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Steve Cropper obituary

Guitarist with the American band Booker T and the MGs who was also a successful songwriter and producer

The Guardian - UK

From Otis Redding to Booker T, Steve Cropper was a strong yet subtle force that shaped so many soul classics

The guitarist for Booker T & the MGs defined the sound of original R&B, co-creating soul anthems and proving himself one of the most influential musicians of the 60s

The Guardian - UK

Steve Cropper dies aged 84: Tributes paid to legendary Booker T and the MGs guitarist

The musician played on and co-wrote Otis Redding's Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay and Wilson Pickett's In the Midnight Hour

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Steve Cropper, legendary guitarist for Booker T & the MGs, dies aged 84

Prolific musician was known for work on songs like Green Onions and Otis Redding’s (Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay

The Guardian - US

Why we're still playing Metal Gear Solid after nearly 30 years

What a thrill.

PC Gamer

Bobby Whitlock obituary

Rock musician who formed the band Derek and the Dominos with Eric Clapton and also worked with George Harrison

The Guardian - UK

Hideo Kojima says he won't play the MGS 3 remake, mentions he knows loads of ways to kill people, doesn't elaborate, leaves

He remembers the basics of CQC.

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The MGS3 remake’s multiplayer mode is basically prop hunt, and everyone’s pissed it’s not Metal Gear Online

Destructoid

Stax Music Academy's teen students mark 25th anniversary, Black History Month with concert

The Stax Music Academy in Memphis is marking its 25th anniversary with Black History Month-themed concerts on Feb. 21

The Independent UK

26 years on, developers discuss the massive impact Metal Gear Solid had on the industry: "This was going much further than all previous action games. And that was totally inspiring"

Feature | The Impact of Metal Gear Solid: Retro Gamer talks with a selection of developers about the stealth game's 1998 release, and how it changed the industry forever

GamesRadar

Owner of UK national lottery operator to sever ties with Gazprom

Allwyn parent company says deal to buy 3% stake in Czech gas facility will cut final link with Kremlin-controlled energy firm

The Guardian - UK

‘It became a beacon of hope’: the incredible story of Stax Records

A new docuseries traces the highs and lows of the Memphis record label, soaring with major acts like Otis Redding and Isaac Hayes but a victim of both capitalism and racism

The Guardian - US

“Paul McCartney was one of my favorite bass players. I didn’t do him justice”: Paying tribute to the Beatles turned out to be a humbling experience for Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn

As a member of Booker T. and the MGs, Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn cut an instrumental version of the Beatles’ Abbey Road. But the experience wasn't all that satisfying...

Guitar World

The Metal Gear Solid 3 remake seems to mix MGS5's fast action controls with the original's slow-paced stealth in this fan-made comparison video

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater looks to borrow a lot of details and tricks from MGSV: The Phantom Pain

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Metal Gear Solid at 25: ‘It played a big part in making games grow up’

Game developers, musicians and artists reflect on Hideo Kojima’s landmark political stealth-thriller on its 25th anniversary

PC Gamer

Konami is officially doing the most boring thing possible with the MGS3 remake's voice acting

Metal Gear Solid Delta will use the original game's voice track with no alterations.

The Guardian - UK

Keith Neal obituary

Other lives: Biology teacher at Manchester Grammar school who gave his students an international outlook

TechRadar

Metal Gear Solid wasn't the first great game in the series

While Metal Gear Solid is a masterpiece for the PS1, the series already had a genre-defining game years earlier.

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Watch Donald “Duck” Dunn as Booker T and the MGs blow minds in Norway in 1967

On 7 April 1967, the Stax/Volt Revue hit Europe. Norwegian TV caught them in action in Oslo. What’s Norwegian for “locked in”?

Manchester Evening News

Family of Yousef Makki will get team of top lawyers at fresh inquest after raising £22k

Some £5k from one anonymous donor and £7k from Parklife music festival found Sacha Lord pushed the fundraising drive over its target

Manchester Evening News

The extraordinary woman who refused to give up fighting for answers - even when the odds were against her

Jade Akoum: grieving sister, ceaseless campaigner and mum of four

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: £70 for a telling off

How long would you have to work to afford a Manchester City ticket? PLUS The home of the ‘moderately interesting-looking sandwich’ AND No selfies with the king

Manchester Evening News

Young man who stabbed Yousef Makki to death four years ago faces giving evidence at another inquest

Joshua Molnar, now 21, is likely to give evidence for a third time about tragedy

Manchester Evening News

Yousef Makki’s family WIN appeal for new inquest into stabbed teenager’s death

High Court judges have quashed the original inquest's conclusion and ordered a new hearing

The Guardian - UK

Jim Stewart obituary

American producer and executive who co-founded Stax Records in the late 1950s

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