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  • Words of Wisdom: Disown Your Comfort Zone

    While the week has been mostly a restful one, it did not quite end that way for yours truly, which is never a good time. However, I’ve still got my heart set on sticking to my writing schedule before I hang it up for my work week, so it’s time we consider some Words of… Read more

  • Mina The Hollower: Carving Out A Transcendent Niche

    Best not wait to put off what can be done today by waiting till tomorrow…unless one is like, really tired. I’m of the mind courage is the best policy, though I have to admit, staying in bed is quite comfy, too Yesterday ended up being a nice little detour of an article; I say detour,… Read more

  • The Video Games That Will Outlast You

    Historical perspective is a hell of a wake up call, and it’s astonishing when one looks back, and realizes how some things that seemed so common place one minute were simply gone within a cosmic blink of an eye the next. The future is non-ownable, it turns out. One of those awkward days where I… Read more

  • Mina The Hollower: A Tale Of Two Difficulties

    You never know where the day is going to take you at any given moment. As a cynic, however, my suspicions always remain firmly intact of what to expect from any 24 hour period One of the reasons I feel so vindicated in giving Mina the Hollower so many props where props are due, is… Read more

  • Mina The Hollower: The Self-Sabotaging Methodology That Is “Comfort Zoning”

    They say if you want to improve, you’ve got to go right outside of your comfort zone in order to continue to refine yourself. If your comfort zone is your bed…well, I guess leaving your bedroom can be counted as progress. I mean, the logic is a little schmucky, but much in the same way… Read more

  • Mina The Hollower: Unearthing The Realm Of Darkened Madness

    Always be prepared to go with the flow, even if that flowing ain’t really where you want to be going. I’m not sure why, but in recent days, when I sit down to put some thoughts to screen, almost always for something video game related, I usually have to start the entire process by having… Read more

  • Mina The Hollower: To Parry Or Not To Parry; That Is The Question

    Life can feel like an aimless meanderance from time to time, and as an existentialist, I see absolutely nothing wrong with this eventuality. Ultimately, existence really does just boil down to a series of back to back happenings, when you really think about it I’m guessing this post is going to be more or less… Read more

  • Words Of Wisdom: Need Advice On How Not To Be Trash? Remember- It’s Garbage Can, Not Garbage Can’t!

    Life is going to throw you some curve balls: make sure you’re ready to go up to bat when the time comes. And sometimes the pitcher is just going to straight up nail you in the balls with a bad pitch and there is literally nothing you can do about that While I’m proud of… Read more

  • Mina The Hollower: Dying For Dialectics

    Even at one’s most weakened state, the ideas of our most virtuous selves should remain utterly unshakeable. Even if we’ve had just about every other measurable metric completely beaten the hell out of us Yesterday I started to broach on some headier subject material of Mina The Hollower, by beginning to unravel the metaphysical concepts… Read more

  • Mina The Hollower And The Metaphysical Field Of Divine Aestheticism

    I’m always a advocate for being in the mindset of the here and now: focusing on what’s right in front of you helps to declutter the mind. Besides, the future may not be one of the most reliable sources of comfort one can imagine… My adventures through Mina the Hollower (MtH) continue to be deftly… Read more

  • Mina The Hollower: Getting Off Daddy Ninty’s D

    Politics and philosophy are impossibly interwoven into our every day affairs, and to think otherwise is a delusion of grandeur worthy of only the most misguided of miscreants. That never prevents them from having their depraved versions of fun, however Mina the Hollower (MtH) continues to deliver, even if my betraying mood leads one to… Read more

  • Mina the Hollower: Escaping From The Oppressive Grounds Of Modernity

    In some ways, writing is one of my love languages, as it more or less represents a desire to give back to both the gaming community, and humanity at large, in a moment of surprisingly non-cynical solidarity. It might also be my way of silently acknowledging that every day somehow grows worse than the last,… Read more

  • Mina The Hollower: Existential Dread Of Hedonistic Lament

    There are times in life where everything seems to be going okay for once…and that’s it. You almost get suspicious about the strangely calm nature of the general vibe and sentiment of normality that hangs in the air, that even the slightest hiccup tends to greatly alarm you, as at first paranoid glance, it seems… Read more

  • Gaming Skill Potential: Not All Players Are Created Equal?

    Not everything has to have a point, though that assertion might just be a chaotic musing that springs forth from the mind of a mad existentialist. I mean, when shit like this exists (see above), you look me in the eyes and tell me life makes sense and or has some greater meaning behind it… Read more

  • Words Of Wisdom: Never Lose A Meaningful Lack

    People always talk about “the good old days”, but the truth of the matter is: “the good old days” fucking sucked, though it was the hardships that did make us.Forget about chocolate and peanut butter: the uphill climb and the rolling boulder are low key the GOAT combination We talk a lot on Words of… Read more

  • Mina The Hollower: A Whole Lot Of Depth

    Sometimes, you just got to dig deep down to realize what really matters. The real treasure was all the holes we made along the way My time with Mina the Hollower has been a fruitful one thus far, though I think this definitely falls under the umbrella of thought that says “got a good feeling”… Read more

  • Mina the Hollower: Revealing Bedrock Design

    Some days, even getting out of bed feels as if a nightmarish ordeal, and you just have to summon some grit and bear it. Unless your day is going to look anything like that thing above….then the bed is probably the best place to be Yesterday was a bit of a train wreck, not going… Read more

  • Mina The Hollower: Dig Up, Stupid

    No matter how good it’s going, you are only ever one existential crisis away from questioning your entire existence on some random day. It is on these deeply existential days we all feel like the “+ Nat Geo” of the human race Though I am looking forward to 100%ing Super Meat Boy 3D, I feel… Read more

  • Super Meat Boy 3D: Leaving Well Enough Alone

    Sometimes, keeping it simple is all one can ask for. Other times…not so much One of the problems with having to write about the video games you play, and to have to play video games to write about, is that if during a day, you get hung up on something totally irrelevant, or end up… Read more

  • Giving Them Something To Talk About: Meat Boy Vs Mixtape

    In the great trolley problem that is life, we are left with abysmal options. Almost makes the idea of being powerless to enact change feel like a vacation from choice It would seem I am in somewhat of a post game completion blues, which is much what it sounds like. Many books readers comment on… Read more

  • Super Meat Boy 3D: It’s Magic, Tragic, A Loss And A Win

    There’s a deep irony involved with escapism; insofar as to it’s quality at least. As one escapes to escape the drudgery of reality, but then when the escapism is even more drudging, one then needs to escape back to the drudgery from whence they came, The want to angry nap intensifies After spending some time… Read more

  • Words Of Wisdom: Kick Your Copium

    We all deserve a break; and one of the best favors you can do for yourself is self care. Sitting is a seriously underrated activity It’s been awhile since I’ve done a “Words of Wisdom” (WoW), and to be honest, I think the bar is getting a little high, as I feel as if I’ve… Read more

  • Super Meat Boy 3D: Painful Reality

    The truth hurts. There’s no punchline follow up to that cold open. That’s it. In an unpredictable bout of what I feel is justifiable ire, I’ve more or less been “on one” the past few posts, thrashing about in anguish at the thought of some of the more lamentable aspects of the gaming industry, with… Read more

  • Monetizing the Monotony

    “Ignorance is bliss” helps to remind us that a peace of mind is contingent with the notion…you’re better off not knowing. The truth shall set you free…the only problem is: freedom is terrifying I waxed more philosophically then I initially intended to in my last post, when discussing the utterly trivial nature of traditional reviews,… Read more

  • The Conversations About The Conversations About Games

    Often times, it’s the small things that count for the most. Whatever it takes to keep one sane In a movement reminiscent of my recent work on GoldenEye 64, where I got completely “derailed” right from the get, and needed to take a temporary hiatus before continuing, so too did my progress on Super Meat… Read more

  • Super Meat Boy 3D: A Pound Of Flesh

    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

  • Super Meat Boy, Mixtape, And Grey Area Complexities

    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

  • Mixtape: The Feels That Complicate The Standard

    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

  • Mixtape: Good Faith Makes Great Vibes

    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

  • Mixtape: Teen Age Riot

    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

  • Words Of Wisdom: Praxis Makes Perfect

    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

  • Are You There God? It’s me, Algorithms

    (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

  • the Hedonic Treadmill Slows For No One

    It’s always with the benefit of hindsight do we 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 my… Read more

  • GoldenEye 64: Licensed To Thrill

    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

  • GoldenEye 64: Power Of Voodoo, Who Do? You Do! Do What?

    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

  • GoldenEye 64: Dynamite With A Laser Beam

    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

  • GoldenEye 64: 00 Agent Off- 6v7

    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

  • Words Of Wisdom: What Are You Willing To Suffer For?

    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

  • GoldenEye 64:Downstairs Mix-up

    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

  • GoldenEye 64: One Must Imagine Sisyphus Happy

    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

  • GoldenEye 64: Ubermensching Through The Undergrowth

    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

  • GoldenEye 64: Speaking The Language; Faux Pas Be Damned

    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

  • GoldenEye 64: I Don’t Like Depots.They’re Coarse And Rough And Irritating…

    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

  • GoldenEye 64: Streets Ahead

    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

  • Words Of Wisdom: So You’re A Broken Idiot; Now What?

    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

  • GoldenEye 64: Drowning In Minutia

    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

  • GoldenEye 64: The Phantom Pains Of Fallen Empires

    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

  • GoldenEye 64: Severnaya Pt.2- Bunker or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Infinitely Spawning Guards

    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

  • GoldenEye 64: The Game Where Everything’s Made Up And The Points Don’t Matter

    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

  • GoldenEye 64: Das Bond

    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

  • GoldenEye 64: The Hallowed Halls Of Hollow Men

    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

  • Words Of Wisdom: Being Your Best Self

    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

  • Goldeneye 64: Cool Is The Rule

    “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

  • Goldeneye 64: Surface Level Affairs

    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

  • Goldeneye 64: Ambition Stifled By Reality

    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

  • GoldenEye 64: Content Exceeds Commerce

    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

  • GoldenEye 64: Being Quiet In A Really Loud Way

    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

  • Goldeneye 64: Getting Shot Off A Train Of Thought

    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

  • If There Is No Tangible Reward For Being a Virtuous Person, Why Bother?

    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

  • Words Of Wisdom: Instead Of trying To Be, Just Be

    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

  • Words of Wisdom: Losing One’s Mind To Gain A Life

    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

  • Words Of Wisdom: The Truth About Fun

    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

  • Words Of Wisdom: Dialogue- Paradox Of Self

    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

  • Damnation Of The Eternal Realm of Drab Endeavor

    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

  • Quick Posit: When It Rains, It Pours

    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

  • Quick Posit: Every Drop Fills The Bucket

    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

  • Doom: When Getting It Wrong Goes very Right

    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

  • Words Of Wisdom: The Chronic Sonic Of Ironic Laconic Phonics

    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

  • The Collateral Damage Of The Mobile Markets Slop(py)Failures

    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

  • The Sunsetting Days Of Nintendo’s Trend Setting Ways

    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

  • MKW: Self-Actualizing On The Race Track, One Blue Shell At A Time

    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

  • Mario Kart World: The Art Of Losing

    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

  • MKW: The Nuclear Fallout Of The Rampant Rubber Banding Bureaucracy

    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

  • MKW: Equalizing The Meritocracy of The Metagame

    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

  • Words of Wisdom: Collective Individualism

    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

  • MKW: The Accursed Love Triangle Of The Demon Named Nostalgia

    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

  • Mario Kart: Problems Of Scale Makes Flat The World Too Wide “To Tour”

    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

  • Mario Kart World: The Dilapidation Of Virtual Domestication

    “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

  • Mario Kart World: Redlining On The Scenic Route

    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

  • MKW: Go-Kart Goes Vroom Vroom, Cow Goes Moo, Nihilist Goes Who Cares? How About You?

    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

  • Expedition 33: The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions

    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

  • Words of Wisdom: North Star Philosophy

    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

  • E33: Are There Any Good Faith Arguments In The Face Of AI Usage?

    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

  • Quick Posit: The Reason Expedition 33 Parried Its Way Into GOTY Status

    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

  • How Hell Frames The Devil’s Advocacy Of Gambling On The Parry

    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

  • E33: IF More Of US Cared, It Would Lighten The Load For Everyone

    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

  • Expedition 33: The Jeering Jurisprudence Of Jank Ball

    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

  • Expedition 33: The Happy Happy, Joy Joy Of The Log(s)

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  • Words Of Wisdom: Memes To An End

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  • Can A JRPG Be Made In France? Or Does That Make It An SRPG (Sparkling Role Playing Game)?

    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

  • Automating Oneself Out Of Their Own Existence

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  • A Better Class Of Villainy

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  • Being A Third Party To One’s Own State Of Mind

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  • Expedition 33: Playfully Meandering Through Grim Disaster

    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

  • E33: Memories Bring Diamonds And Rust

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  • Words Of Wisdom: Empathetic Objectification

    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

  • Expedition 33: Something Beautiful, But Annihilating

    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

  • Expedition 33: Desiring The Things Which Will Destroy You In The End

    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

  • A Saintly Yesteryear Ordains The Nostalgic New Guard

    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

  • A Fantasy Reborn…Finally

    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