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Title: Turkish inmate escapes jail with Metal Gear Solid tactics
Post by: Totino on November 16, 2008, 07:24:29 PM
Turkish inmate escapes jail in cardboard box, Solid Snake approves
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We've all heard that life imitates art -- but we rarely hear of instances of life imitating video games (LARPing events notwithstanding). However, a certain 42-year-old Turkish citizen who recently decided to end his seven-year prison sentence prematurely must have been a sizable Metal Gear Solid fan -- using a five-foot by four-foot cardboard box set aside for stationary shipment, the Turk (whose name has yet to be revealed to the media) effectively mailed himself out of a German prison.

Police expect that the once-incarcerated man, who is still at large, had help both on the outside and the inside, though his fellow prisoners are remaining tight-lipped about his Solid Snake-esque evacuation. One of his accomplices reportedly spoke to authorities about the former inmate's other escape tactics -- one involved distracting his jailers with a bevy of nudie mags, while another required the man to wait for the prison's night guard to inexplicably announce his fatigue to his captivated audience.

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/11/15/turkish-inmate-escapes-jail-in-cardboard-box-solid-snake-style/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7730018.stm


Title: Re: Turkish inmate escapes jail with Metal Gear Solid tactics
Post by: Abraxas on November 17, 2008, 10:02:06 AM
Sounds more like "Looney Tunes"... or all the times Garfield tried to mail Nermel away.

Either way, the article is awesome for mentioning LARPing :D !!!


Title: Re: Turkish inmate escapes jail with Metal Gear Solid tactics
Post by: illy on November 17, 2008, 07:54:34 PM
a five-foot by four-foot cardboard box set aside for stationary shipment

Damn. That's a lot of stationary.

I guess you'd need that much if there wasn't anything to do but read, write and lift weights.


Title: Re: Turkish inmate escapes jail with Metal Gear Solid tactics
Post by: gommi on November 21, 2008, 08:33:06 PM
Ahh, Metal Gear Solid. What a great game series. Has anyone here played any of them?


Title: Re: Turkish inmate escapes jail with Metal Gear Solid tactics
Post by: mdma on November 21, 2008, 10:37:44 PM
the Turkish guy definitely did.


Title: Re: Turkish inmate escapes jail with Metal Gear Solid tactics
Post by: Totino on November 22, 2008, 06:45:57 PM
I've played them all


Title: Re: Turkish inmate escapes jail with Metal Gear Solid tactics
Post by: gommi on November 23, 2008, 08:33:10 AM
I've played them all
Which one did you like the best? I thought the story was really good throughout the entire series, though Snake Eater and MGS4 obviously have the most refined gameplay mechanics.


Title: Re: Turkish inmate escapes jail with Metal Gear Solid tactics
Post by: Totino on November 23, 2008, 02:34:47 PM
I really enjoyed the original. I'd have to play them all again though to make that judgment. It has been ages since i played the first 3. I did beat MSG4 with my mates in 2 days though.


Title: Re: Turkish inmate escapes jail with Metal Gear Solid tactics
Post by: micfranklin on December 07, 2008, 09:12:27 PM
So if I tried something from Splinter Cell that could work well too, right?


Title: Re: Turkish inmate escapes jail with Metal Gear Solid tactics
Post by: Abraxas on December 07, 2008, 09:25:16 PM
mic?!?!?!

You're ALIVE! Good to hear from you again...


Title: Re: Turkish inmate escapes jail with Metal Gear Solid tactics
Post by: micfranklin on December 07, 2008, 09:49:37 PM
Yea it's been months.

On another note I see those Eagles made some noise in Giants Stadium today.


Title: Re: Turkish inmate escapes jail with Metal Gear Solid tactics
Post by: Abraxas on December 08, 2008, 11:15:50 AM
Yea it's been months.

On another note I see those Eagles made some noise in Giants Stadium today.

I missed the game, but my room mate's a Giants fan :evil grin: ...

I still have no faith in McNab, though. I used to like him... but we can't have a QB that only likes to play when he wants to. Glad to see Westbrook back, though.