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Expedition 33

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • A Better Class Of Villainy

    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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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