Original Stream date: January 5, 2026 In an effort to play through the games I received as Christmas gifts in 2025 I hosted a poll on my discord channel to see what people wanted to see first. Metal Gear Rising won with a pretty large margin so we're diving right in. Unfortunately I... Don't like it. Or I didn't, at first. The combat doesn't mesh with me, the story is pretty laughable, and I felt like this wasn't really for me. But the further I get into it, the more fun it turns out to be, so I think I'll keep going and see how it turns out. If you'd like to see more games like this covered live on stream, please let me know in the comments, or visit the streams every day over at twitch.tv/the8bitmike