^Everything about Matt's reasoning. And the count up there, his hair reminds me of Gankutsuou. Released in 2008 but still recent enough:
Call me crazy but I've always loved the minimalist art design for MGS. They posted a video on here awhile back of the guy putting together a MGS4 piece and it was cool since they appear to be so simplistic in design.
oh hell I don't know..uh.... I'm lame, but my favorite three (mounted on me wall) have always been these three in a row:
After looking at that link Bret, I suddenly noticed the blue/orange in most of the pics in this thread!! Even in mine!