Posts tagged cardboard-box

Cardboard box antics highlighted in Japanese MGS: Peace Walker ad

by Andrew Yoon (May 6th 2010 4:45PM)

One of the most iconic "power-ups" in gaming has to be Metal Gear Solid's cardboard box. This new Japanese ad for Kojima's latest, Peace Walker, gives the stealthy item the spotlight. In the commercial, a Japanese schoolboy can be seen stalking a few of his fellow classmates. As he finds the two ...

French prisoner snakes past guards in cardboard box

by Ben Gilbert (Sep 11th 2009 2:15AM)

The first time someone snuck out of a real-life prison by stuffing themselves inside a cardboard box, we found it amusing. The second time, though, we have to wonder how this keeps happening. According to the Telegraph, French inmate Jean-Pierre Treiber constructed a cardboard box in the prisoner's ...

Turkish inmate escapes jail in cardboard box, Solid Snake approves

by Griffin McElroy (Nov 15th 2008 8:30PM)

We've all heard that life imitates art -- but we rarely hear of instances of life imitating video games (LARPing events notwithstanding). However, a certain 42-year-old Turkish citizen who recently decided to end his seven-year prison sentence prematurely must have been a sizable Metal Gear Solid ...