Why 'Chico's Tapes' Were Integral to MGSV [Tape Investigation 10]

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Welcome back, Boss! In this, the Debriefing to my Investigation of the Tapes in MGSV, we close out our deep dive into Chico's Tapes from Ground Zeroes to discuss, on a broader level than normal, why they're in MGSV at all.
Many critics were quick to judge the traumatic and extremely dark content in MGSV: GZ as pointless and offensive. In this video, I argue that only in light of the rest of MGSV is the point behind Chico's Tapes really evident. The game uses interactivity to gamify trauma, and its tendency to endlessly repeat in the minds of its survivors. Guilt and repressed memories spurn our every move in the follow-up, 2015's THE PHANTOM PAIN. This gives the tape medium itself a unique and, I argue here, revolutionary function for MGSV at large.

Along the way, I discuss how the GZ Tapes, and what they depict, sets the stage for everything that follows: and how, contrary to popular sentiment, they actually exemplify empathy for survivors of traumatic violence and abuse.

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