Story byRivers McCownThu, December 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM UTC·9 min readIn Metal Gear Solid 2, a clearly malfunctioning AI Colonel (wow, the game really was ahead of its time) at some point tells you "Actually, I am in really bad shape financially, I pay money to my ex-wife as part of our divorce settlement, among other bills ... I just had no choice but to make you pay for lunch the other day. I'm really sorry." The tone on his "sorry" is slightly disturbed, a little overstressed, and makes you feel that the intent is not actually there behind the word. That's how I feel about our Week 13 FLEX Finder results.