Metal Gear Solid at 25: ‘It played a big part in making games grow up’

Game developers, musicians and artists reflect on Hideo Kojima’s landmark political stealth-thriller on its 25th anniversaryFor me, there are few games that encapsulate the turn of the millennium better than Metal Gear Solid. This month marks the 25th anniversary of its release on PlayStation in Japan, but it hit UK shelves a few months later in 1999, the same year as the first Matrix movie. While my school peers were mimicking Keanu and dodging invisible bullets, whispers reverberated aro