Monday, February 28, 2011

The Silent Scope Conspiracy!

You've all played Konami's "Silent Scope," yes? I have, recently. And I think I've stumbled onto something. Something big.

I think the narrator is working with the terrorists.

Here's why:

Throughout the game, without fail, the sniper finds himself alone against an army of terrorists. The plot revolves around these terrorists trying to kidnap the President and his family by force; in what universe does that happen without a literal army arriving at the scene?

The narrator sounds like some kind of operator, directing the sniper and others to their various assignments. Anybody who's seen "24" knows what's going on here; they guy in front of the computer directs all the SWAT teams to go tackle the terrorists on the left, while they get away with their dastardly deeds on the right. The sniper is said to be an outside contractor. Could it be that he's arriving at the scene without backup because he's not linked into the same corrupted system and command hierarchy?

It's implied that the narrator and the sniper know each other; he tells the sniper he's "lost his touch," for instance. Not evidence of wrongdoing, but there's never been a movie in which the mole and the hero don't have a friendly relationship before the reveal. More damning is what happens when the sniper is killed. In a much darker tone, the narrator whispers "THE END." Now, it could just be that Konami didn't want to hire another guy to voice the Game Over screen, but I think it's the narrator having a little "just between you and me" moment with his old buddy as he bleeds out.

The evidence is substantial, and, given the circumstances, we can't afford to take any chances. Officers, arrest the narrator.

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