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The great thing about the end of the world is as follows; depending on how close you are to the conclusion, you’ll have absolutely no problems to worry about in the near immediate future. Gotta love when the silver lining is so shiny The goal yesterday was to commence discussion about the recently released Super… Read more
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In a world of overachievers, I advocate for a more modest means of personal satisfaction. A “good enough” mentality will help set you up for life in the realm of stress free self-empowerment I’m aware there is a lot of tonal whiplash in my style from day to day here on Active Time Event; one… Read more
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Life ain’t simple, and anyone who tells you otherwise may just be unintentionally telling on themselves in the worst way imaginable. Where there be dreams, must also exist nightmares Much like the game, my articles about Mixtape have been non-traditional, not as much a dictation on a game, but more along the lines of the… Read more
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As someone who is chronically stricken with stubborn cynicism, setting realistic expectations on a regular basis feels like an absurd prospect. Though no other way has ever made any more sense to me by days end As I continue my playthrough of Mixtape, I remind myself of a phrase I once heard in reference to… Read more
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We all go through weird phases; it’s just a part of growing up. No worries, you’ll grow out of these nonsensical ways of living in no time… Recently, I needed a refocusing of sorts, In a “back to basics” approach, as I felt as if I had become off-kilter and not on point. That is… Read more
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Sometimes, what we envision for ourselves is not always the reality that comes to pass. Time often makes fools of us all, sadly… We’ve been diving into some interesting introspective places in the Words of Wisdom series recently, and as I self-reflect upon them, I think one beautiful aspect of where we start on our… Read more
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(Bloody Sunday by Pol Ledent) I think people have become so afraid of making mistakes, they’re too paralyzed to even want to live anymore. As a fan of existentialist philosophy, it should come as no surprise I’m a big fan of Soren Kierkegaard (K’), who is generally considered one of the original points of origin… Read more
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It’s always with the benefit of hindsight do we truly appreciate our experiences for what they truly were. Appreciate may be the wrong word in some cases… As I close the book on my recent “Bonding Experience” with my GoldenEye 64 replay, I take a small breather and moment of reflection before blasting immediately onto… Read more
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As Mark Twain asserted; history doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme. This would go a long way in explaining why my philosophical lamentations sound so sing songy Here we are, at the end of all things. At least, at the end of all things GoldenEye 64 related, as we bring to a close a… Read more
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Bonus content and secret levels in video games are great for two important reasons: one, they act as a nice surprise that keeps me playing longer, and two, playing longer means effortlessly extending the amount of time before I have to return to the real world and deal with the endless litany of annoying assholes… Read more
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While the Marvel Cinematic Universe gets a lot of praise for post credits surprises, they were not the first ones to do it, as the Muppets beat them to the punch decades before hand. When worlds collide: the thought of Animal being apart of The Avengers initiative holds great interest for me With 007 finally… Read more
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A sentiment I touched upon recently, and one that relates to an age old wisdom, is that the journey is always more interesting than the destination. The gooners know…good lord, do they know Finally out of the deep, dark depths of the Caverns that our winding narrative took us through, GoldenEye 64 reaches its apex… Read more
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Find fun in the friction…or prepare yourself for boredom saecula saeculorum… We’re all there in spirit…We take a brief respite from my replay of GoldenEye 64 (and we were at the last level too! Grr…) to commit ourselves to a segment that I like to call “Words of Wisdom”, as I detail some ideas, personal… Read more
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The old saying goes it’s always darkest before the dawn… …and sometimes, *you* continue to persist as the darkest thing sulking about, even after the dawn After the impressively vile and rampantly chaotic liquid shitting episode that any replay of the level Control turns out to be (at least on 00 Agent), we move into… Read more
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Though this next bit of darkly shaded humor may mean nothing to you at the moment, after reading this write-up about one of the final missions in GoldenEye, I urge you to go read The Myth of Sisyphus (or at least a tl;dr summary), to truly appreciate the idea behind the premise of this article,… Read more
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We get by with a little help from our friends… …no matter what’s on the agenda for the day After admiring some trans-continental bilingualism in the form of broadcasting self-aware meta media-literacy on a train yesterday, we move on from a proper derailing and find our selves in the Jungle, as our replay of GoldenEye… Read more
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Sticking the landing is key in any good routine We often end up being victims of our own success After a dreadful mucking about in a metaphoric desert, one overflowing with conceptual sand of a coarse and irritating nature by even the roughest of standards, we gasp dryly for some kind of refreshing sense of… Read more
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We all end up “oofing” every now and then, even the best of us… …it’s only when the oofing continues to persist does it end up turning into a big ole pile of yikes LAST TIME, ON GOLDENEYE Z! 64!, after super sonic racing right through the Archives level, in a fine testament to speedrunning,… Read more
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In times of stressful need, one has to have effective ways to blow off some steam, in order to give themselves a little self love, for the sake of cognitive clarity and psychological well being. …cause it’s definitely going to get worse before it gets better After our brief excursion with ATE’s weekly Words of… Read more
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Alright, I’m going to take a quick break for a second from my riveting replay of GoldenEye 64, as it is monday, where I take the time every week to help lighten the load, by sharing some much needed words of wisdom… As is often the case with the hunt for wisdom, it’s not about… Read more
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An old turn of phrase suggests one “stop to smell the roses”. Whoever said this never stopped to consider the possibility of one having taken a shit in the flower bed before you got there, and now you’re profusely gagging after taking a huge whiff of floral asshole Today, on our continuing replay of GoldenEye… Read more
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In the grand scheme of things, context takes on many forms; one child’s energetic playtime may be an adult’s calming respite. There even existed a store, way back in the 20th century that even allowed consumers to rent such “context” Powering on through our replay of GoldenEye 64, and now that we have safely escaped… Read more
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In the grand alchemical experiment that is life, it always boils down to just how many failures it takes to amass before one is finally able to transmute all of them into a single success. Basically every speedrunner’s mantra As we press on with our replay of GoldenEye 64, it’s hard for me to tell… Read more
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Andy Warhol was reportedly quoted as declaring the following: “Isn’t life a series of images that change as they repeat themselves?” Look no further than Simpsons shitposting for an example of the cursed standard repetition lay bare, as the recursive nature of history repeating itself sees the very fabric of social connection begin to deteriorate,… Read more
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They say never judge a book by its cover. People say a lot of stupid fucking things, don’t they? As we move forward with our replay of GoldenEye 64, after a brief excursion into totally off the map, extra canonical bullshit territory, with our trapesing through the terrifying terrain that troublingly terrorizes with titanic thermonbaric… Read more
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Amdist the bombast and the bullet holes, the violence born of national woes, stands tall and proud the human spirit, with all of their eloquent prose. Well, if it’s true what they say about people being made in “god’s image”, then god is just some freak ass gooner chud pumping loads to Power Rangers porn… Read more
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Though I’m not entirely certain I’ve articulated this thought in writing on ATE before, it’s certainly one that bears repeating now: fail faster. The faster you fuck it up, the faster you can either find out how to fix this shit, or figure out how to do it better next time Been awhile since I… Read more
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“Men are more governed by their passions then reason”, a paraphrasing of a sentiment expressed by philosopher David Hume. In the realm of gaming, this loosely translates to: hang the sense of it, ask yourself the real question: is it cool? Cool happens when your heart is in the right place Dovetailing from my last… Read more
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Flirting with disaster is always more fun when you’re the one holding the ace up your sleeve. After I used the word disaster, Reagan popped into my mind. How peculiar… As we continue on with our little soiree behind the iron curtain, and sally forth with our “Bonding Experience” as we replay Goldeneye 64, we… Read more
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What goes up, must come down …and the bigger they are… Following on the heels of a post I found rather peak, peak enough that I strongly considered just going out on a high note and saying hang the sense of doing the rest of the god damn runthrough of Goldeneye 64, cause there’s no… Read more
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The quote from The Big Lebowski sums it up pretty well: “Sometimes you eat the bar, and sometimes…the bar eats you.” A friendly reminder that life is full of ups and downs, strikes and gutters, and you’ve just got to take them as they come, and maintain your sense of chill and calm no matter… Read more
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The design ethics of GoldenEye 64 brings to mind that quote from Futurama: “When you do things right, people won’t be sure you’ve done anything at all.” And other times, expectations are just too damn ridiculous to begin with Continuing on from yesterday, where I finally made my triumphant return to the world of the… Read more
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In a justified moment of reverence to the likes of Thomas Edison, “I’ve not failed, I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work”. Adjusted expectations are vital to a healthy state of mind There is no avoiding the reality that this article represents a “shaking of the cobwebs off” kind of moment, as I took… Read more
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It is said that the space right outside of your own comfort zone, is the optimal space for self-improvement, leading me to believe if one is anxious about the very essence of the everyday, the most masochistic of us become champions within the realm of the auto-didactic. Be hard: be Picard Hard. I usually come… Read more
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Before we can accept the love of others, we need to be able to accept the love of ourselves. Can love bloom, even in an ominous dark cloud? As I was sitting down to see what I could concot in a blood shot eye induced 11th hour Words of Wisdom before I turn in at… Read more
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We tend to overthink the everyday, as it is truly the simple things that matter most. Darren gets it I have so much thought bursting forth from my metaphysical self, and yet so little energy to fully fathom it. With that said, I think it’s going to have to be a much shorter (and more… Read more
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To be silly is to be wise: when one gooses; one rebels. To wit; goose as hard as you fucking can I’m not at my most refined or heightened sense of thinking and writing this week, but all the more reason to try my hand at producing something of value, as the idea of only… Read more
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Paradox Of Self- Ohio: …So you’re saying that we aren’t really ourselves? Pash: Well, I don’t know if I’m saying that…the me that is a part of us might be saying that. Ohio: The collective us? Or You and Me? Pash: Depends on the moment. Ohio: So we are never the same collective Us’s that… Read more
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Let’s make today special… This is the time of year where any little bit matters, as the weight of the everyday becomes a crushing reminder of the pretense of existence. Absolute insanity unseats the realm, as every minute transforms into the equivalent of a lifetimes endeavor. Gaming usually drifts by the wayside around January, as… Read more
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Context is key in understanding the full reality of any given moment. Looks on the level to me Yesterday’s post brings into focus the importance of perspective, as what one focuses on, maybe more accurately, how one focuses, can contribute dramatically in building not just ones worldview, but how they let that worldview shape them.… Read more
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When all else fails, fail harder. An a for effort, at the very least I know this might sound strange, but I venture a bet you may yet understand what I reference, there is a split mind moment going on with me right now. The split exists between reason and emotionality, and I’m not suggesting… Read more
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If we are all very lucky, our own most ridiculous mistakes will lead to surprisingly amazing outcomes. What else would we do to fill in the empty hours while we exist in a self-manufactured hell of our own creation? Now that void week is well and truly behind us, we collectively move forward with only… Read more
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Even on our best days, and in spite of sincere efforts, sometimes, it feels like communicating with others is too herculean a task to bear. That face you make when after attempting to explain yourself for the fifth time, and the other person still just doesn’t fucking get it Just as a preface, I was… Read more
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For some, it’s a happy new year to celebrate… …for others, well…’Happy’ is a very strong word Which, I’m not too far off from, to be honest, but it’s really just been more of a slow start to the year than an abjectly disgusting one, thankfully. To that point, I’m not quite sure where the… Read more
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We have entered into a rather grim part of the year…that being the ever lamentable dregs of Joyless January, which I argue always brings forth the vibe of an emotionally bankrupt black hole that no joy can escape from within the spacetime continuum. Double your pleasure… In an ill conceived attempt in thinking I can… Read more
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Not all who wander are lost… Others still, are just lost causes As I was finishing up “The Art of Losing” yesterday, the vibe it brought forth carried a certain finality to it, as if it was one of the last great insights I had the ability to muster, in sharing my deconstruction of Mario… Read more
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When you can’t beat em: help them beat other people. An insane world demands crazy standards With void week nearly over, and the spacetime continuum jolting back into its proper volumized moment of “nowish” in question, the frozen absurdity of humanities follies regain virality unabated, and with it, totality of disappointment made manifest afresh once… Read more
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Let it not be said how existentially relevant the doctrine involving the military strategy MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) has been to humanity at large. In a MAD world, some pterodactyls just want to watch the world burn My continued exploration into the depths of Mario Kart World’s (MKW) metagame has been an engaging effort, to… Read more
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As we continue to trudge with aimless abandon through the inane purgatory that is void week, we persist right alongside all of the air conditioned nightmares and blue collar existentialism along with it. Such a sense of isolation and monotony is enough to send one screaming hysterically into the night I continue to spend time… Read more
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Remember folks; when navigating your way through emergency landing maneuvering, it’s always best to focus on the ground, not the turbulence. It is a fundamental motivator to know how to keep one’s “eye on the prize” in times of need This is an excellent insight to have, especially when one pairs the wisdom with other… Read more
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In the process of finding oneself, experimentation is necessary. Have the confidence to be the monster under someone else’s bed My track record of analysis in most regards remains firmly anchored in the realm of proven standard, though I would be remiss of authenticity if I wasn’t honest about how utterly baffled I am at… Read more
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Expectation is often what occurs when one sees the world as they prefer to imagine it vs what it tends to be in actuality. Needless to say, often disappointing as a result Yesterday was rife with flow…tis a predictable shame that impermanence reinforced the notion of good things and the time limits that haunt them,… Read more
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“Broadening one’s horizons” doesn’t always translate into an unequivocally good thing. When keeping it real goes wrong, yuletide edition. In grappling with the truth that confronts me, in all of its profanely greasy textures… the one involving the essence of what makes Mario Kart World the kind of racer it really is, I’m finding it… Read more
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The last week of December is truly the no man’s land of modern civilization: just keep your head down, and hope for the best, as the apathetic insanity can’t last forever. Clocking into a shift feeling like getting ready to throw hands with a Balrog I was a bit ambitious yesterday, in both naming my… Read more
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The horrors of the world do not cease to be just because some yuletide nightmare makes real its presence through the warped insanity of decked halls bluster. (Pictured related) Which is just my own way of saying Happy Holidays of course, though I almost feel silly having to make such an obvious message even more… Read more
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Sometimes, the most important thing we can do in a day is make a mistake, in order to learn from it for future prosperity. When life gives you grapples, make grappleade My time with Expedition 33 (E33) has been an enjoyable one, and while I still have a ways to go before I finish the… Read more
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To borrow a wondrously inspiring quote from Hunter S. Thompson: “When the going gets weird…the weird turn pro.” Be the weird professional you want to see in the world Well, this is going to be a strained effort, as I am in the worst possible mood I can be, but I must still find a… Read more
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Exhaustion gets the best of all of us, and sometimes, one is too tired to even realize one is too tired. How I looked yesterday trying to finish my article on time Yesterday was a complete shit show, and I’m surprised everything turned out as well as it did. I’m guessing due to burning the… Read more
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Sometimes, you gotta go fast. Always quick with the helpful wisdom Unfortunately, due to a technological hiccup, I basically ran out of time to do much of anything of merit, in terms of an excellently crafted idea in regards to a much longer article. Instead, I thought I would comment on some quotes from a… Read more
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The presence of good does not magically negate the simultaneity of bad by proxy. You’ll have trouble decking the halls once you catch these hands There remains a wealth of content ahead of me in Expedition 33 (E33), of this, I have no doubts. What, with the game mirroring most of the magical machinations a… Read more
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They say it’s always darkest before the dawn… Yet for others, it remains perpetual fucking midnight As I continue to trek through the misery and mire of Expedition 33 (E33), it must not be understated the importance the game puts on the valuable beauty of impermanence, in not taking for granted what is here today,… Read more
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Depending on one’s outlook of what December entails, “the holiday spirit” looks a whole lot different for some people than it does for others. As in, some people feel as if the holiday spirit has evil intent, having violently entered their body, and are now in immediate need of an exorcist to expel the yuletide… Read more
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Remember folks: just because you feel like bucking the trend of traditionality, does not mean it will always work out for the best. “wHy Is ThIs gAmE sO dIfFiCuLt?’ said every loud Metal Gear Solid player ever As Expedition 33 (E33) continues to enrapture me, I soldier forward; its world full of dread and woe… Read more
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Though it may not seem like it, one always has a choice in how they make their everyday count. Sadly, I think most people are so busy exploring the “fuck around phase” in the worst ways possible during the course of their life, the “find out phase” usually involves them in a coffin While I’m… Read more
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The holidays bring many things with them….a sense of gobsmacked incredulity is among the worst qualities involved. The yuletide horrors persist, but so do I The continued trek through Expediton 33 (E33) continues, though not quite at an agreeable pace, at the moment. As is the case with any given work week, both exhaustion and… Read more
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Out of all the decisions one makes in the everyday, the priority that should top everyone’s list should be becoming the best version of themselves on behalf of everyone around them, as if everyone followed this as a guiding light in the realm of philosophical dictum, we would all literally benefit as a result. Of… Read more
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Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t. They might be “bad guys”, but that doesn’t make them “bad guys”? The examination of human nature in direct contrast to the mechanistic tendencies needed in applying oneself to the demanding dexterous proclivities of Expedition 33’s (E33) parry system, made for a surprisingly sobering read,… Read more
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To be or not to be…that is the question, and with it, the rest of horrifying existence follows. Be the motherfucker you wish to see in the world My delightful yet arduous journey through Expedition 33 (E33) spurs on, as both the limitations of the real and the hyperreal test my resolve, and with it,… Read more
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If you’re anything like me, you’ve accidentally become a master at tripping over the finish line. The home stretch be like that some times Upon further reflection, the article I posted on the 7th, had a ridiculous irony in being titled “Something Beautiful, But Annihilating, as it ended up being a bit chunky, even after… Read more
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The familiar doesn’t always mean favorable. So very tried of outdated standards…. Expedition 33 (E33) continues to deliver in most ways fathomable, not fixing what isn’t broken about the old school way of doing things, yet mediating some of the less favorable elements that haunted turn based RPGs of old. These kinds of moments always… Read more
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Perspective matters. One creature’s hiking trail is another creature’s lunch buffet Words of Wisdom has ventured into delightfully alien lands of conceptual earnesty these past several weeks, and I’m pleased that my broadcasting of observation made real through intent, of the format needing to become, for lack of more technically effective terminology, more “loosey-goosey“, was… Read more
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The march of time waits for no one, and yesterday’s standards becomes today’s exceptions. For example, back in the 90’s, the gaming industry use to operate within the context of a “low yikes” standard of financial viability, whereas these days, the industry is now deep in the “critical high yikes” stage of tolerable financial turmoil… Read more
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To parry or not parry an enemies attack…that is the question. Really puts practice into perspective, as it becomes an exercise in negating regret As I effortlessly glide through the enchanting wilds Expedition 33 (E33) continues to conjure for me, I find it quite hard not to take a moment in soaking in the sights… Read more
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One must find effective ways to mitigate stress in these trying yuletide times, in whatever form that takes. Violence is never the answer…until it is. After what started out as a more somber reflection on the introductory moments to Expedition 33 (E33), I then surprised myself with budding thoughts of a bizarrely warm nature, in… Read more
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Even if one finds this time of year cringey, it’s still important to share in the holiday spirit of what matters most. Maladaptive coping mechanisms and trauma induced humor, for example Having finally launched myself into Expedition 33 (E33), after ruminating on when the time was right to commence such an endeavor, I figured ending… Read more
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Death: the final farewell…the last destination, and an immutable truth that everyone must come to terms with sooner than later. Some of us with much healthier mindsets on the matter than others The grim reality involving the specter of time relentlessly haunting me, is a reality I’ve had to acknowledge and accept as a part… Read more
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Breaking down The Stanley Parable, deconstructing its postmodernism, and analyzing the idea of what “meta” and narrative entail. Read more
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All of us want *to kick ass* in our everyday, sometimes we just need a little help in order to do so. *for a helpful translation guide for all of our British readers* I often chuckle to myself during the late hours of any given Monday, as per usual, I am always trying to come… Read more
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Sometimes, you gotta take an L to eventually score a big win. Spoilers: Foreshadowing While I am fond of both sustained contemplation and virtual interloping, I tend to pick up my ball and go home far sooner than most others would who enjoy either activity with the same level of deep commitment. Dwelling, at least… Read more
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Life is full of decisions: the true trouble is never in the deliberation process, but in living with the consequences thereafter. It always boils down to that essential question: Who are others? Hot on the heels of yesterday’s post, which discussed the grandeur of rapidity via speedrunning , as I dig my digits into the… Read more
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Curiosity should never cease, as it is reality itself that is comprised of questions. So many questions*** Even though I wrapped up Metal Gear Solid 3 (MGS3) yesterday, does not mean I am done with the title just yet. As I made mention in that article, too, there is something about the first runthrough that… Read more
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The greatest value one can harvest from the garden of history, is the fruitful lessons that come to bear when given a second glance. Though we are often haunted by the mistakes of our shared history by those who refuse educational standard There is something to be said of the worth of adversity, and the… Read more
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The world seems best appreciated vicariously through the metaphysical virtues that care and reasoning may provide, though it is most often only enjoyed for the shallow offerings that vice and consumption may offer us. It do be like that sometimes My journey into the heart of the Cold War has been a surprisingly cynical experience,… Read more
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There’s a fascinating phenomenon observed in Lacanian psychoanalysis which showcases that human beings do not want what they actually think they want, causing themselves massive grief in the process. Time makes wise fools of us all Before I further expound about the proposition I just opened with, I did want to say that the Words… Read more
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What kind of solutions one comes up with can reveal a lot about their problem solving capabilities. Some methods more effective than others Anyone who has been following Active Time Event for awhile now, might be familiar with Words of Wisdom, which is essentially a series I do every week, where I share some insight… Read more
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Self-awareness is key in our ceaseless investigation of the everyday. Allowing us to discover essential truths about ourselves, that lead to a much greater sense of contentment Yesterday’s schedule really got away from me, which I feel was very apparent in my article, one of many that has continued to detail my current playthrough of… Read more
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The most important things that influence what we know lie beyond the realm of our current comprehension, thus, it is what we don’t know that shapes our reality more than what we do. We are often our own biggest victims My playthrough of Metal Gear Solid: Delta, the remake of MGS3: Snake Eater, has been… Read more
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Let it not be said that having a healthy mindset based in awareness is vital in coping and understanding the everyday. Bear in mind, “understanding” doesn’t necessarily equate to a good or fun time, mind you. Feeling deeply cynical this day, which is a shame, not so much because I have a strong intuition to… Read more
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There is a thin line between love and hate. My approach here on Active Time Event, at least when my head is in the right place and everything is coming together in an appropriate way, attempts to replicate the reasonable machinations one would find within the realm of philosophy, as my mind is inclined in… Read more
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Personal discovery is integral in the learning process, and thusly, an essential and underrated part of gaming. Self-awareness shall set you free; it allows one to realize fear is the fuel for the gas can called courage My writing occasionally takes me to places I had not yet conceived of when sitting down to initially… Read more
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One must always look at the output of a system to see its relative value, this sentiment does not exclude the notion of society at large, the ultimate system of transactional nature. From beyond the grave, the ghosts remain entertained at the livings collective failures There exists this perverse sense of obtuseness when I consider… Read more
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We do the best with what we’ve got. Which doesn’t always pan out in looking impressive, given the day A thought occurred to me awhile ago that Words of Wisdom was likely going to have to change format over time, for a couple of obvious reasons. Firstly, this is not a self-help blog, so while… Read more
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As we get into the endgame of 2025, one must prioritize steeling their resolve, to give themselves a fighting chance in the face of impending chaos. Print out and use this helpful scale to manage and track your stress levels as we near the beginning of December Pondering further about the newly introduced systems Kojima… Read more
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When designing a video game, one must accommodate for the lowest common denominator, when creating a fool proof, accessible system. To that point, I’m reminded of a quote attributed to a park ranger who reportedly once said: “There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists”, and I think… Read more
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Life can have quite the cruel sense of humor, in that sometimes, in order to get things just right, you must first experience things going very wrong. Progress is rarely linear… Yesterday, I more or less explicated about some personal history I had with the Metal Gear Solid (MGS) series, in attempting to frame both… Read more
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Time and tide wait for no man. Even the rare individuals who have mastered “time management”, as it were… My years as a freelance writer have taken me through many years of bizarre madness, and it’s quite an odd pretense to look back and consider everything behind me at this point. One of the demented… Read more
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I find that the only way to get through an astonishingly bleak scenario is to laugh your way through it. The rebellious nature of laughter in the face of abject horror grants us temporary invincibility Yesterday, I sat down with the idea in mind to write an article about the transformative context of language due… Read more
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The march of time is cruel and relentless… I’m guessing that’s why so many of us suffer cases of arrested development and remain children so often during “unprecedented times” As I ponder which direction I should head next in the wide verse of gaming, but before I begin to move in the most enviable of… Read more
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Life must be lived forward to be understood backwards, as Kierkegaard pointed out, and with good reason. A rich, varied sense of lived experience is key in conjuring up worthwhile insight, which in turn, if comprehended effectively, can be applied productively in meaningful ways for future posterity. This graph should help illustrate my point Which… Read more
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It takes all kinds to make a world… And if we borrow from the logic inherent in genetic legacy, the more diverse the better November has been quite the queer journey through spacetime, as its only been a little over a week since the month began, and yet October feels like yesterday. I suppose I… Read more
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It’s always with the benefit of hindsight do we truly appreciate our experiences for what they truly were. Appreciate may be the wrong word in some cases… As I close the book on my recent “Bonding Experience” with my GoldenEye 64 replay, I take a small breather and moment of reflection before blasting immediately onto… Read more
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To be silly is to be wise: when one gooses; one rebels. To wit; goose as hard as you fucking can I’m not at my most refined or heightened sense of thinking and writing this week, but all the more reason to try my hand at producing something of value, as the idea of only… Read more
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Let’s make today special… This is the time of year where any little bit matters, as the weight of the everyday becomes a crushing reminder of the pretense of existence. Absolute insanity unseats the realm, as every minute transforms into the equivalent of a lifetimes endeavor. Gaming usually drifts by the wayside around January, as… Read more
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When all else fails, fail harder. An a for effort, at the very least I know this might sound strange, but I venture a bet you may yet understand what I reference, there is a split mind moment going on with me right now. The split exists between reason and emotionality, and I’m not suggesting… Read more
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Expectation is often what occurs when one sees the world as they prefer to imagine it vs what it tends to be in actuality. Needless to say, often disappointing as a result Yesterday was rife with flow…tis a predictable shame that impermanence reinforced the notion of good things and the time limits that haunt them,… Read more
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The last week of December is truly the no man’s land of modern civilization: just keep your head down, and hope for the best, as the apathetic insanity can’t last forever. Clocking into a shift feeling like getting ready to throw hands with a Balrog I was a bit ambitious yesterday, in both naming my… Read more
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The horrors of the world do not cease to be just because some yuletide nightmare makes real its presence through the warped insanity of decked halls bluster. (Pictured related) Which is just my own way of saying Happy Holidays of course, though I almost feel silly having to make such an obvious message even more… Read more
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Sometimes, you gotta go fast. Always quick with the helpful wisdom Unfortunately, due to a technological hiccup, I basically ran out of time to do much of anything of merit, in terms of an excellently crafted idea in regards to a much longer article. Instead, I thought I would comment on some quotes from a… Read more
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The holidays bring many things with them….a sense of gobsmacked incredulity is among the worst qualities involved. The yuletide horrors persist, but so do I The continued trek through Expediton 33 (E33) continues, though not quite at an agreeable pace, at the moment. As is the case with any given work week, both exhaustion and… Read more
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Out of all the decisions one makes in the everyday, the priority that should top everyone’s list should be becoming the best version of themselves on behalf of everyone around them, as if everyone followed this as a guiding light in the realm of philosophical dictum, we would all literally benefit as a result. Of… Read more
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Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t. They might be “bad guys”, but that doesn’t make them “bad guys”? The examination of human nature in direct contrast to the mechanistic tendencies needed in applying oneself to the demanding dexterous proclivities of Expedition 33’s (E33) parry system, made for a surprisingly sobering read,… Read more
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The familiar doesn’t always mean favorable. So very tried of outdated standards…. Expedition 33 (E33) continues to deliver in most ways fathomable, not fixing what isn’t broken about the old school way of doing things, yet mediating some of the less favorable elements that haunted turn based RPGs of old. These kinds of moments always… Read more
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Life must be lived forward to be understood backwards, as Kierkegaard pointed out, and with good reason. A rich, varied sense of lived experience is key in conjuring up worthwhile insight, which in turn, if comprehended effectively, can be applied productively in meaningful ways for future posterity. This graph should help illustrate my point Which… Read more