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On Metal Gear Survive and toxic fandom.

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                                                                                                                                         Hey there memory buffs, it your old pal: Ein Jakaal, welcome back to memory beats reality the place where I examine the old and how it holds up to reality . Obviously I do other things here too and today we have a tasty op ed by yours truly.    So, as you may know, Metal Gear Survive came out about a week ago and most people won’t give it a chance after the messy break-up between creator Hideo Kojima and his former employer Konami. This is not to say that some people out there (myself included) aren’t going to give it a try out of curiosity if nothing else and, I have to say (after about 20 or so hours) that it’s actually kind of fun. This experience of mine is kind of where the op ed begins.    My piece here begins with the lecture I received from a long time friend who was more than a little miffed at my decision to spend M