When the Machine Stares Back

Metal Gear Solid V was a flawed game. But one mission in particular brought my childhood nightmares back to life

Sahelanthropus.

When I was a kid, I used to have this dream.

I’d be standing in an empty field at dusk, the sky a pale orange that was neither day nor night. The ground would shake first, soft and rhythmic, like a heartbeat in the soil.

Then it would come into view: a towering, mechanical creature with glowing eyes and a sound like metal scraping on stone…