Metal Gear Solid
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Sometimes, you gotta take an L to eventually score a big win. Spoilers: Foreshadowing While I am fond of both sustained contemplation and virtual interloping, I tend to pick up my ball and go home far sooner than most others would who enjoy either activity with the same level of deep commitment. Dwelling, at least… Read more
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Life is full of decisions: the true trouble is never in the deliberation process, but in living with the consequences thereafter. It always boils down to that essential question: Who are others? Hot on the heels of yesterday’s post, which discussed the grandeur of rapidity via speedrunning , as I dig my digits into the… Read more
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Curiosity should never cease, as it is reality itself that is comprised of questions. So many questions*** Even though I wrapped up Metal Gear Solid 3 (MGS3) yesterday, does not mean I am done with the title just yet. As I made mention in that article, too, there is something about the first runthrough that… Read more
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The greatest value one can harvest from the garden of history, is the fruitful lessons that come to bear when given a second glance. Though we are often haunted by the mistakes of our shared history by those who refuse educational standard There is something to be said of the worth of adversity, and the… Read more
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The world seems best appreciated vicariously through the metaphysical virtues that care and reasoning may provide, though it is most often only enjoyed for the shallow offerings that vice and consumption may offer us. It do be like that sometimes My journey into the heart of the Cold War has been a surprisingly cynical experience,… Read more
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There’s a fascinating phenomenon observed in Lacanian psychoanalysis which showcases that human beings do not want what they actually think they want, causing themselves massive grief in the process. Time makes wise fools of us all Before I further expound about the proposition I just opened with, I did want to say that the Words… Read more
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What kind of solutions one comes up with can reveal a lot about their problem solving capabilities. Some methods more effective than others Anyone who has been following Active Time Event for awhile now, might be familiar with Words of Wisdom, which is essentially a series I do every week, where I share some insight… Read more
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Self-awareness is key in our ceaseless investigation of the everyday. Allowing us to discover essential truths about ourselves, that lead to a much greater sense of contentment Yesterday’s schedule really got away from me, which I feel was very apparent in my article, one of many that has continued to detail my current playthrough of… Read more
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The most important things that influence what we know lie beyond the realm of our current comprehension, thus, it is what we don’t know that shapes our reality more than what we do. We are often our own biggest victims My playthrough of Metal Gear Solid: Delta, the remake of MGS3: Snake Eater, has been… Read more
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There is a thin line between love and hate. My approach here on Active Time Event, at least when my head is in the right place and everything is coming together in an appropriate way, attempts to replicate the reasonable machinations one would find within the realm of philosophy, as my mind is inclined in… Read more
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Personal discovery is integral in the learning process, and thusly, an essential and underrated part of gaming. Self-awareness shall set you free; it allows one to realize fear is the fuel for the gas can called courage My writing occasionally takes me to places I had not yet conceived of when sitting down to initially… Read more
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As we get into the endgame of 2025, one must prioritize steeling their resolve, to give themselves a fighting chance in the face of impending chaos. Print out and use this helpful scale to manage and track your stress levels as we near the beginning of December Pondering further about the newly introduced systems Kojima… Read more
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When designing a video game, one must accommodate for the lowest common denominator, when creating a fool proof, accessible system. To that point, I’m reminded of a quote attributed to a park ranger who reportedly once said: “There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists”, and I think… Read more
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Life can have quite the cruel sense of humor, in that sometimes, in order to get things just right, you must first experience things going very wrong. Progress is rarely linear… Yesterday, I more or less explicated about some personal history I had with the Metal Gear Solid (MGS) series, in attempting to frame both… Read more
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Time and tide wait for no man. Even the rare individuals who have mastered “time management”, as it were… My years as a freelance writer have taken me through many years of bizarre madness, and it’s quite an odd pretense to look back and consider everything behind me at this point. One of the demented… Read more
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I advocate it’s important not to beat yourself up when you find yourself struggling, and to accept that sometimes, doing our best does not look all that great, but it is the best we’ve got at the moment. Quality is all very relative, you see I really gotta just start penning into my schedule: Saturday… Read more
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The smallest trespasses become the biggest issues. Also known as “The Blue Shell Effect” While I was reading this article by Luke Plunkett about the state of video game blogs in the early aughts, he mentions how much of a shit show it was back then, in trying to generate traffic with a constant stream… Read more
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In spite of historically valued declarations on the matter, and the founding notions that formed the nations relevant to their genesis, men are in fact, not created equal, when more seriously considered by the unfortunate circumstances that surround our society. In a far less serious but relevant matter, the same can be said about video… Read more
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Every new day I read a fresh headline, reminds me of the petulant misery the human race is capable of. I would just greatly prefer if the human collective would spend just a teensy-tinsy bit more time actually giving a shit about rationality over desire for a brief moment The weekends are usually when there… Read more
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*DISCLAIMER: I’m prefacing this article with a reality check that anything discussed hereafter represents a thought experiment involving philosophical deconstructionism, and the metaphysics involved with players as autonomous agents reacting within a simulated environment, and not a serious concern over ethical implications with either the gamer, or developer in question. Thank you for understanding.* In… Read more
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Art is a subjective thing: just ask the person who bought and consumed an art piece entitled “Comedian”, which is in fact, a banana duct taped to a wall that he purchased for several million dollars. I mean, it’s one banana, Michael. What could it cost, 6.2 million dollars? Which segways us wonderfully into my… Read more
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Will Death Stranding 2 make it as easy to hate as the first game? Like attempting to balance on a ladder over a precipice, DS2 succeeding where DS1 failed is a shaky proposal at best. Don’t get me wrong: I’m not champing at the bit to unabashedly jump down DS2’s throat with reckless abandon and… Read more
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Konami is obviously not afraid to monkey around with this remake Silly puns aside, among the many trailers showed at Sony’s State of Play yesterday, a yearly event that showcases what PlayStation fans can look forward to in the next year coming to Sony’s platform, the new Metal Gear Solid 3 Delta trailer was shown,… Read more