
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Posted: May 21st 2009 11:21PM Geist said

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La Li Lu Le Lo is what replaced Patriots, due to nanomachines.

Goddamn MGS is effed up.
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Posted: May 22nd 2009 12:55AM The Blank Mage Returns said

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Yeah, until things are getting weird enough that I almost expect Dr. Who to show up and save the day, and find out the Metal Gears were Cybermen/Dalek hybrids or something.
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Posted: May 21st 2009 9:22PM danijami23 said

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what a bunch of bar stewards. Well, as mentioned by sheppy, I reckon its a raiden project of some description. I still fucking hate kopro's marketing department though.
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Posted: May 21st 2009 9:22PM Mr White said

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There needs to be some Konami Employee killing...NOW!.
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Posted: May 21st 2009 9:23PM (Unverified) said

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I heard the game will be MSG5 and will be one long cinematic PS3 movie that is 212 hours long, with only 3 minutes of gameplay. It will be sold as a special collectors edition only for 345 dollars and be called "MGS 5 The Test of Patience"
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Posted: May 21st 2009 9:27PM Mr White said

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Go play with your Xbox man.
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Posted: May 21st 2009 9:31PM (Unverified) said

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I have a PS3 and loved MGS4, but I still chuckled at your comment.
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Posted: May 21st 2009 9:51PM Arashikou said

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I have an Xbox and do not have MGS4, but I still found your comment to be in poor taste.
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Posted: May 21st 2009 10:04PM (Unverified) said

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Don't worry John A. I lol'ed....

Cuz regardless of what the sony fanboys say MGS4 was half a freaking movie.
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Posted: May 21st 2009 10:09PM The Wicker Man said

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I laughed at that too! I love MGS and that was funny.
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Posted: May 21st 2009 9:24PM zerokku said

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So let me get this straight...

An announcement to announce an announcement on a website that turned into a countdown to countdown to an announcement that announced a new countdown.

...

lolwut?
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Posted: May 21st 2009 9:29PM (Unverified) said

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Whoa! Meta!
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Posted: May 21st 2009 9:34PM (Unverified) said

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Congratulations, you have discovered the Internet's true power. Use it wisely and try not to hurt the smart people.
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Posted: May 21st 2009 10:01PM Comet 20 said

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Yo Dawg we heard you like count downs. So we put a count down in your count down, so you can count down while you count down.
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Posted: May 21st 2009 10:45PM Scratchcard said

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+1, Comet.
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Posted: May 21st 2009 11:40PM (Unverified) said

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@Comet



i haven't posted in a while, but your comment made me lol
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Posted: May 22nd 2009 7:47AM (Unverified) said

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Meta Gear!
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