10 Video Game Secrets Everyone Knows Except You

Metal Gear and Death Stranding creator Hideo Kojima has never been shy about loading his games up with secret mechanics. But one seemingly small joke in Metal Gear Solid V turns out to have actual tactical applications.

I'm talking about the sound effect tapes.

Throughout the game are numerous hidden cassettes featuring some of the greatest hits of the '80s. Most players sought them out eagerly and sometimes wound up disappointed to find that what they thought was a new song was actually just a tape of sound effects. Kojima, trolling us again.

But these tapes actually have a use. If you're hiding in the bush and a suspicious guard saunters over, you can play any of the animal sound effects to cancel his suspicious state. Likewise, if the same happens when you're in a toilet stall, you can play the... um... "stomachache" sounds to convince him he's better off not knowing what's going on in there.

So if you're ever in a deep espionage situation, don't forget that tape of Halloween sound effects you had as a kid. It might just save your life.