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Russian Head Transplant Doctor Looks Identical to Doctor in MGSV - KOJIMA!
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I don't disagree. I originally said there's a big chance Kojima based the doctor on this neurosurgeon.
But all the stuff beyond that? Ehhh. You're telling me Kojima got someone to hold TED talks, be quoted in newspapers, do interviews etc where he's lying just because of a secret ruse he's doing with Kojima? And his paralyzed patient is part of it? Wouldn't there be consequences? I can't see how lying like that to various media etc would be acceptable.
The only reason we're even having this conversation is because someone noticed how the doctor in MGSV looks a lot like Sergio Canavero. You could have made that connection two years ago when we first saw the doctor at a GDC trailer. It's just coincidence someone noticed it today. There has been no other link in those two years. Kojima likes to troll, but I feel like these "conspiracy threads" go too deep. When has Kojima even done a ruse like this? He did one big ruse with MGS2 and that was it.
DarknessTear
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The project for the head transplant is called Heaven. Outer Heaven?
nrvalleytime
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You should know there's unlimited capacity for Metal Gear.
Sickboy007
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Have you watched his Tedx talk? It's very interesting, even if it veers into crazy talk of clones as body spares.
From the same page:
I can't stop laughing. I can't.
All of it's a LIE! None of this is real. Moby Dick Studios, David Hayter being axed from MGSV, Konami firing Kojima, this real life head transplant doctor...it's all.....a continuation of the S3 Project :Selection for Societal Sanity.
I agree.
I see.
So we have Kojima promoting The Phantom Pain with imagery of head surgery or transplantation and also playing with the theme of identity.
And an italian surgeon who wants to conduct the world's first head transplantation (a lofty claim!), who coincidentally appears in the game as a character or was inspiration for and also seems to have ties to the gaming industry in some way or another.
While I don't think it's an elaborate viral marketing scheme to only promote MGSV, simply because it stands on questionable moral ground given the whole medical context, i can't help but wonder if there's more to it than just pure coincident.
Maybe Kojima was inspired in some way by this doctor's story while conducting research on related topics such as head surgery and phantom pain, or it's a cooperation to draw attention to the medical concern once this ploy gets revealed, while simultaneously promoting the game.
*hugs* night :3
MrCunningham
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Also Joakim is an anagram for Kojima.
Funny thing is,this character may have been around since 1990. Some people suspect that it is the character Dr. Kio Marv who made his first appearance in Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake for the MSX computer. The character was also referenced in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, as well. But who knows? Maybe the design looked simaler enough that Kojima made him look like this real world doctor. The design for Kio Marv was also reconnected for that Metal Gear collection on the PS3/ 360.
ginger ninja
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Now we really got a stew going baby !
eyeball_kid
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Guys, do you remember this words from kojima 5 years ago?
"The next project will challenge a certain type of taboo," he wrote. "If I mess up, I'll probably have to leave the industry. However, I don't want to pass by avoiding that. I turn 47 this year. It's been 24 years since I started making games. Today, I got an ally who would happily support me in that risk. Although it's just one person. For a start, it's good."
"The next project will challenge a certain type of taboo," he wrote. "If I mess up, I'll probably have to leave the industry. However, I don't want to pass by avoiding that. I turn 47 this year. It's been 24 years since I started making games. Today, I got an ally who would happily support me in that risk. Although it's just one person. For a start, it's good."
TheKaeptain
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They're just all part of the AI program
Sickboy007
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I don't think he's lying, he definitely wants to proceed and the patient is a real guy, obviously. I think there's the possibility that there may be some promotional link, could be just an uncredited appearance, could be something more substantial with the TedTalk as a part of it.
He invented a whole new dev studio for that trailer, that was a pretty big ruse.
I just thought of this 15m ago. Thanks for posting it, I got sidetracked and forgot to mention it :3
Sephiroth_GR_
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Does this mean he messed up?
Not as big as having fake Tedx talks, fake news stories, bascially a whole fake life for a guy, and fake medical journals published. That would just be... wow.
Kojima: "I have a delicate subject I want to approach in my new game."
Konami: "We've read the treatment. Abuse, child slavery, you're really pushing the..."
Kojima: "Brain transplants"
Konami: "... I think we have to fire you now"
That was way more obvious, though. And I still don't consider that such a big ruse. The CEO of that company was Kojima with a wig and moustache, lol.
Yeah, more likely that Kojima drew inspiration from the doctor's work than Kojima setting this all up as some sort of viral marketing campaign, don't think even he could pull something like this off considering the medical journals/universities having to be involved. Still though, doubt he can just take someone's image and stick it in the game even with the disclaimers they usually have, the doctor probably agreed to it. But after seeing a summary of all the findings surrounding this story so far, I just don't know what to believe anymore. Would be beyond insane if true.I see.
So we have Kojima promoting The Phantom Pain with imagery of head surgery or transplantation and also playing with the theme of identity.
And an italian surgeon who wants to conduct the world's first head transplantation, who coincidentally appears in the game as a character or was inspiration for and also seems to have ties to the gaming industry in some way or another.
While I don't think it's an elaborate viral marketing scheme to only promote MGSV, simply because it stands on questionable moral ground given the whole medical context, i can't help but wonder if there's more to it than just pure coincident.
Maybe Kojima was inspired in some way by this doctor's story while conducting research on related topics such as head surgery and phantom pain.
Also Joakim is an anagram for Kojima.
Funny thing is,this character may have been around since 1990. Some people suspect that it is the character Dr. Kio Marv who made his first appearance in Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake for the MSX computer. The character was also referenced in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, as well. But who knows? Maybe the design looked simaler enough that Kojima made him look like this real world doctor. The design for Kio Marv was also reconnected for that Metal Gear collection on the PS3/ 360.
Good catch
Kenzodielocke
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isnt everything motioncaptured ? So kojima must been in contact with sergio.
Stratosphere
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Good to know most of Outer GAF is not part of this madness. We are Diamond Dawgs!
And a fake book. The news stories don't have to be fake though.
Maybe you "bungle" an obvious ruse to get people to write off your much larger scheme as impossible :O
Lionel Richie
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Best thread ever, never change GAF.
Sickboy007
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That was a fake twitter profile pic done by a fan, at GDC they even had fake devs.
Andrefpvs
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Duuuuude!
eyeball_kid
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I agree, but at the same time this doctor is a bit fishy. The medical research group he supposedly works at in Turin doesn't seem to exist, at least not in any online capacity. Maybe he does have credentials, and is an expert in the field, but he also seems like a total crackpot in the vein of Dr. Frankenstein. Naming your procedures things like HEAVEN and GEMINI is so videogamesy. I don't think he's a fake doctor, but at the same time I'm not convinced Kojima and him aren't in cahoots.
This is the craziest shit I have ever heard of.
Sickboy007
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I never said the guy's fake, or that he published fake journals, quite the contrary.
I'm familiar with him and think he's a bit of a publicity whore, which is what 90% of the medical community thinks of him btw.
I mean, just yesterday he called on Bill Gates to contribute to his experiment.
He actually stood in front of a picture of Frankenstein's monster at one point during his Ted Talk.
Ahhh, ok. Yeah, if he's a super sketchy hack doctor I could see him going along with something like this actually.
RadioHammer500
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The Kio Marv speculation doesn't make sense for a few reasons
1. Kio Marv was a biological scientist who created OILIX which was a genetically oil producing thing. he wasn't a medical doctor
2. OILIX never played a role after MG 2: Solid Snake..so i assume Kojima doesn't care about that plot point and always thought that would of been retconned if Kojima did a MG and MG 2 remake
same with Madnar speculation..Madnar was a robotics scientist not a medical doctor
1. Kio Marv was a biological scientist who created OILIX which was a genetically oil producing thing. he wasn't a medical doctor
2. OILIX never played a role after MG 2: Solid Snake..so i assume Kojima doesn't care about that plot point and always thought that would of been retconned if Kojima did a MG and MG 2 remake
same with Madnar speculation..Madnar was a robotics scientist not a medical doctor
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