0:00 Introduction
1:16 The debut of MGS1, and the coming wave of multimedia devices like the PS1 and 2.
4:10 Context: the UNSCOM Incidents in Iraq and other events
7:04 Rough draft for what will become the 'Tanker' Chapter
8:48 Context: Y2K
10:16 Context: The Tower of Babel and Paul Auster's NY Trilogy
11:53 The 'Hollywood Game' Idea
13:56 How MGS2 finds its composer
18:53 Networks, Extended Phenotypes, and Meme Theory
20:46 Why Information about the protagonist may have been 'suppressed'
21:55 The initial idea of calling it 'MGS III' (and some theories why)
24:50 The 21st Century Game
25:51 Draft 2 for the entirety of what will become MGS2
28:17 Context: Oil, Postmodernism, and Soft Power
30:28 Characters that won't make it into the final game
32:00 Paul Auster's the NY Trilogy and the Sons of Liberty
32:44 The 1990s and Artificial Intelligence
35:21 Development takes its course over the rest of the year
39:10 Early 1999, and more information on the technical aspects to MGS2
51:07 Summer of 1999, Plant chapter creation commences
52:29 Late 1999, the game takes shape
53:55 2000, and the use of notebooks a la NY Trilogy and Kangaroo Notebook by Kobo Abe during development
55:12 The iconic unveiling of MGS2 at E3 in the Summer of 2000
55:56 Final stages of photo research
58:19 End of November, a playable demo is produced
58:33 2001, the game enters post production
59:41 The events of 9/11 cause last minute changes
1:00:04 The game is completed in Fall of 2001
