Dear Wil,

You missed your posting duties yesterday, and I’m going to be flying / at airports all day tomorrow, so I decided to get a post in to fill in the void. 

As you know, I’m a pretty die-hard fan of the MGS series. With that said, this week has been a bitch to deal with. I don’t own a PS3 and will be in constant travel for the next year, so there is no way to justify buying one / I don’t trust myself not to break it while moving around. Trying to avoid the spoilers of MGS 4 and the depression of not being able to play it led me to recently buying Metal Gear Acid for PSP. I just purchased a PSP about a month ago and had been yet to pick up any of the Metal Gear games. I figured now was a better time than ever. In essence, MGA is my nicorette gum.

The point I wanted to make is that Metal Gear Acid is actually a really good game. For some reason, it received a lot of poor reviews, but I’m really enjoying it so far. I have to keep reminding myself that it’s a metal gear game and that I’m supposed to be sneaking and not killing everyone on the map (like most turn-based strategy games), but otherwise it’s a blast. There’s plenty of good nostalgic goodies, and the story is somewhat interesting so far (although it seems to be a relative diversion from typical MGS games).

But in all reality — damn, I wish I could be playing MGS4 right now.

-Dalton