Also, quite obviously, I lost all momentum re: the Metal Gear thing. What was going to be a detailed look at every aspect of the franchise and how each insane facet reflected a brilliantly coherent whole (or vice versa) did not materialize. It was not to be.

I don't think anyone could do it alone. You'd need teams of people, working day and night, to map each subtle contour of Hideo Kojima's case of the raving crazies.