Metal Gear Solid: 20 Things That Made You Love Hideo Kojima

16. The Colonel Losing His Damn Mind (Fission Mailed) - MGS 2

Another one for the fake-out box, and the close of MGS 2 when the Colonel suddenly starts telling you "to turn the game console off" as - unbeknownst to you - he's actually an A.I. construct slowly losing his mind. This basically opened the gates for Kojima to play with your expectations, creating fake game over screens and having Roy call you every few seconds to do everything from question girlfriend Rose's loyalty, to asking for some spare change. In short it was absolutely bonkers, and when the explanation comes that he's been an A.I. the whole time - or a digital/physical embodiment of palpable American patriotism - it simultaneously cemented the Metal Gear fanbase alongside those whose puzzled looks probably remain to this day.