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  • Ocarina Of Time Remake: What We Do In The Shadows

    (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

  • Ocarina Of Time Remake: Stoking The Flames Of Nostalgia

    (Tl;dr video companion for this article): One must be careful about living too much in their own head, or alternatively, projecting a fictional standard on the everyday, as maintaining a sense of rigid idealism can become quite the Judas Iscariot to any thought process. Even if one’s expectations are extraordinarily realistic within the realm of… Read more

  • Ocarina Of Time Remake: Idiot Proofing Destiny

    (Tl;dr video companion for this article): We often times take for granted some obvious truths due to being overwhelmed with excitement in the moment Some of these truths are more painful than others, but our inability to notice them all come off tasting just as bitter The transition from Kid Link to Adult Link in… Read more

  • Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse; Insanity A La Mode

    (Tl;dr video companion to this article): If you hard, you hard I was referring to a hardened nature to survive on the streets with, but now that I’m thinking about it more literally, people do get super hard for twink like vampire men…is there an unwritten rule somewhere that vampiric dude-likes have to be compete… Read more

  • Gears Of War: E-Day;When Video Games “Need Be Watchable”, Gaming Streamers Become Akin To Porn Stars

    (Tl;dr video companion to this article): I ended yesterday’s article on a salient note, after stumbling around in the dark for a bit, realizing there was absolutely no way in hell I was going to wrap up all of my thoughts about Gears of War: E-Day by article/days end. All of that to say, the… Read more

  • When The Triple A’s Lose Their Way, Indie Games Rule The Day

    (The tl;dr video companion for this article): Life is terrifying shit show, and in this way, not too dissimilar to the act of accidentally making eye contact with a person in a mascot outfit. A deeply unnerving experience Putting life’s overwhelmingly negative qualities aside and zooming out a bit, this past week has been a… Read more

  • Mario Kart Tour: Goodnight, Sweet Prince, And Flights Of Lakitu Lay Thee To Rest

    (The tl;dr companion video to this article): For those of you who have followed ATE for a spell, it is a known known that I enjoy myself Mario Kart (MK) something fierce, even if I don’t love every single MK with the same level of fervency as the rest. Earlier this year, I was at… Read more

  • Pokémon Pokopia And The Deliriously Distracting Design Dichotomy

    (The tl;dr companion video for this article): One thing is very clear, after spending enough time occupying space within the Pokémon community….Pokémon fans are fucking crazy. In a world where people go on the internet and tell terrible lies on a near constant basis, my gut instinct maintains the feeling this random meme, is in… 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

  • 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: 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: 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

  • 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

  • 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: 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

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