Nanotechnology + Video Game

I was researching about video games and came across with Metal Gear Solid 4. This game takes place in 2014 and in the development of a worldwide war economy that are fought by private military companies. The elite units of soldiers are injected with nanomachines that enhances combat abilities. Even though nanomachines in this game does not go into a greater detail of how it works, the setting shows that the future rely heavily on nanotechnology, which might be our near future.

It is interesting to know how the nanomachines in Metal Gear Solid 4 works. The injected nanomachines are able to supply adrenalin, benzedrine, nutrients, and nootropics to enhance combat effectiveness. It also recharges energy, providing molecules or substrates with the power of Codec. With this nanomachines, soldiers are exposed to an artificial "combat high" through the controlled release of those chemicals explained above. Sense of pain is subject to the same treatment; the controlled release of endorphins could prevent injuries from incapacitating a soldier during combat, and reduced blood pressure could trigger blood clotting agents such as thrombin, which accelerate the wound healing process.

Brain on Noortropics.

I think it will be a little unsettling to see soldiers being injected with nanomachines like they do in Metal Gear Solid 4. Even though it will make a great improvement in our war weapons, it will create an endless fight. (maybe when we get to fight with aliens from outter space, then we could use this skills!)

"Nano-technology development: defence applications"

Gaming industry's ideas on nanotechnology is very inspiring, and I am sure that some of the technologies are on their way to be developed. It is both scary and amazing, I can not decide what to think.

Final Project pitch: It would be nice to work on a game that allows the player to shrink to a nanoscale and explore the nano-world.

Work Cited:


Neibert, Kevin. "How Nanotechnology Is Portrayed in Video Games – The Metal Gear Solid Saga." Kotaku. McGill University, 23 Apr. 2012. Web. 29 Feb. 2016.

Milbern, Colin. "Mondo Nano: What video games can teach nanoscience." New Scientist. Duke University Press, 3 June 2015. Web. 29 Feb. 2016.