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Metal Gear Solid 

Also MGS.

The latter half of the Metal Gear video game series published by Konami and produced by rockstar director Hideo Kojima. Includes Metal Gear Solid (PSOne, later remade and published on the Gamecube as Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes), Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (PS2, later rereleased with extra non-story missions on the PS2 and Xbox as Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance), and Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PS2).

The first MGS innovated a style of gameplay that would eventually lead to the explosion of the stealth genre (which would include well-noted titles such as Splinter Cell), which focused on avoiding enemies through stealth rather than engaging them in combat. MGS2 further developed the gameplay of its predecessor by adding new ways of navigating environments, as well as the ability to aim weapons in a first-person view.

All titles in the series are extremely story-heavy, and are notable for their graphic quality which is often years ahead of most other games, well-directed cutscenes, exceptional voice acting, and controversial postmodern concepts.

The series is generally regarded as one of the best ever produced in video gaming, and competes with efforts such as Ico as the most artistically relevent title to come out of the fledgeling genre.
Solid Snake > j00.
Metal Gear Solid by Danin April 9, 2004
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(Noun) Name given collectively to IV drug use paraphernalia.
I know Jerry’s got his gear stashed here somewhere. It’s got everything anyone would ever need to put one in their arm.
Gear by Nikki Stixx April 4, 2020

Gear Aquisition Syndrome 

Also known as G.A.S.

This condition afflicts musicians and singers of all kinds, but seems to be especially virulent in electric guitar players. It is typified by an uncontrollable urge to buy, beg, borrow or steal the latest piece of musical equipment seen in a store, in a magazine, on TV or on another musician.
Poverty is the only known prevention (and only known cure) for the disease.
G.A.S. is the most likely explanation for any musician who possesses more than the required number of his/her chosen instrument (ie more than 1), but is more usually seen in the miriad unnecessary musical accessories hidden around the victim's room - such as amplifiers, electronic tuners, fold-back speakers, amp stands, gigantic speaker and PA stacks, guitar polish, guitar polishing cloths, several grades of strings, multiple gig bags full of things which buzz, click or glow in the dark, and, and, and....

Kick It Into High Gear 

To hit the ground running. To make things happen with a quickness.
We need to finish this project by 5pm today. - time to kick it into high gear.

Fifth Gear Slide

When driving a car with a manual transmission, the fifth gear slide is performed by shifting from fourth to fifth and continuing to move your arm on to your partners knee
I took Amanda out for drinks last night, on the way home I got to finger her. All thanks to the fifth gear slide.
Fifth Gear Slide by korozion November 9, 2008

Metal Gear Rising 

A Metal Gear game loved by some fans but not all, mostly due to the game not surrounding Snake, but surrounding a badass cyborg samurai dude with white hair who somehow stops time to slice you into tiny bits while very loud and good music plays in your ears.
Person 1: "Metal Gear Rising sucks. It's a complete change and the protagonist is not even that cool."

Person 2: "Okay, but can you beat the games OST?"

Person 1: "Fuck."