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Ep. 42 - The Great Escape & Escape from New York

This week, we are escaping into the worlds of two films video game auteur Hideo Kojima considers massive inspirations: John Sturges' The Great Escape (1963) and John Carpenter's Escape from New York (1981).

These classic escape thrillers provided the structural blueprint and antihero swagger for Kojima's gaming masterpiece Metal Gear Solid. We look at how The Great Escape defined high stakes stealth mechanics and tension on screen, while Snake Plissken's dystopian, punk rock cynicism birthed Solid Snake himself.

It is a double feature about…