In this edition of The Codec Call Andy, Matt and Cev get together to discuss their thoughts about what will happen in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain based on the 2013 Red Band and 2014 E3 trailers. The suggestion came from @BrandonKirzeder, so you know who to thank for the idea of making these crazy theories public…

WARNING: May contain mild traces of spoil for Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes and references to N-Sync.

We cover:

What do we know about Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain?

What can we glean/wildly speculate about, based on the trailers?

WHAT?! LIQUID?

Will the game be released on 8th June?

Is Quiet the sniper, really Chico with a sex change?

Who is Ishmael?

Will Solidus feature?

Will the protagonist be a 4 year old Raiden (probably not, right?!)?

Should we travel back in time and stop N-Sync?

If you want to cross-reference our ramblings, here are the two trailers we’re talking about:

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