I just started working through these myself a month ago or so, somehow never got around to them after all these years until now.

I know I shouldn’t give Konami money for these but I’m a lazy asshole who just wanted them all in one place on Steam, easy access. Master Collection versions are fine, but there are some mods out there to fix up a bit of the jank (MGSHDFix and MGSM2Fix mostly).

I was told to go mostly in release order, and that worked well enough. Could start with MGS or the MSX classics if you want to go that far back (those also fit in nicely right after Peacewalker).

I will say that playing release order made PW feel really weird, especially since 4 feels much more modern than it actually is while PW is very clearly a handheld game, but by the midway point it legitimately became my favorite so far.

Narratively I took so long to get around to these for a similar reason, just the military theme was offputting, but alongside the camp/pulp aesthetics they’re filled with, they’re very anti-military and anti-nationalism. But still gotta remember the earlier ones especially are products of the times, and Kojima’s never been able to write women characters.

Oh yeah that’s true. And honestly I do really like that art style, which is more than I could say for the OoT remake, but it’s just so weird to me how they keep going in these experimental directions for remakes in particular.

This guy raped his sister, he’d deserve the guillotine even if it weren’t the for the AI bullshit.

It’s such a bizarre idea. Like why not use that aesthetic for a new game entirely? The Link’s Awakening remake had the same issue, though it wasn’t as obnoxiously ugly and actually had some charm to it - why are these remakes going for entirely different styles than their originals, instead of aiming to something closer to the original concept art?

While I don’t think these designs are, they absolutely have that look to them so I wouldn’t be surprised if they came from AI concept art. Nintendo’s development is very closed-doors and I have zero doubt that they’re heavily using genAI in their pipelines these days.

The Issues tab on this repo is fucking hilarious(ly depressing). It’s just full of nerds with full blown AI psychosis screaming for this thing to be shut down because they legitimately think their stupid chatbots are sentient.

When the bubble finally bursts I don’t even think we should rehabilitate these people. Let them live with their decisions, fuck it.

After the turn the LaD series took with IW onward this is disappointing but also not surprising. Nagoshi does great work but is also incredibly full of himself.

Fuck’s Quest II

completely unironically it’s actually so fucking good. it’s stupid as shit but is smart about it, gameplay is incredibly solid, and the soundtrack is somehow legitimately really well done. this game has no right being as good as it is but here we are

my only actual nitpick is that there are 2 “puzzles” that are so absurd that the best way to beat them (especially the harder one) is to lock your frame rate down to like 10. but tbh that’s also entirely on-brand with the rest of the game. funny enough the game calls you out for cheating in an achievement for clearing the second one at all - and it’s also required for 100%

Wasn’t this particular art by the same artist who designed most of the tattoos for the series? I’m pretty sure he had a LOT of cat illustrations like this mixed in with his tattoo work.

Honestly probably one of the best 2D Metroid games. A bit of a different formula than the classics and felt more linear, but it’s a damn good game

I bought a copy just to have one but played it emulated because it just ran better that way. Still sealed too. Hmm

Yeah, charging for hardware mods and tools is pefectly fine by me in most cases. Charging for roms and cracked games is sketchy as fuck. Not “4.5 million dollar lawsuit” sketchy, but definitely worthy of being pushed out of a community at least.

Honestly. Hell, most Switch games run better in Eden than on the actual console anyway LMAO. Here’s hoping for a big breakthrough for the Switch 2 soon. Console exclusivity in 2026 is wild enough as-is, and Nintendo’s philosophy is such a relic of the past.

This entire shitshow is one of many reasons I’ve stopped buying anything from Nintendo. Fucking ghouls.

I got let go from my software dev job a few years ago, right before all this bullshit cropped up. I ended up taking half the salary I used to make for a software support role instead. People love this slop here too and keep encouraging us to use it for our documentation and shit but so far I’ve never been forced to engage with it at least. My manager is subtle about it but seems to feel the same way luckily.

If it’s getting pushed on us so hard in a support role, I can’t even fathom what it’d be like trying to slog through a dev role with everyone worshiping this garbage.

First thing I always do is demand to talk to a real person a few times. Usually works.

I never played the Metal Gear series growing up so I’ve been working through MGS 1, 2, 3, and 4 so far over the past few weeks. 1 shows its age for sure but was a good tjme, 2 was a masterpiece, 3 didnt quite click with me personally but I can appreciate why it’s such a classic, and I’m liking the story of 4 and I’m nearing the end but goddamn it’s literally just a movie LMAO. PW is next up before jumping into 5, and I’m really looking forward to MGRR too.

Also just wrapped out our group’s Big Walk playthrough tonight, finished the main “story” a weeks ago but spent the past few weekends going for 100%. Unforgettable experience, what a phenomenal little game.

On top of those, got to spend some time checking out the new Soulframe update. Very cool stuff in there and should keep me busy for a while, I checked out last update with the crafting rework but this update was what it needed to stick the landing.

beansOS

What’s wild is I’m pretty sure these popped up less than a week after it happened

it legitimately looks AI generated tbh