The one aspect that made the Psycho Mantis encounter memorable for me was how it broke the 4th wall and communicated directly to the player. Revolver Ocelot did this as well during the interrogation sequence when he dissuades the player not to activate auto-fire function on the controller.

Does anyone find it a bit disconcerting that kids are continually outgrowing their toys faster and faster? I mean my parents introduced me to the video games when I was in pre-k with the NES, but I never truly outgrew toys till the latter years of elementary school when the N64 and Pokemon R/B came out.

Well, when thinking about it, I kept my video games and toys close to each other during that time due to the reason that one could offer me certain levels of enjoyment than the other. And on that note, there’s no denying the fact that video games have been getting better at offering the same levels of enjoyment that toys used to exclusively offer, which could explain why kids nowadays are outgrowing toys at earlier ages.

The Chinese are sure taking such an offensive stance when it comes to online video gaming. If I recall, they tried to pass a law a while back that would limit the amount of time a person can use the internet for online gaming. I think they were trying to set the limit at 3 hours a day, but I never heard what became of their attempt to do this.