Here's my gift to true MetalGearSolid fans: a full scan of "Metal Gear Solid The Twin Snakes Survival Guide In The Darkness of Shadow Moses", published in Japan in 2004. It is one of the most unique videogame guidebooks ever created. See more of this post to find out why.
METAL GEAR SOLID THE TWIN SNAKESSurvival Guide: In The Darkness Of Shadow MosesTranslation of final book chapter containing a conversation b
This book comes in an unusually narrow format which made it particularly difficult to scan, namely due to the miniscule page margins. If someone is able to achieve better results with a flatbed scanner, they have my instant respect.
The second and perhaps the most remarkable aspect of all is that this guidebook to the Gamecube remake of Metal Gear Solid was edited by Kazutoshi Iida, the game designer behind Doshin The Giant, Tail of the Sun and Aquanaut's Holiday.
The book includes interviews with military advisor Motosada Mouri, real-time demo director Ryuhei Kitamura, developer Dennis Dyack, as well as a conversation between Iida and Kojima that I have translated recently:
It also includes a very unique biography of Hideo Kojima which is provocatively illustrated with CT scans that he performed at Roppongi Hills clinic. Yes, these are actual scans of Kojima's brain.
If anyone is interested in taking on the task of translating this book to English, I can provide higher quality scans of the material.
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