How Stephen King watching a train hit a kid led to Kiefer Sutherland making his videogame horse crap on command: A PC…
This article traces an unlikely causal chain from a childhood tragedy witnessed by Stephen King to Kiefer Sutherland's ability to command a horse to defecate in Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain. The connection is made through the film Stand by Me, which starred Sutherland, its popularity in Japan, and the influence of the TV show 24, also starring Sutherland, on Hideo Kojima's design choices for Metal Gear Solid 5.
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- Company: PC Gamer
- Company: Konami
- Platform: Xbox
- Person: Kiefer Sutherland
- Person: Hideo Kojima
- Topic: Media Influence
- Platform: PlayStation
- Topic: Game Design
- Platform: PC
- Topic: Game Development
- Person: Stephen King
- Game: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
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