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Where will I be, though? I'm like Carmen San Diego, only confined to Texas. lol

I think they may have changed things around from NES to PS2. They definitely changed that thing telling you to turn off your PS2, lol. 

"Hideo Kojima designed the original Metal Gear, which debuted in Japan and Europe in 1987 for the MSX2 computer platform.^[1] A separate team created a heavily modified Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) port of the game that was released in Japan, North America and Europe."

All of that is from Wikipedia, taken from a couple Gamespot articles. It sounds like maybe the PS2 version you played was the version that was initially released on MSX2, and not the NES port I played online a while ago. I'm curious now what all the differences are. 

So I was told. Actually, I want to ask you, you downloaded some software to make your OS more like 7/XP right? Where do I find that and how much would it cost? For now, I think I'll get used to using 8 on a non-touch-screen, but for further on down the line, I may want to know how to get this classic view, or is it just an option on the newer ones?

The most flamboyantly British-sounding one I could find. Couldn't afford his sassy, binary-speaking companion, though. 

This is interesting, and something I might check out once my new laptop arrives. Does it come in flat out Spanish? I figure that might be a good way to relearn me some language. My rustiness cost me a job about a year ago. Granted, that job was at a very stressful looking Wells Fargo, but nonetheless, I'll take all the "edutaining" routes I can get, if available. Every time Alex writes a blog, I kind of feel ashamed my Spanish is nowhere near as good as his English.

We shall see. At very least, I think the free stuff will run smoothly. So I'm happy about that. 

I actually would like inFamous and Killzone out of the gate. What I wouldn't like is being a guinea pig for potential hardware issues and spending $400 on something I don't necessarily need ... especially since, as I understand, my new laptop can handle a decent level of games if I were to use it that way. 

I can't remember what my backlog looks like, but I wonder if I even want to beat Spirit Tracks now. 

Yup. Amazon had the same base price as NewEgg, but it was also charging tax and what I thought were too-high shipping costs. I think that version had a Blu-Ray player and was black, so looked sleaker, but for more than $30 less and I can have it in just a few days, I'll take the NewEgg deal. I need a DVD writer more than a Blu Ray player anyway. 

Do not feel too bad, I might still be using my Dell D620 for Office should I not feel like spending $80 for University Office right away or Open Office doesn't have all my needed features. It's all I had through undergraduate. That and a different Dell that was also a slow, free, hand-me-down from my computer teacher mom, that had to be reformatted (which is how I learned of Open Office) and that's when I was sent the shiny, new D620 in the mail. And you better believe it was damn shiny by comparison! lol

Also, at work, there is a D630 that runs teleprompter. What the hell is it with the D6 series of Dells? lol Anyway, I can definitely understand where you are coming from. Hang in there, mine at least does everything I need before it blue screens. My mom said they cleaned the dust out of some at work, and that got another year out of them. I think I might do something stupid with our vacuum here soon.