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Kotaku: Meet The Head Transplant Doctor at The Centre of a MGS Conspiracy
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LonelyGreyWolf
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Oh, I'm not saying this is an intentional marketing stunt. I don't know. Many factors/clues saying one thing and many factors/clues saying something else. I don't know what true and what's false at this point. But whether it's a marketing stunt on the doctor's end doesn't actually matter that much in the grand scheme of things; in fact it doesn't even matter how much was intentional on Kojima's side. GAF kind of started this marketing campaign, and it doesn't seem to be stopping.
But these news posts etc. are all mentioning the game "Metal Gear Solid V", which creates interest in the product, and then they'll look the title up themselves, or maybe when the game is out and they hear about it or just overhears someone mentioning it, they may recall that they've heard about it before and maybe even remember what scenario they heard it in and are now interested in seeing what the fuzz was about etc.
In short, it creates interest in and awareness of the product, which is never a bad thing.
Risk Breaker
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The Jackdog
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Seems like a lot of confirmation bias going around.
People arent finding evidence, they are just looking for dots to connect.
People arent finding evidence, they are just looking for dots to connect.
It is already possible to replace a humans heart with some valves.
Who knows, someday.
Welcome to Metal Gear.
I live in Italy , can you tell me which TV channel will broadcast this interview ?
eso76
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This guy was able to wake a 21y/o girl who had been in persistent vegetative state for longer than 1 year with his far fetched theories. He knows his shit.
No, he has nothing to do with MGS or Kojima for fucks sake, what more does it take for you to stop seeing conspiracy everywhere in this ?
No, he has nothing to do with MGS or Kojima for fucks sake, what more does it take for you to stop seeing conspiracy everywhere in this ?
url on the waking a 21 y/o plz
Your avatar. The pattern on that cow is clearly Big Boss with his prosthetic hand.
I say you are part of the conspirators.
entremet
Member
Yep. Stuff like this embarrasses me as a MGS fan honestly.
Kageshinzo
Member
The only reason why this doctor was even connected to Metal Gear Solid is because someone made a stupid comparison about his likeness to a video game character in one of the MGS threads here. Then the whole Carnival of Stupid ran away with it, even after it was established that Kojima modeled the character from an actor that's living in Japan.
The Jackdog
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I want this to be real.
I also want santa to be real.
Im just not dumb enough to start telling people santa IS real because i want him to be.
I also want santa to be real.
Im just not dumb enough to start telling people santa IS real because i want him to be.
But it all makes sense!!!
about half an hour ago Hideo Kojima tweeted this picture on his english twitter,
it got me thinking.. eye..? hmmm.. where had I heard that before..
and then I remember an old article from 2013 on the independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...-neurosurgeon-dr-sergio-canavero-8682851.html
and then I found an abstract from the old Hypotheses Canavero made back in 1992 (which I read back then)..
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1474948
it´s obvious when you look at all of this that this is a clue from Hideo Kojima.. it´s all real.. it´s a publicity stunt for both MGS V and the head transplant..!
it got me thinking.. eye..? hmmm.. where had I heard that before..
and then I remember an old article from 2013 on the independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...-neurosurgeon-dr-sergio-canavero-8682851.html
and then I found an abstract from the old Hypotheses Canavero made back in 1992 (which I read back then)..
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1474948
it´s obvious when you look at all of this that this is a clue from Hideo Kojima.. it´s all real.. it´s a publicity stunt for both MGS V and the head transplant..!
Am I doing this right?
Beelzebufo
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That's not ridiculous, it's a good thing. He should know about it.
Risk Breaker
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Waking a girl from a coma doesn't mean he's not the equivalent of a mad scientist and obsessed with being the first one to make a head transplant, which is, honestly, a lot more ridiculous than this being part of a marketing campaign for a game by Joakim, I mean Kojima.
I mean, it IS already a marketing campaign, want it or not
That AND around 90% of this thread (or more) says this has never had anything to do with MGSV, I can't see the bias nor "the GAF" being pro-conspiracy, it's the other way around lol.
LonelyGreyWolf
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You conveniently cut away the first part of my post, I see ;b
Look, I'm not arguing against any of that, lol.
Jazzkokehead
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Could this be the real reason Kojima went silent for a while?
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Could this be the real reason Kojima went silent for a while?
5 years from now, no matter where Kojima ends up with, fans will still insist that one can see a faint scar around Kojima's neck and that his body looks and feels different.
GUYS GUYS GUYS
Sergio Canavero is Kojima's long time old friend. He is a Doctor whose work is legitimate.
Kojima based the Doctor off of his friend but didn't really think anything more of it as he looked enough like actor Ian Moore to begin with.
Kojima and Sergio laughed about the situation but didn't think anything more of it as they both had their own work to do and didn't want to intrude on each others works
Konami and Kojima fallout happens
Kojima starts planting seeds for the Sergio likeness by Inception-ing Gaffers
Sergio is in on the plan
Sergio pretends to catch on and be 'unaware of Kojima and MGS'. Threatens to sue Konami for everything.
Lawsuit goes through and Sergio takes down Konami for everything as Kojima walks away from the HQ building in flames.
Sergio invests all the money in Kojima's new startup who buys the MGS rights from Konami's husk.
A HIDEO KOJIMA AND SERGIO CANAVERO GAME
METAL GEAR SOLID 6
2019
GET HYPE BOYS AND GIRLS!
Sergio Canavero is Kojima's long time old friend. He is a Doctor whose work is legitimate.
Kojima based the Doctor off of his friend but didn't really think anything more of it as he looked enough like actor Ian Moore to begin with.
Kojima and Sergio laughed about the situation but didn't think anything more of it as they both had their own work to do and didn't want to intrude on each others works
Konami and Kojima fallout happens
Kojima starts planting seeds for the Sergio likeness by Inception-ing Gaffers
Sergio is in on the plan
Sergio pretends to catch on and be 'unaware of Kojima and MGS'. Threatens to sue Konami for everything.
Lawsuit goes through and Sergio takes down Konami for everything as Kojima walks away from the HQ building in flames.
Sergio invests all the money in Kojima's new startup who buys the MGS rights from Konami's husk.
A HIDEO KOJIMA AND SERGIO CANAVERO GAME
METAL GEAR SOLID 6
2019
GET HYPE BOYS AND GIRLS!
Naked Snake
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We've gone too deep. Might as well keep digging.
So when Kojima's body is burned away, they can begin the head transplant. It all makes sense.
nrvalleytime
Member
Whoa, what? You think these GAF members were calling to tell him, "Hey, I'm just an internet forum member, but I care enough to tell you that people on the internet are making up stuff about you that not might be true."
That's a poor excuse, and few GAF members have the journalistic credibility to even reach out to him. Call a spade a spade - these members were pursuing insane theories.
Who the fuck said there will be head transplant theories in MGSV?
Yeah this guy has no chance, his lawyers are wasting their time.
Sho_Nuff82
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I just read the businessinsider piece. The way they lay it out it really sounds like a bizarre viral marketing scheme for both the game and the surgery, with each one promoting the other. They are working under the assumption that the procedure isn't a complete fraud. If it is a marketing ploy, it has already worked. We're talking about it, it has hit mainstream news.
Naked Snake
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I don't know if this was posted in this thread or if it has any extra info, but this link was posted in the Steam thread a couple of days ago, about a Redditor who did a Skype call with the doctor:
http://gamingbolt.com/metal-gear-so...to-sue-kojima-for-using-likeness-and-theories
I gotta say Kojima`s tweet in Japanese in the linked page above made me pause.
http://gamingbolt.com/metal-gear-so...to-sue-kojima-for-using-likeness-and-theories
I gotta say Kojima`s tweet in Japanese in the linked page above made me pause.
Aces&Eights
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Who the fuck said there will be head transplant theories in MGSV?
Yeah this guy has no chance, his lawyers are wasting their time.
Sn4ke doing damage control, lol
First business insider and now this?
I have a feeling this guy is enjoying the free publicity regardless of whether it's good or bad.
I've actually thought about this to some extent.
Specifically AR (alternate reality not augmented reality) games. Things where people leave little hints in things and people are expected to piece it together. I remember a band did it a while back dropping notes, leaving clues in song audio, and even going as far to have a clue be only visible if you viewed a portion of audio that could only be accessed by piecing together a URL from other clues and then using an audio visualizer to get a coded message which was then decoded.
Combined with it being part of the "game" to never publicly acknowledge it. Stuff like this I feel actually has the ability to really warp people's perception of what is real.
Zomba13
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Definitely. It's like being a fan of Sonic games but having a big part of the fanbase be creepy furries that want to fuck the characters. MGS has fucking conspiracy nutjobs that would rather take the obtuse, insane theory over the truth. Even when presented with the truth.
Risk Breaker
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Of course. But when you're talking about head transplants out of nowhere everything has to be taken lightly, right?
People defending this doctor and talking about his reputation and credibility are surely just doing it for a laugh, right?
Right?
Graphics Horse
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What normally happens is someone does something for a laugh, and then it takes form by people who genuinely believe the joke, this has happened multiple times.
I'm not sure if the series creates very gullible people with diminished reasoning skills, or just attracts them.
ShadowKingpin
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It's obvious that I don't believe the nut job nonsense that most of our fan base seems to enjoy believing (As you & I have talked about in previous posts). I'm more annoyed that this has escalated to a drastic point because of the stupidity of others and the blow up from Journlists who were desperate for hits.
Beautifully said. I can name so many people that fall under this.
Prime crotch
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typo and all, just add gravel
dehalcyone
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Hey, what dya expect when you spend 12 hours a day on the apartmenternet?
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Shady, even for special k.
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