I too had only played Metal Gear 25 years ago. Thankfully there are tons of plot synopsis and timelines online. Just focus on MGS 3, Peace Walker, and Ground Zeroes for a start as they occur prior to V. I watched at least 3 synopsis videos before I could repeat it back to myself semi-correctly.

I can barely write a coherent thought, so the odd times I've seen something I hacked out show up in KG, I just feel embarrassed

Just started MGS 5 and I wish I hadn't waited. After that first chapter, I know why everyone was sad Kojima wasn't doing Silent Hill any more. He can make one hell of a set piece. (I haven't played any other MGS game enough to know)

The only battery that won't blow up and burn shit

I got my teenage niece Nimona and another YA title that escapes me, just by the fact it looked better. Glad to know it's well-regarded, though I am almost sure my niece will hate it out of teenage principle.

While I was primarily being snarky as I find modern office design generic and designed for maximum visual appeal with no consideration for the worker, it is completely true that FO4 settlement builder designs are both ugly as buildings and an awful contrast to much of the aesthetic of the Commonwealth. It bothered me…

I love the audio design in Fallout 4 as well, but it keeps one detail that a lot of Bethesda games do: non-direct voices and conversations are incredibly difficult to hear clearly. Headphones make it better, but I can't play the entire time in headphones.

Behold the power of mods! Make your game space look exactly like the sterile, calculated, Doritios-like office space you spend 40-60 hours of your week at.

The highlighted "Kill"s in Okilly Dokilly made my day. Maybe my week.

There's a pinball museum near where I work that has about 15 pre-1980 tables. I love playing the ones with the analog scoring and actual bells.

The best thing CD Projekt Red did with W3 is make a game for people like me that had zero interest in cyberpunk 2077, but suddenly did after enjoying many hours of W3.

I don't want to see an end to open world so much as I want someone to clean up whatever reason there is to be in it. I watched some of that leaked footage of The Division yesterday — a game I have never heard of prior — and it looked like something I might like, but there it was, an open world with no point.

(this came out late 2014 for PS4, but in 2015 for xbone)

Only a man that would choose dijon mustard for a burger topping would say "in extremis"

I somehow did something when attempting to unsubscribe from their email system, that caused SE to send me MORE marketing emails.

Just Cause 3 sits and collects digital dust (I'm sure it can barely sit idle efficiently) while Fallout 4 continues. I often find myself thinking about my next playthrough with it - what pathways I would do - and it got me thinking about how I sometimes miss the older karma systems. While I ultimately like how they've…

The best kind of violence

The only major quest bug I encountered was during the damn epilogue. It's so much more irritating to have a game crashing bug 10 minutes before you're done with the story.

"this is the dumpster I lived in for 3 weeks, back in 2004"

swallowing, like a gulp