What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

Metal Gear Solid (Playstation Classic)

September 18th, 2022

I didn't play King of Fighters: Maximum Impact last night and was punished for my hubris.

My biggest game activity yesterday was to try Metal Gear Solid on my Playstation Classic. The bad choice of system is a crucial part of this story. I played the first half hour and got fairly into it, but during the first chunk of exposition, after I got on the elevator without getting killed, I realized that the Playstation Classic's screen goes to sleep fairly quickly, which in this case, caused me to miss some of the "go here or go there" instructions from the commander! Why would Sony have made a system with a famous chatty game built in that automatically dims the screen if the game gets chatty? It seems like such a dumb choice.

Last night, I calmly saved my game, put the Playstation Classic up on a shelf, and sent a wall of text complaining about it to a friend. Today, I'm trying to figure out if I might just be able to get through it by idly tapping a shoulder button during cutscenes, if there's a setting that I missed, or something like that. I shouldn't have been shocked that a famously dumb mini console has more dumb features than I realized, but still, it sucks.

Once I was done being irritated about that, I turned on Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards to see that a couple play sessions worth of progress had been wiped out. Nintendo Switch Online had not done that to me before, and I was not thrilled. It's not a chore to replay levels in a Kirby game, but I was in no mood for it then.

Ultimately, I ended up playing a few puzzle mode levels in Pokemon Puzzle League. I was too annoyed to really enjoy it, and it's my least favorite mode of the game to boot, but my luck will be better today.

Well... I did start things off by ordering a hot drink at Starbucks and getting an iced one, but scooping the ice out, dumping it into another cup, and microwaving it took care of that. Hopefully at least any video game related activities I choose to undertake will go better, anyway!