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Well, since the games came out and I've done Kojima panels in the past. I'll cover a panel covering DS from it's development, inspirations, and story. There will also be cool prizes.

Since the theme is games and enough time has passed. Any thoughts or feedback about this?

This is kind of a retooling of my Kojima Panel since MGS1 is almost 20 so I'd like gauge interest once again. You can view the last panel I did at ALA 2017 here:
https://youtu.be/1GwZZmUc6f0

I was surprised by the turn out last year for the MGS panel, so I'll probably re-purpose it as a Kojima's game panel so Snatcher and Policenauts have more of a focus this time around. Another Panel I'd like to do is maybe Shenmue or Yakuza.  Any up and coming games you want a panel about? Post here.

Metal Gear, a long time staple of the Stealth Genre will have its 7th main release with Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. With September 1st in a few months, we'd like to do a refresher course from its humble beginnings on the MSX Platform to the upcoming release of The Phantom Pain. We'll go over the development history,philosophy, and lore in each title. We'll also go under some of the more obscure tidbits of the series and about Hideo Kojima. At the end there will Q&A and prizes! The panel will be hosted by me Frederick Guese who currently writes for PlayStation haven, a video game news site, PlayStation Haven at www.playstationhaven.com . and Erick Mattos, a longtime MGS fan, Machinima director, and graphic designer. You can view his videos at www.youtube.com/CpmStudios.

ConfirmedPanellists:
Me
Eric Mattos (MGO Machnima makers & Graphic Designer)

Potnetial Panellists:
David Hayter (The original Snake No Jack Bauer)
Jeremy Blaustien (Translator Co-VA Director MGS1)