For the Love of Fiction

G. M. Groves

For the Love of Fiction, a podcast concerned with narrative discussion and characterisation across various mediums. Hosted by myself, Gavin Groves and my oldest friend, Marc Tobit. We've always discussed our interests at great length, down the pub, ten minutes before a session of online gaming, walking to and from work when we were teenagers. Now we are doing in on a podcast! Here we discuss genres and topics such as: - prose fiction - movies - comic books, manga and graphic novels - video games Alongside: - top five lists - drafting our own universes - head cannon reinterpretations

  1. Metal Gear Solid 2

    12/08/2025

    Metal Gear Solid 2

    Rather fittingly, GW interferes with the sound in this episode, and Marc and Gav, your AI overlord hosts, start to go a bit wonky. They even promise to NOT get political or social when discussing Metal Gear Solid 2, but then, how can you not? It’s one of the maddest, most prophetic games ever made.   And guess what, just like how the game is full of chatter, this ep is a big one! Check out my socials and website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://decapvada.wixsite.com/gmgroves⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/writergmgroves⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/WriterGMGroves⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/profile.phpid=61551776307375 Chapters – 00:00 – Intro 45:26 – Metal Gear Solid I 01:04:46 – Metal Gear Solid II 01:56:29 – Allegory, political and social references, andconclusion Music: ReMix: Super Metroid ‘Brinstar Bondai Garden’ by Red TailedFox – ocremix.org Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/hartzmann/grid License code: YT8OZXJPSTGTN8W0 https://uppbeat.io/t/ra/coming-after-you License code: EBPZUTIBXISC5ZGW https://uppbeat.io/t/doug-organ/surf-turf License code: P2ZRFUUGAT83NYDW https://uppbeat.io/t/roger-gabalda/machinations License code: VKJXGQSCEDIOBLWF Thanks for listening!

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For the Love of Fiction, a podcast concerned with narrative discussion and characterisation across various mediums. Hosted by myself, Gavin Groves and my oldest friend, Marc Tobit. We've always discussed our interests at great length, down the pub, ten minutes before a session of online gaming, walking to and from work when we were teenagers. Now we are doing in on a podcast! Here we discuss genres and topics such as: - prose fiction - movies - comic books, manga and graphic novels - video games Alongside: - top five lists - drafting our own universes - head cannon reinterpretations