David Bowie in MGS

As some fans may know by now, “Diamond Dogs" was a concept album by David Bowie inspired by the George Orwell novel 1984

Bowie was known for having different onstage personas for each album,for Diamond Dogs the persona was called “Halloween Jack".

song by song breakdown of Diamond Dogs

The E3 2015 trailer for Metal Gear Solid V shows a cassette tape with “The Man Who Sold The World,a song by David Bowie,written on it.

It is also believed that Bowie's inspiration for the song came from a family member diagonsed with schizophrenia.

Schizophrenia plays a role in the novel VALIS by Philip K. Dick,in which a work of fiction within the novel is inspired by the 1975 film “The Man Who Fell To Earth" starring David Bowie.

MGS3 has a minor reference to Bowie's 1969 hit Space Oddity (which doubles as a reference to the film “The Great Escape")

The title of the song obviously reminds us of 2001: A Space Odyssey, a film that Hideo Kojima is a big fan of.

bowie2001.com

Then there's the Ziggy Stardust character. The lightning bolt and androgynous appearance makes me think of Raiden (a word that means “thunder and lightning” in Japanese)

Also check out David Bowie and the Occult

Serpent Symbolism and Genetics in Metal Gear Solid

Here are a couple of excerpts from Manly P. Hall's The Secret Teachings of All Ages regarding serpent symbolism:

I would highly recommened anyone reading this to check out the incredible book The Cosmic Serpent: DNA And The Origins Of Knowledge for a better understanding of the serpents role in human biology,anthropology and shamanism

Here,author Jeremy Narby talks about his discoveries in the work of Joseph Campbell

More from The Cosmic Serpent on DNA

Also,MGS2 came out in 2001

Snakes are found in astrology too,particularly in Gemini

And of course,there's the One Eyed Snake

Reproduction

Life cycle

Archetype

Please check out my previous post MGS 2 New York Mirror 9/11