hey, that's a fair shout! my intention was to make the whole thing scan without prior knowledge, and i did my best to lay out something coherent in the 'transmission' and 'objectives' sections, but if you've never played metal gear solid 3 i can imagine a big flavor loss.
even the needle drop thing is a bit of a misdirect. while mgs3 has an iconic bond-like theme, the pop song most commonly associated with the franchise now is duran duran's invisible, despite never appearing in one of the games (a tiktok mandela effect). wow ooh ahh nothing's real