He gave me writing advice that I still think of to this day

he thought nothing of me except being a very annoying kid that he had to constantly reprimand, but it was tough nonetheless.

Yeah I found his health issues thread, was very hard to read

It's really tough to overstate just how important a lot of you were to me

seeing everyone's old signatures, avatars, posts. I see things and I think "hey, I remember this exact moment"

"Happy Birthday Gary"

I was just on the wayback machine looking through the old forums, almost cried

and definitely more accessible in the modern day than MG1; way tighter, less arcade-y

yeah it's crazy what a straight line can be drawn from MG2 to MGS1

that's a fun coincedence, I was pissed because PS2 Subsistence screwed my saves so I tried to find my phys copy of HD Collection, gave up, sourced it from Internet Archive, and have been messing around with MG1 and 2 a bit

The MGS3 included in the HD collection also has MG2 in it

@tr0nic I'm playing MGS2 with RPCS3 on the HD Collection

MG1 is eh though

MG2 is actually amazing

Definitely play MG2, it's well worth it

Last year is recent enough for me or else you'd be waiting another year for me to beat one game

Yeeeah I'd do that but would excuse myself from everything up to MGS4

@NateDog Hmmm do I not waste my time with a clunky 40 year old game or do I suffer for a bit in order to make a dumb joke about fighting Dirty Duck? Now that's tough

Would be very down for that, especially since I now have to start fresh with 3 because it turns out Subsistence on PCSX2 is notorious for corrupting saves and I didn't use any save states

Should do a forum wide replay sesh. Think book club but make it Metal Gear.