Hello and welcome to the Natacast podcast, the podcast that usually goes through a Song of Ice and Fire one chapter per episode.

But right now, since one of our hosts is absent off doing his job, Jeff, better known as Brendan Beefish,

I, your other host, Emmett better known as Poor Quentin, I'm going to be doing some guest episodes where I interview some of our favorite

people. Last week we did Mary from the Learned Hands podcast. And this week I'm very excited to

welcome back to the NataCasp podcast. Please everyone, welcome back, Manu. Thanks so much for coming on,

buddy. Hey, thanks for having me back, Emmett. To everyone out there, I'm Manu, also known as

Nuclear Bomb on social media or everywhere, also known as nuclear bomb on social

media, or everywhere I want you to find me on social media. You might remember me from such

previous coverage as Game of Thrones and comic book movies, you know, those discourse darlings

that everyone loves to talk about and are never fraught with all sorts of issues.

And I'm here today to talk a little bit about my new project or my current project.

I've begun covering the Metal Gear Solid video game franchise with my friend Brian, also known as Cosmos, on Twitter and social media.

Our podcast is called Podcast Sans Frontieris. Sorry, I will not say it in French because I do not speak French. Podcast Without Borders modeled after an organization

within the universe called Military Without Borders. I will say that not a cast is an inspiration

to it. The level of coverage, analysis, and deep

dives you and Jeff do are a big reason that I wanted to do this was something that I love

just as much as a song as a song of ice and fire, and as much as you guys love, a song

of ice and fire. And we basically came up with this idea the day that Oscar Isaac was cast

as Solid Snake. I still have a lot of reservations about a Metal Gear Solid movie and whether it even gets made.

But if it does end up being one of those cultural juggernauts or IP darlings in the end,

I'll have been glad to get out in front of that with what I think of it.

So that's kind of what I'm bringing to the table today, Emmett. Well, I'm so excited to get out in front of that with what I think of it. So that's kind of what I'm bringing to

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