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90’s

  • 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: 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: 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

  • 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: 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

  • 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

  • Old Street Fighter II Design Docs Prove Why Chun-Li is the GOAT

    I meant Chun-Li being *the* GOAT (greatest of all time), not an actual goat…. As I’ve previously mentioned here on Active Time Event, as much as I enjoy keeping apprised of the relevant news items of the day in staying on top of what matters in the realm of gaming, I also enjoy using the… Read more

  • Writing About Writing About Video Games (feat. Postmodernism)

    Sometimes, success can not only be a confusing moment, but a messy one. Just ask the man who invented the reverse bear trap for a good example of what I mean Depending on my mood when I sit down and write, the fingers start frantically tapping, and the words just seemingly fly onto the screen.… Read more

  • Video Game Philosophy: Nostalgia Is A Mad Beast

    Memory can be a cruel mistress, leading us to believe we had something so beautiful, only to stare blankly into the cold face of reality upon a wayward return with the hopeful zest everything would be as we left it, and we are both amazingly correct and terrifyingly wrong at the same time. Not all… Read more