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Guess who'd never heard of Guy Savage until last week? It is me, the Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater-liker. I had no clue who or what Guy Savage was until I saw a very confusing repost on Bluesky last Friday. "Guy Savage nightmare game confirmed for MGS Delta Snake Eater, developed by Platinum Games". I read that post multiple times in an attempt to untangle the meaning, and could not make head nor tail of it. Who or what is Guy Savage? Is the mention of Snake Eater a copy/paste error? Platinum Games, what? My head hurt, so I decided to treat the message as nonsense. None of my business. I resumed scrolling. But he kept appearing on my feed. Guy Savage this, Guy Savage that. I eventually found a link to a  news story  and all was revealed. I was confused, a tad embarrassed, but mostly fascinated by this bonus mini game that had somehow eluded me for twenty years. For those who are unaware (embarrassing!), Guy Savage is a hack-and-slash mini game hidden in MGS3, which only...

I've been on holiday. A trip back to the UK for two weeks. Sun? Yes, there was a bit. Pretty decent for an English summer. Sea? Only seen from the plane as we crossed over from mainland Europe. CEX? Yes, several times. It's lovely seeing family of course, but I also get excited about the little things when I go back to the UK. Popping in to Tesco, buying socks that fit properly, Marmite on toast for breakfast, takeout from the curry house, jogging an old route, and a trip or two to CEX to buy games. I'm not sure whether I ever stepped foot in a CEX, a leading retailer of second-hand media, when I lived in the UK. Maybe there were less of them? I certainly didn't buy many used games back then, and I'd save most of my retro purchases for trips to Japan. But now that I live outside the UK, I consider CEX a little treat and will visit a couple of times whenever I'm back. Inside CEX, the UK residents are looking for a few quid off PS5 games, and the collectors are co...