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[Geraldine Sosnowski]

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MGS digitally stripped for PSP
source: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6143053.html
Konami brings interactive comic featuring Solid Snake and Metal Gear
characters to Sony's handheld.
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SAN FRANCISCO--The 2006 Konami Gamers' Day in San Francisco had more
than just games on display today. Wilson Cheng, product manager at
Konami Digitial Entertainment, said, "I am very happy to announce that
Konami will be introducing a new type of genre that combines different
types of media onto one UMD disc."

Thankfully for longtime Konami fans, the subject of the "new genre" is
something gamers will be very familiar with. It also appears to answer
questions raised by legendary designer Hideo Kojima, who recently told
Famitsu that he was working on a non-game project for the PSP called
Metal Gear Solid BD.

Metal Gear Solid Digital Comic (working title) is an interactive comic
book-style story from franchise creator Hideo Kojima and producer
Noriaki Okamura. Artwork will be provided by Australian comic book
artist Ashley Wood, who fans may know from his work on Todd McFarlane's
Spawn and the Metal Gear Solid comic books.

"MGS Digital Comic goes way beyond just clicking through scanned comic
book pages," said Ryan Payton, international manager of Kojima
Productions. "It provides an involved interactive experience as players
must investigate the MGS story, link together plot points, and complete
the puzzle of the Metal Gear narrative through multiple play throughs."

It's unclear just how interactive the comic will actually be, but a
trailer shown at the event certainly confirmed it will be animated.
Voice bubbles appear in sequence with the game's audio, and static
images slide across the screen as comic-style effects like "Bang!" or
"Pow!" appear onscreen when characters fire bullets.

Konami has not announced a release date or price for Metal Gear Solid
Digital Comic.
By Tim Surette -- GameSpot



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[Geraldine Sosnowski]

Since I haven't seen anything yet (just those comic strips that look like they came directly from the comic, and not MGS BD) I can't say what I think about it yet.

=Geraldine=