'Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater' and 'Twisted Metal' Season 2 | Button Mash

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🗓️ 29 August 2025

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Ben places a codec call to Steve Ahlman and Matt James to review the new remake of 'Metal Gear Solid 3.' First, they discuss a deluge of upcoming sequels (including 'Hollow Knight: Silksong') and react to the latest indication that the console wars are over, hardware price hikes, and comebacks by two venerable ninja-centric series. Then they discuss how 'MGS3' holds up, how the remake alters the original, and the post-Kojima future of the franchise, before recommending indie gem 'Sword of the Sea.' Finally, Ben has a (mostly spoiler-free) chat with 'Twisted Metal' showrunner/writer Michael Jonathan Smith about how he conceived of the first two seasons, depicting the titular tournament in a bigger-budget Season 2, drawing on 'Twisted Metal' lore, the show's cast and comedic tone, and his vision for a third season. Intro (0:00)'Metal Gear Solid 3.' Review (23:00)Interview with Michael Jonathan Smith (1:09:13)Outro (1:41:14) Host: Ben LindberghGuest: Steve Ahlman, Matt James and Michael Jonathan SmithProducer: Devon RenaldoAdditional Production Support: Arjuna Ramgopowell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up? It's Todd McShay, host of the McShay Show at The Ringer and Spotify.
0:04.7	We're building this thing up and I couldn't be more excited to be back, talking college football
0:09.6	and everything NFL draft with the most informed audience out there. That's you.
0:15.0	My co-host, Steve Mention, I will be with you three times a week throughout the football season
0:19.8	with all the latest news, analysis,
0:22.0	and scouting intel from around the league.
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0:30.9	big boards, tape breakdowns, and other exclusive scouting content you can't get anywhere else.
0:37.6	It's going to be a great season.
0:39.4	And I hope you'll be with us at the McShay show every step of the way.
1:03.1	Hello and welcome into The Ringerverse, your nexus feed for all things fandom.
1:08.0	I am Ben Lindberg, senior editor at The Ringer, and big boss of Button Mash.
1:12.6	Coming to you from my mother's basement, where I'm living for the long weekend only, to be clear, I have constructed a pillow fort in front of me for podcast sound dampening
1:18.4	purposes, and I am joined today by two pals who have agreed to do me a solid, a metal gear
1:24.2	solid, by joining me on this episode. First up, a junior mint, midnight boy, and senior audio producer, Solid Steve Allman.
1:35.1	Gept you waiting.
1:38.9	So a little exclamation point, just shine above your head.
1:43.0	And the ringer's deputy art lead, Matt, Psycho Mattis, James.
1:50.6	Finally, a video game podcast recorded from someone's mother's basement.
1:54.6	I know. Bricking the molds here. This is the first ever. This episode is so metal.
2:00.5	We are talking about Metal Gear Solid and Twisted Metal.
2:04.0	Couldn't make room for metal slug, metal Hellsinger, full metal Alchemist, or Metal Mario,
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