No, this strange Twitter account isn’t teasing a new Metal Gear Solid [Updated]

Enlarge / One of many artful scenes of everyday "Big Shell" life shared by @TheTomOlsen on Twitter. (credit: TheTomOlsen / Twitter)

Update 4:20 pm: Right around the time this story was posted, Nitroid and their co-hosts revealed the truth behind the @TheTomOlsen account and their role in it on a new episode of The Kojima Frequency podcast.

Original story: Weeks ago, a mysterious Twitter account popped up to tell the story of Tom Olsen, an unassuming maintenance technician at the fictional "Big Shell" facility that served as the main setting for Metal Gear Solid 2. The unique first-person photos and videos Olsen posted from "inside" Big Shell-and the account's interaction with the official Metal Gear Solid Twitter account-have led many to assume that "Tom Olsen" is a viral marketing campaign for an as-yet-unannounced Metal Gear Solid 2 remake.

No such luck. Instead, the account is the creation of a lone fan and self-described "Metal Gear Solid historian" who seems to be reveling a bit in the rumors and speculation he's driving.

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