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 By Brad Shoemaker Designed By: Collin Oguro Silence. You stand guard as posted, occasionally shifting your weight from one foot to the other. Cradling your rifle, you lazily scan the surroundings for the enemy. Was that movement in the shadows? An intruder? No, probably just a rat, or perhaps your imagination. You resign yourself to an uneventful watch and begin to let your guard down. Suddenly, from behind, powerful arms close over your neck. In less than a second, your larynx is crushed, defeating your attempt to scream. Your head is jerked sideways. You vaguely hear the grisly snap of your own neck, and as your world fades to black, you realize he's as good as the legends say.... Solid Snake, badass superspy extraordinaire, has had the most illustrious career this side of 007. Averting global nuclear destruction is all in a day's work for Snake, who commands the starring role in Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear series, now one of the most popular franchise properties in video gaming. Metal Gear offsets the run-and-gun attitude of most action-adventure games by introducing an element of stealth; a full frontal assault with guns blazing means a quick "Game Over." Kojima combines this unique gameplay with stylish cinematic presentation and a fair dose of political intrigue, and the result is the closest thing available to a real spy movie on a video game console. Solid Snake wasn't always so famous, though, nor, in the beginning, did he and his surroundings look quite so good. Join GameSpot as we take a look at Solid Snake's past exploits, from his humble beginnings on a little-known computer system, through his rise to stardom in Metal Gear Solid, and finally to his almost universally accepted role in the upcoming Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty for the PlayStation 2 and Metal Gear Solid X, a port of Metal Gear Solid 2, for Microsoft's Xbox.
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