HEART OF DARKNESS: MGSV & Africa

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HEART OF DARKNESS: MGSV & Africa

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NOTICE: Due to both copyright and content issues that remained dormant like a bunch of vocal cord parasites well into this video's release cycle, one or two sections briefly skip over the uncut original.
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2015's METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN uses as one of its two major areas of operation, the Angola/Zaire border region in Central Africa. In this video, as part four of my analysis of the importance of setting to MGSV at large, we take a deep dive into the history of mercenaries in the region, mainly focusing on the 20th Century and the context of South African apartheid, in order to examine how the region, with its unique blend of cultures and long history, its borders largely the fictive figment of Western minds, fits into MGSV's wider themes.
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@FuturasoundProductions 2 жыл бұрын

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@erc3338 2 жыл бұрын

What happened to Shadow Moses Café?

@chrisistocool1 2 жыл бұрын

Heros all of them

@mixedbagclips2511 2 жыл бұрын

The video suddenly ends at 21:01 please check it.

@ElFeugo 2 жыл бұрын

this video is amazing but there are a few strange skipping edits in the middle and the video ends early. Big fan of your work. Would love to see the whole version.

@LordMarlle 2 жыл бұрын

@Futurasound Productions we need a fixed directors cut version

@Griffolion0 2 жыл бұрын

If you ever run out of MGS content, you can easily pivot to talking about historical topics.

@HaircombMan 2 жыл бұрын

I'd watch that in a heartbeat.

@giuseppecappelliPSRL 2 жыл бұрын

His philosophical and historical videoessays are astonishing

@ethanwright752 7 ай бұрын

The workd has enough leftist ahistorical revisionist propaganda

@bencarlson4300 2 жыл бұрын

The history of Africa is so complex and multilayered, but we (or at least I) were told very little about it in school other than how it related to European colonialism and the American slave economy.

@GMAV3RICK 2 жыл бұрын

Bingo! The mysteries of the world are held within the African Diaspora… unknowingly by its people. Remember this…

@BobLogical 2 жыл бұрын

It's a way to protect white supremacy, since tackling the history of different African countries with any depth or nuance, especially contemporary history, would humanize the people there and make students question their country's involvement with imperialism. Even a lot of people ostensibly on the left have this patronizing idea that everyone in Africa was kind of just chilling until Europeans rolled up, which showcases a lack of knowledge or willingness to learn about the cultures there.

@MGrey-qb5xz 2 жыл бұрын

@@BobLogical same thing about ww1 and 2,everyone was just chilling and the allies were defiantly were not the root cause for everything that happened

@GMAV3RICK 2 жыл бұрын

@Babes & Board Games Are you upset? You must be having a bad day.

@jackp492 2 жыл бұрын

@@BobLogical your not wrong, Nigeria alone has almost half the population of Europe and at least 200 distinct tribes that can be seen as analogues for the different nations in Europe, and that's one "country" in Africa, India is the same what is seen as counties where once countries and kingdoms, and China and Russia and America, they get described as United monoliths, they are not, most people in this world can't even love thier neighbour after all

@5ifth 2 жыл бұрын

The work you’re putting out is the type that this series deserves. Many people who review Kojima’s games simply aren’t as well read as he is, and as you are

@saooran7364 2 жыл бұрын

And more than often they take the real parts as "too fantastic".

@jeffstebner4052 2 жыл бұрын

I agree. I subbed super early on and have never regretted

@scarvello 2 жыл бұрын

PythonSilkin is

@Habica93 2 жыл бұрын

Disagree, respectfully. Content seems rushed and the analysis seems like its pulling at straws. With that being said…i still watch it…

@jamariobrown-tolliver8163 2 жыл бұрын

Kojima fucks up at times mgs4 and 5 are his weakest

@NephiLoWaterGodXVII 2 жыл бұрын

Using the MGS series is a perfect way to drop knowledge and history to other people. This is absolutely the type of content I want to watch.

@frogglen6350 2 жыл бұрын

Heck yeah fam! I love how giant nuclear launching anime mechs can be taken down by one buff white guy. So accurate and real.

@willthomas3399 2 жыл бұрын

As a history/geography nut, this shit is incredible

@ethanwright752 7 ай бұрын

This video contains no such history, Just pro communist propaganda and anti white hatred.

@gowkie3940 2 жыл бұрын

When I was young I always thought Kojima was just world building to expand his MGS lore, what I didn't realize is MGS is just a roadmap of we are headed as a civilization, based on our history since WW1 and is perhaps a cautionary tale.

@suckassmork2972 2 жыл бұрын

Is it just me or this video ended abruptly? I noticed there was a couple of audio cut off mid-sentence. And I didn't even hear him say "Till next time, Boss."

@gofuckthyself420 Жыл бұрын

Me to

@X_I_A_N Жыл бұрын

@@gofuckthyself420 video randomly ended for me as well

@doclouis4236 Жыл бұрын

Is it a KZfaq automated removal thing or something?

@Americansikkunt Жыл бұрын

The P****** are censoring the video.

@usdjxavi Жыл бұрын

Same

@themajesticspider-man6116 2 жыл бұрын

MGS is literally just a history book and the way it's all done is awesome.

@BigDaddyWes 2 жыл бұрын

Well, it's heavily fictionalized, but the background was always rooted in real world conflicts/history. It serves as commentary of real world events by using them as the context to frame and inspire such great story telling. MGS is one of the best examples of historical fiction ever. It's created it's own world that's at times hard to distinguish from our reality, which is very much on brand for the particular stories of the MGS universe as well as how history itself is shaped by those who write the books.

@user-ut4tk4ph5z 2 жыл бұрын

@@BigDaddyWes None of is fiction, there are giant robots and cyborg illuminati ninjas. :)

@kakanayaka1176 2 жыл бұрын

@@user-ut4tk4ph5z i refuse to not belive this

@wilsonso5784 2 жыл бұрын

@@user-ut4tk4ph5z I hate when they have a metal gear fighting a cyborg ninja and i get stuck in traffic.

@jjmaster0113pro 2 жыл бұрын

@@user-ut4tk4ph5z there actually are as well

@MrWsbird 2 жыл бұрын

From Episode 14: Lingua Franca until Episode 21: The War Ecomomy is the best set of missions I have ever played

@DXHellfire666 2 жыл бұрын

I always replay that string because it simply feels like a completely different experience to go through them - its like it could be a game or bleak documentary all its own, and it ironically felt the strongest whenever Cipher wasn't innately involved - it felt best when you were simply a merc without a nation watching a proxy war rage onward, bitterly aware of its realities.

@hoangvuminh6436 17 күн бұрын

Diamond Dogs does not completely side with US or Soviet, foreign interference is the main reason many country like this went on a proxy war without end

@water3294 2 жыл бұрын

Recently, I’ve been sucked back into Kojima’s Death Stranding Director’s Cut thanks to your playlist of the game. I would love to hear more of your elaboration on the ideas and ‘chiral’ reflections of reality within. Personally, I find your long form theoretical, historical, and philosophical essays tying the games to our reality very interesting and enjoyable. Your content has been highly appreciated and informative. I gladly recommend your channel to anyone I meet with an appreciation of the series or ideas. Thank you for all that you’ve created here.

@gekko99 2 жыл бұрын

studying history on your own can be an exercise in confusion and lack of context. I think MGS and this channel especially demonstrate how fictional stories can contextualize historical events and give you a framework with which to do your own further research. Keep up the amazing work!

@NachozMan 2 жыл бұрын

I will always have a phantom pain for seeing this game the way Kojima had envisioned it in it's totality. I loved it when it came out, it got me into MGS as a whole and now that I've played them all (besides 4 because my PC can't emulate it lol) I'm going through and playing MGSV again, and I love it just as much, being able to understand some of the more obvious references to previous games now that I've played them all is really cool too.

@JunkyardHounds 2 жыл бұрын

The game is as kojima intended.

@PautinoPR 2 жыл бұрын

The game IS AS KOJIMA intended..

@ahok1937 2 жыл бұрын

@@JunkyardHounds No. There's literally a third act which was cut and can be seen in the bonus bluray from the collector edition. The story is incomplete.

@JunkyardHounds 2 жыл бұрын

@@ahok1937 nop, there isnt. Thats a single mission, 51 and it was cut in early development. The game released late '15 but from '12 to '13 most of the games cutscenes had been revealed in trailers and promos so the stpry was ready which is always the first thing to be completed in every production. Its a game purposely made to appear to have no ending. The games story starts with skullface attacking mb and ends with him dead, its a normal 3 act structure but then it continues and is open ended :)

@electrosphere5581 2 жыл бұрын

So you're telling me all those mission replays in Chapter 2 were intended? I'm sorry but I find that hard to believe

@GantzGeo 2 жыл бұрын

Better history lessons than my history class in school.

@TheUnchosenOne 2 жыл бұрын

lol no, Its pretty much exactly what you would hear in school, leaving out how most of Africa was colonized by ethnically homogenous bantu prior to Europeans ever showing up. Rhodesia was a sovereign nation, now the wealth of Africa gets sucked up by an apparatus of offshore banks controlled by a group of people who would have less genetics in common with Europeans than a number of Africans. And in modern day white mercenaries are still hired, often by Africans *themselves* but hey, somehow things are better now that the guys interested statecraft arent in charge anymore and people are slaughtered to fuel materialism by nihilists instead of "racists" that wanted to live in Africa for some strange reason

@divinechariot5542 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheUnchosenOne Bantus didn't really colonize unless you think any mass migration of people is colonization and Africa today is definitely better off than what it was before.

@adrianshephard378 Жыл бұрын

@@divinechariot5542 Africa is so much better off now; look at Zimbabwe, everyone is a billionaire!

@divinechariot5542 Жыл бұрын

@@adrianshephard378 Yes, its much better off compared to all the massacres, apartheids and resource stealing that was happening.

@adrianshephard378 Жыл бұрын

@@divinechariot5542 Yes, because none of those things happened after the communists took over, it was a utopia!

@boukm3n 2 жыл бұрын

This guy’s work is amazing and needs to be recognized for it. Absolutely astounding commentary-you’re the best I’ve seen so far on KZfaq

@marnuswessels1 2 жыл бұрын

This game will always have a special place in my heart. Being South African, knowing my dad and all my uncles were deployed in the Angola War in the 80s, alongside Afrikaans being my mother tongue, makes this game all the more amazing. Thank you Kojima San

@shastealyomeal Жыл бұрын

Interesting!

@OneTrueGeist 11 ай бұрын

If you played the game in English, how was it for you when you got to Africa in-game? Since the game normally requires an interpreter for non-Afrikaans speakers to understand the CFA soldiers. Must've been nice having that advantage.

@Ṣ̌ØÜŁ·ŁĖX̌X̌ 8 ай бұрын

@@OneTrueGeistlol i am also South-African and my mother tongue is also Afrikaans. When i first got into the Angolan part of the game and fought against the South-Africans i at first thought the clothing looked familiar but didnt think much about it, but when i heard them speak Afrikaans i was genuinely shocked that a game company would even have my language in their game😂

@SexierMink1699 2 жыл бұрын

When I try to explain what type of documentaries I like to watch; yours always come to mind. I love how you analyze everything and make every video a enlightening experience.

@RainyWolf7 5 ай бұрын

I feel weird that people are studying my country's pain and suffering, greetings from Africa, you may ask me anything you're curious about

@ManuelMendoza-yd8sf Жыл бұрын

A shame about the copyright claims. I remember having seen the full version a while back. Its about time I pay my dues and contribute. All this content is top notch

@Shawnmiller1903 2 жыл бұрын

i enjoyed playing in the African region more then Afghanistan, mostly because it felt alot more was going on with real world conflict and tie it to in game story

@steviegilliam5685 2 жыл бұрын

I believe Africa is a underrated setting for games

@ZGGuesswho 2 жыл бұрын

this is beautiful work, i think that mgs will have staying power for several generations and i hope younger folks find these videos. you are making a great legacy for yourself!

@willm-m5173 2 жыл бұрын

The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails, whereon my soul is grooved to run.

@quinadams8088 2 жыл бұрын

What quote is this?

@dermesserschmied2997 2 жыл бұрын

@@quinadams8088 its from Herman Melville's Moby Dick

@migueruta 2 жыл бұрын

I still remember my father's AK47's baioneta. Which he received as a gift from a member of MPLA, after he saved him (the mpla member) from drowning in the sea. My father was a Sargent in the Portuguese Army, in Angola.

@phoenixalpha5789 2 жыл бұрын

Did he met Martin too ? or at least his aunt.

@Ahrone1586 2 жыл бұрын

@@phoenixalpha5789 Martin?

@phoenixalpha5789 2 жыл бұрын

@@Ahrone1586 Deutschland 1986, it's a German tv series, a very good one.

@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus 2 жыл бұрын

Ian pretty sure my grand father would’ve had yours shot and vise versa lol

@migueruta 2 жыл бұрын

@@phoenixalpha5789 Why did you resort to cynicism?

@marcoa7263 2 жыл бұрын

Impressive video, well done! As much as I liked Death Stranding, I want Kojima to dive back into geopolitics

@buckadillafilms 2 жыл бұрын

More video essays like this, please. Incredible.

@TheJuancho 2 жыл бұрын

Well done, Futurasound!!! Until next time, Boss!

@Strider311 2 жыл бұрын

@Futrasound Productions The work you have put into covering this series is truly phenomenal. Bravo, sir.

@Flex_Nutts 2 жыл бұрын

I'm learning so much about history by watching your videos. Covering topics from my favourite game that connects with real world events. Loving it

@Kolchakk 2 жыл бұрын

is it just me or are there a ton of weird/unfinished cuts in this video? did some things have to be removed for copyright? This is otherwise excellent!

@andygarcia4960 2 жыл бұрын

That’s what I was thinking! Surprised only you brought it up. Maybe futurasound had to upload an edit like this and he may have a original version of it on his patreon or something

@jacksonswenson3210 2 жыл бұрын

whatc happened at 11:25? and to the rest of the video, it's cut short and edited. did someone silence you sir?

@cameron.offline 2 жыл бұрын

Been waiting for an Africa focused episode

@tomhuynh3867 2 жыл бұрын

When you break it down like this video , the background story involving Code Talkers and the Navajo is just the tip of the iceberg on the themes of Race and Revenge.

@TheSoulHarvester 2 жыл бұрын

Outstanding work yet again, Boss

@bilalsalaam9625 2 жыл бұрын

How do you keep putting out such quality content ? You're on another level man, keep up the good work Boss.

@israelmcmahon3340 2 жыл бұрын

Big Boss is very much analogous to Hannibal Barca (even missing the eye) and Alexander the Great with their involvements in long standing theaters of war like central Africa and Afghanistan.

@huriale1617 2 жыл бұрын

Hannibal Barcs never went to Central Africa. You mean north Africa?

@god47398 2 жыл бұрын

probably one of your best videos, and its barely about mgsv, just its real world setting. great stuff. im actually gonna show this to my boomer parents lol

@gerhardswanepoel3493 2 жыл бұрын

I'm all for my people the afrikaners becoming more villainous in future games. It's no fun always fighting russians. It's hilarious hearing them swearing in my language and only getting a super mild translation. The best one in mgsv was them saying "it's f3cking ridiculous" only to get subtitled as "it's unbelievable".

@Mr.WarwickBot 2 жыл бұрын

Holy cow dude.. you are a truly admirable individual in your field. This was excellent.

@pedrogrillo 2 жыл бұрын

Incredible video as always, Jorin!

@crikomonedas4293 2 жыл бұрын

Came in expecting mgsv memes and left with a huge history lesson, a surprise to be sure but a welcomed one.

@umjammerjammies 2 жыл бұрын

there are several parts of the video where it skips like a portion was removed. otherwise, amazingly researched and formulated video as always

@chrisbutler1668 2 жыл бұрын

I hope someday Mr. Kojima will recognize your efforts and put all of your videos together to tell the "true story" of MGSV.

@DanielBasulto 2 жыл бұрын

These breakdowns are awesome!

@J_Braz_ 2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate all the dedication you've given to the MGS franchise. The greatest franchise in my opinion.

@andersonjrkhochaiche6826 2 жыл бұрын

This was astonishingly good. I just wanted something for the background but I stopped what I was doing and paid attention. Couldn’t leave without commenting.

@JoshuaElijahC 2 жыл бұрын

Incredible stuff. History lessons are important. Especially real history.

@RainyWolf7 5 ай бұрын

Yes man, African here, any questions? I'm happy to answer

@onemoreminute0543 2 жыл бұрын

You're videos on Metal Gear and the wealth of information you provide haven't made my brain feel as overwhelmed since I read the Silmarillion lol :)

@andregordon2599 2 жыл бұрын

I am so happy your channel exists.

@ahsankhan-zg6gr 2 жыл бұрын

Oh maaan - another vid before the year wraps up!!! Thank you !

@Jupiter__001_ 2 жыл бұрын

What is interesting to note on SA's support of Rhodesia is that Rhodesia was less oppressive than SA in some ways but more in others. For example, tribes in Rhodesia had autonomous tribal governance, and blacks could not only join the Rhodesian Army but even become officers (such as in the Selous Scouts). However, they had no voting rights because they were deemed unready for it. Apparently Ian Smith wanted to make sure they were mostly educated and literate before granting voting rights, but this created an environment that made the black population feel infantilised as second-class citizens, driving some of them towards ZANU and ZAPU, who were backed by the Chinese and Soviet Union respectively. ZANU under Robert Mugabe would eventually win the presidential election (generally by threatening genocide against those who didn't vote for him). Overall, I think that your take lacks nuance. Also, what was going on with all the seemingly out-of-nowhere cuts?

@shastealyomeal Жыл бұрын

Huh interesting That It Was Zimbab/Rhodes that recovered more than The "Rainbow Nation Of RSA"

@pluginleah 2 жыл бұрын

Recently read "How to hide an Empire" and its big picture view of the making of America's pointilist Empire reminded me of MGSV and your videos on it. Great work as always.

@andrewwilkey6195 2 жыл бұрын

Calling the Rhodesian Bush war a race war is a disservice. Rhodesia had an integrated military with white and black troops. The Bush war was an anti-communism war and when the communist took over they destroyed the country. Also the Congo crisis was a response two black Congolese killing white Congolese for merely being white and The uprising was brought to an end by not only mercenary‘s but US UN and Belgian paratroopers, so implying that mercenary‘s slaughtered Africans is an even bigger disservice

@fernandofritz6370 2 жыл бұрын

I'm from south Africa thank you for this

@codyayo6158 2 жыл бұрын

Whether it was right or not to exploit native africans is a debate that can be left for racists, it wasnt, but i have trouble calling the rhodesian war a racist one. Both sides commited crimes but i dont think the rhodesians fought as long as they did for racism, but from a fear they had of brutal militia groups pillaging civilians like had happened when potrugal abandoned Angola. Its not so simple as "white coloniser decendants bad, black liberation forces good"

@codyayo6158 2 жыл бұрын

Now that i think about it, some of the treatment of white settlers in africa post bush wars could also fall into the "lust for revenge" otherwise what would the rhodesians have feared?

@drunkensailor112 2 жыл бұрын

Long before Portugal had to leave Angola by US pressure, Rhodesia was a die hard apartheid state. In fact it could be argued it was even worse than the one in South Africa. That's why Rhodesia got no support either.

@rodrigogouveia9653 2 жыл бұрын

@@drunkensailor112 Rhodesia got no support because an embargo by the UK who wanted the country to submit as a colony again.

@greenleader3520 2 жыл бұрын

@@drunkensailor112 Rhodesia was not an apartheid state, in fact Rhodesia was at one point the pedestal of race relations in the world. Rhodesia had the highest standard of living for white and black citizens, and one of the highest literacy rates. Blacks could attend the same schools as whites. The only segregated aspects of Rhodesia was the government, and the military.

@steveng6213 2 жыл бұрын

I like your commentary on the subject, but I think you’re getting Rhodesia all wrong. Rhodesia was on it’s way to being a more racially inclusive state, especially during the fighting with the communists. In the same way that the U.S & the U.K made their perspective changes, gradually. Everyone I know from now Zimbabwe & Zambia(former Northern & Southern Rhodesia. All those I’ve known from both areas always talk about how changes were coming along until they both fell to the communists). P.S all I’ve spoken to were both Black & Caucasian racially.

@elliotwagstaff8685 2 жыл бұрын

He’s turn very leftward in the last couple years so I doubt he’d listen or care sadly.

@shastealyomeal Жыл бұрын

Mugabe was foolish but Rhodesia was still wrong

@CyanideChamber 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video as always, keep up the great work Boss!

@technomicah 7 ай бұрын

This is the most interesting youtube channel, by far. Thank you for your great content. Please, keep them coming

@ebpeyton 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice video, you clearly did a lot of historical research, and provided great context. However, I think you are seriously misunderstanding and misrepresenting Conrad's book Heart of Darkness. Conrad was criticizing the European exploitation of African people and African resources and calling into question the European assumptions and values that led to cruelty in the Congo. The title Heart of Darkness doesn't refer to Africa, but to the corruption and brutality caused by untrammeled power and inequality. Another of his books, Lord Jim, is also a strong critique of European imperialism and exploitation.

@ethanwright752 7 ай бұрын

This entire video is a complete fabrication of leftist revisionist fake history

@yourbestbro6979 2 жыл бұрын

There are strange cuts in narration in 10:18 and 11:25. Am I imagining things or there are cuts mid-sentence?

@yourbestbro6979 2 жыл бұрын

Also 14:22

@kronosleblu888 2 жыл бұрын

How come the video randomly ends. Is it part of a series that's not on KZfaq? This was such a nice video elaborating so many of the similarities between the game and African history.

@RemnantCult 2 жыл бұрын

Some of it got copyright striked which sucks.

@NeoPreston 2 жыл бұрын

Excited to watch, boss

@daved8396 2 жыл бұрын

You definitely know your stuff. I would like to know your thoughts about Eeben Barlow and Executive Outcomes in the theater of Africa.

@A-B101 2 жыл бұрын

What did Ocelot mean when he talked about Skull Face’s involvement in South Africa getting nukes and help from Isral?

@AICW 2 жыл бұрын

Look up the Vela Incident. An unexplained massive explosion in 1979 halfway between South Africa and Antarctica. It is widely believed, but was never proven, to be an illegal South African nuclear test done with aid and materials from Israel.

@floomuscw6628 2 жыл бұрын

Your videos are legit time capsules my man.

@Kresh42 2 жыл бұрын

Just found this channel in my recommendations and been watching these all week. Love it!

@danemusic5242 2 жыл бұрын

Can u do a part two or longer version I think beyond mgsv this information is important

@Kirby-Krios 2 жыл бұрын

Finally. was a long time waiting for this part ^_^

@aadipie 2 жыл бұрын

The Boss is back!

@marialuke2116 2 жыл бұрын

Me learning more about Africa than I ever did in world history class.

@stryker5055 2 жыл бұрын

18:30 Interesting how you used footage of Neal Ellis and his HIND and crew when talking about how the term mercs was interchanged for PMC's. That dude did more for peace in the region than the UN ever did during that period.

@KaLuno21 2 жыл бұрын

Talked to Neall over Facebook. Really nice guy with some crazy stories.

@michaelkeller5927 2 жыл бұрын

Nice timing boss. I just started playing again last night lol

@TheUnchosenOne 2 жыл бұрын

Completely a-historic view of African ethnic conflict, and not at all what you will hear from anyone actually living in Africa today.

@shastealyomeal Жыл бұрын

What was the real version

@mammothbroncho4884 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video. Love your work

@CMSirael 2 жыл бұрын

Love your vids! So much work and research, history behind the scenes of MGSV is so cool. That's why I still play this game to this day.

@yoursolosquad6283 Жыл бұрын

As a lebanese who suffered under israeli apartheid and saw many family and loved ones killed by those zionist terrorists, and as a person who considers the MGS series as the best of all time, i thank you for this video sir!

@Swampstainer 2 жыл бұрын

Hello! Do you have any books/articles that you would recommend if one wanted to learn more about the Central African conflicts? Thank you for sparking my curiosity!

@Occultist_Anonymous 2 жыл бұрын

bro im listening to a cool documentary about colonialism and every few minutes the VO says some shit like "and thats why Big Boss wanted revenge on skullface so badly" and the whiplash is insane

@shastealyomeal Жыл бұрын

What happens when you try to turn a video game series something it's not

@JoyfulUniter 2 жыл бұрын

You love what you do, and now I love what you do.

@joshbowman9481 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, Big Boss must’ve HATED Raegan. If not, Venom definitely wanted to put a bullet in the guy

@alexkerr5804 2 жыл бұрын

Anyone else prefer the Angola-zaire region to Afghanistan ? Easier to get around, looks amazing to the eye, cooler enemies and I like the rain.

@drunkensailor112 2 жыл бұрын

I liked the afrikaans language. Sounds just like my Dutch.

@loft.3991 2 жыл бұрын

@@drunkensailor112 pretty much. It's a language created by Dutch, French and Portuguese settlers

@drunkensailor112 2 жыл бұрын

@@loft.3991 Definitely not the Portugese. Dutch and flemish with some French.

@loft.3991 2 жыл бұрын

@@drunkensailor112 I was talking about the people, not the language. The language is very Dutch indeed

@drunkensailor112 2 жыл бұрын

@@loft.3991 Didn't the Portugese come much later after they "lost" Angola in 1975?

@Fernarav 2 жыл бұрын

just wondering did you have to cut some parts? there's abrupt editing in some parts and having watched a lot of your content it just seemed weird. maybe YT censoring?

@2hurt2healmedia 2 жыл бұрын

I learn so much cool history from these videos. Goes to show how much research the developers gathered to put the story together.

@gafanhotogamer5993 2 жыл бұрын

Already watching!

@tovbyte 2 жыл бұрын

This is a brilliant video! As an idea, you could edit your vids like the briefings in MGSV, like with the blue background, and the pictures framed in it

@spectralspectra2282 2 жыл бұрын

My friend thought the game was unrealistic when a giant whale appeared in the start of the game, little did he know this game is historically accurate

@St0RM33 2 жыл бұрын

"Kleptocracy" comes from the Greek words "Klepto" and "demo-cracy", klepto meaning the verb steal

@dantekyle1775 2 жыл бұрын

Love it. Keep up the good work..

@spectralspectra2282 2 жыл бұрын

I love how people still talk about MGSV but nobody talks about metal gear survive

@knightshousegames 2 жыл бұрын

This video feels like it ended really abruptly? Is there going to be a part two?

@xSinisterSixx 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I don't know why nobody is talking about that and the jump cuts

@knightshousegames 2 жыл бұрын

@@xSinisterSixx Yeah, both this video and the Afghanistan one have weird cuts in them that weren't there in the original upload, which makes this videos super creepy to watch now.

@technomicah 2 жыл бұрын

So interesting, wish we weren't missing the end like a worn out tape. Thank you for the amazing content

@smk1795 Ай бұрын

mgsv is not just game but a history lesson

@jeremybds1901 2 жыл бұрын

These videos make us all smarter and more informed. Not just about MGS. About everything we talk about on a daily basis

@PlebNC 2 жыл бұрын

This is also enlightening for appreciating Far Cry 2.

@TheSoulHarvester 2 жыл бұрын

FC2 doesn't get nearly enough credit for its critique of neocolonialism. Understanding this helps highlight the strange irony of Far Cry 3's story & setting, almost a sarcastic reply to the unpopularity of FC2's honest depiction of colonial influence on Africa.

@PlebNC 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheSoulHarvester Meanwhile FC6 feels like a clown car of disconnected parts that in isolation sound good as a whole never achieves any goal and ultimately actively avoids commenting on the ethics and impacts of guerilla civil warfare. The closest they get is commenting on how killing the dictator will just factionise the nation and start a civil war but it gets hand-waved immediately.

@TheSoulHarvester 2 жыл бұрын

@@PlebNC Much harder to sell a pro-Communist narrative to Americans than an anti-American one. FC6 pulls its punches way more than 5 did.

@PlebNC 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheSoulHarvester The funny thing is in FC6 the revolution is US backed as Juan Cortez is acting as a liason for the US and is why the guerillas are so well armed. So there was groundwork for a story that would be pro-America despite the communist themes and the ethics of superpowers using regional groups as proxy fighters to secure power or resources. But yeah it pulls its punches alot. I thought FC5 wasn't too bad aside from that it's BS that the US military wouldn't just storm the region if the region's phones got cut off and cultists took over, especially as the region had functioning nuke silos.

@TheSoulHarvester 2 жыл бұрын

@@PlebNC That IS the pulled punch. There is no revolution, the entire ideal is bs, it's all just the US fighting a proxy war against itself for no reason. Communism isn't even present; the revolutionaries are fighting for some vague notion of "freedom" against a dictator. Can't play a game where you fight a revolutionary guerrilla war against a US-backed dictator to institute communism. Wouldn't be allowed to sell it.

@cumcer6140 Жыл бұрын

Mgsv video that has only like a minute of talking about mgsv exactly

@D__T_____ 2 жыл бұрын

This goes hard AF, thanks Jorin

@Rynhelms 2 жыл бұрын

Killin my guy!

@lucastonoli3256 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video! The way Hideo Kojima injects fantasy into real history and geopolitics is one of my favorite aspects of MGS. Some comments: The whole continent was / is a shitfest. What China is currently doing there will probably prove to be awful too, time will tell. Regarding Mobutu, I'd argue he was probably better than Mugabe. IMO, Rhodesia was less of a racist state than South Africa, and by a fair bit.