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(Tl;dr video companion of this article): There are times in life we end up getting more than we bargained for… …and as it turns out, a buy one get one free deal isn’t always the greatest offer on hand As we wrap up the Shadow Temple, in all of it’s perpetually dark glory, we look… Read more
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(Tl;dr video companion for this article): They say the best things in life are free. You know what else is free? Being buried alive or having the ever loving shit beaten out of you in a back alley with a fucking hammer, so maybe don’t believe everything you hear Yesterday, we had finally arrived at… Read more
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(Tl;dr video companion to this article): My favorite part of any piece of media is when someone sees what you’re watching, and then trying to justify either why you’re watching it, or that what you’re watching is “not usually like this”… Like being so embarrassed that you’re caught watching wrestling, you lie to whoever walked… Read more
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(Tl;dr video companion to this article): If one predicates themselves on Stoic philosophy, they will be all the better at steeling themselves for the days when it feels like the whole world is against them… …cause those days are often just right around the corner Continuing on from where we left off, we had successfully… Read more
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(Tl;dr video companion for this article): Most of the time, one’s social problems can be resolved quite easily through the simple act of confidently exerting oneself. Link and Zelda should have just implemented the “Focus” strategy when first dealing with Ganondorf. Would have saved everyone a lot of time Yesterday was a predictably joyous day,… Read more
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(Tl;dr video companion to this article): Try as we might, we can’t always get what we want. Though these days, the economy has become such a dumpster fire, wanting anything more than living in filth ridden, abject poverty seems downright utopic I was fully prepared for a totally different “today” to play out in front… 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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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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
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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
