Want to dive into Metal Gear Solid V, but scared you won't enjoy the story because you know nothing about the franchise? Don't worry... here's a recap of all you need to know, in a mere 60 seconds!

By now, you’re more than familiar with Afghanistan in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. Your Mother Base is expanding nicely, Diamond Dog is all grown up and you all owe me 50 cents whenever you mention something “D” in the game, because I have a copyright on that consonant. But if you really want to establish yourself as …

Here’s where you can find what you need in order to get sweet gear like stealth camo, handy bandanas and a Diamond Dog tactical fulton. That last one is massively important of course.

The tapes of Metal Gear Solid V are freakin’ rad, as they happen to contain the best tracks of the eighties, a frivolous and ultimately pointless decade. Much like the 1960s. So where do you find those chart-topping tracks? Right here!

Throughout Metal Gear Solid V, you’ll have the chance to upgrade your gear and find newer better weapons with which to introduce the Diamond Dog lead bullet philosophy. Some of these blueprints can be acquired by completing missions and side-ops. Others, you’re going to have to dig around for. Here’s where you can find them, if you keep an eye out for such things.

The Phantom Pain is a Kojima game, his very last one in the Metal Gear Solid franchise as a matter of fact, and thus, it is filled with all manners of awesome trivia. Did You Know Gaming have gone ahead and put together a neat 6 minute video detailing some rather interesting titbits of information from Big Boss’s latest adventure. Check it out!

You can import your Ground Zeroes save file in to Metal Gear Solid: The Phantom Pain. Here's what you could unlock if you do.

Feel like skipping work? Good! Today's title is Metal Gear - the original title that kicked off the legendary franchise!