The clip comes from Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, the 2001 PlayStation 2 game from Konami that continued the story of Solid Snake and his allies. Within that world, Philanthropy is the small, secretive organization working to expose and stop the spread of Metal Gear weapons, which gives even a quiet handshake a sense of covert purpose. Shared later as a short soundboard clip, it has been picked up by Metal Gear fans and video editors who use its restrained, conspiratorial mood to underline secret agreements in memes and gameplay edits.