{"id":24278,"date":"2026-08-06T07:37:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T05:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/06\/metroid-at-40-happy-birthday-to-samus-aran-gamings-greatest-badass-and-my-personal-heroine\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T07:37:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T05:37:25","slug":"metroid-at-40-happy-birthday-to-samus-aran-gamings-greatest-badass-and-my-personal-heroine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/06\/metroid-at-40-happy-birthday-to-samus-aran-gamings-greatest-badass-and-my-personal-heroine\/","title":{"rendered":"Metroid at 40: happy birthday to Samus Aran, gaming\u2019s greatest badass and my personal heroine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Being a woman who loves video games has often felt lonely, like being on a hostile planet \u2013 but Metroid\u2019s female space hunter has been with me all the way <\/p>\n

It\u2019s 1986, and you\u2019re playing a brand-new game. (You\u2019re in Japan in this scenario, by the way; the game in question, Metroid, won\u2019t come to North America and Europe until later.) Anyway, this new game has you in its grip. You are a lone astronaut exploring a hostile alien planet full of ancient, mysterious structures. This astronaut looks human enough \u2013 but this distinctly alien place is full of objects that power up their spacesuit\u2019s capabilities. Each new ability allows you to explore a new area, and as you do, you realise that the entirety of the planetary base you\u2019re exploring <\/em>is one, massive, interconnected maze. Whoa.<\/em><\/p>\n

Hours later, you finally defeat Mother Brain and set off a timed self-destruct sequence. Upon your escape, you\u2019re treated to an endgame screen: the little astronaut faces you as text on screen implores you to \u201cpray for peace in space\u201d.<\/p>\n

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\nBeing a woman who loves video games has often felt lonely, like being on a hostile planet \u2013 but Metroid\u2019s female space hunter has been with me all the way
\nIt\u2019s 1986, and you\u2019re playing a brand-new game. (You\u2019re in Japan in this scenario, by the way; the game in question, Metroid, won\u2019t come to North America and Europe until later.) Anyway, this new game has you in its grip. You are a lone astronaut exploring a hostile alien planet full of ancient, mysterious structures. This astronaut looks human enough \u2013 but this distinctly alien place is full of objects that power up their spacesuit\u2019s capabilities. Each new ability allows you to explore a new area, and as you do, you realise that the entirety of the planetary base you\u2019re exploring is one, massive, interconnected maze. Whoa.
\nHours later, you finally defeat Mother Brain and set off a timed self-destruct sequence. Upon your escape, you\u2019re treated to an endgame screen: the little astronaut faces you as text on screen implores you to \u201cpray for peace in space\u201d. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Being a woman who loves video games has often felt lonely, like being on a hostile planet \u2013 but Metroid\u2019s female space hunter has been with me all the way It\u2019s 1986, and you\u2019re playing a brand-new game. (You\u2019re in Japan in this scenario, by the way; the game in question, Metroid, won\u2019t come to …<\/p>\n

Metroid at 40: happy birthday to Samus Aran, gaming\u2019s greatest badass and my personal heroine<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":24279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24278"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}