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I am really loving Peace Walker, so I decided I wanted to play more of the Co-Ops. I sent out the call on twitter, and October Mermaid said “Yes, let’s play!” I figured it would just be us, taking on a few of the bosses, but when I booted up Adhoc Party and joined her, it turned out something else was going on.

We were going to play with randoms.

Now, this is something I would never even dream of on Xbox. Playing a co-op game with random jackasses from the internet seems like a great way to ruin your night. Still, I was already there, so I decided to give it a try.

It was fucking awesome.

I don’t know if it was the lack of good ways to communicate or just the community around Adhoc Party, but man, everyone I played with was polite and fun. Even after Maggie disappeared, I kept playing with people. My Snake was very under-leveled, and we were playing missions from the end of the game, so I wasn’t really all that much help. At the same time, I was having a blast, and people weren’t complaining that I wasn’t able to bring in key equipment, like the Ambulance Cardboard Box that everyone seemed to have. It was fun.

It was then that I realized that the Japanese really are on to something here. If I could do this with random people during my day to day routine, I would do it a lot. Especially things like DQ9’s tag mode: I would never not do it. It’s just plain fun. Adhoc Party was managing to bring a little of that to me, and I really appreciated it. I wonder if it’s always like this on there. Maybe I should jump on again soon and find out.