Solid Snake has Cancer in 1st Episode of DR. 1-UP Web Series

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Machinima Prime has released the first episode of a new comedy web-series they've started called "Dr. 1-Up." Here's a description of what the series will be about:

The world's most popular video game characters are not exactly known for leading a healthy lifestyle. Smoking, eating unhealthy, and fighting some of the nastiest "bosses" of all-time can lead to significant illnesses and injuries. Enter Dr. 1Up. The title character and star of an all-new original comedy series, Dr. 1Up is there to make sure that the stars of the gaming universe will be healthy in time for the launch of the next game in the series...or is he?

Each episode will feature a big character in the video game world, including Master Chief (Halo), Lara Croft (Tomb Raider) and Nathan Drake (Uncharted), and Raiden (Mortal Kombat), as we watch each character's ailment get treated by the doctor. 

In this first episode, "Nurse Janet (Bree Essrig) concocts a plan to get Joel and Ellie from The Last of Us, to stop whistling; it involves giraffes. In the exam room, Dr. 1Up tries to break the difficult news to Solid Snake that his body is positively riddled with tumors from smoking, but Snake's inability to stay visible for more than 10 seconds brings 1Up to the breaking point."

Check it out and let us know if this is a series you'll continue to watch. 

Dr. 1Up is the doctor who treats the illnesses and injuries of video game characters. This week, Solid Snake learns that 30 years of smoking and testing government equipment has a price.