Sharper eyes than mine have spotted this little easter egg in the Google Chrome OS Demo video that Google published yesterday. (Or were you completely off the grid yesterday, and didn’t know that Google hosted members of the media to demonstrate Google Chrome OS?) Big Boss? An e-mail from Yoji, asking you to be on time today? Snaaaaake!
So yeah, apparently someone on the development team is a big Metal Gear fan. (Yoji Shinkawa is a character designer at Konami, and Big Boss hopefully needs no explanation.) Google instantly wins, like, 10 Awesome Points for the references.
And that’s all there is to say.
Aren’t there a lot of Firefly innuendos in Google Wave? That’s what I’ve heard anyway.
Oh, I’m not sure. I’ve never seen Firefly so I wouldn’t catch any of the references. I wouldn’t be surprised, though.
Never seen Firefly? It’s free on Hulu and (unfortunately) only 13 episodes. You have no excuse, sir :)
In a way I envy you for having Hulu
In a way, I envy you.
I think I have to side with Joshua on this one. I liked the show, but watching something you know is going to end abruptly and in a completely unsatisfactory way is just aggravating.
And no the movie and/or comics don’t count.
@Riles: I guess you’re probably right, which is unfortunate.