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Pashford Murano
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Virtual metaphysician, freelance writer, gaming enthusiast, and editor-in-chief over at activetimeevent.com. (🏳️‍🌈)
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Pashford Murano @pashfordmurano.bsky.social · Sep 8
Silksong: Nothing Gold Can Stay- activetimeevent.com/2025/09/07/s...
#videogames #gaming #gamedesign #philosophy #metaphysics #hollowknight #silksong #teamcherry #metroidvania #indie #spoopy
Silksong: Nothing Gold Can Stay - Active Time Event
The Charles Bukowski quote: “The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.” seems truer and truer every single day that pa...
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She Shuts Her Eyes And The World Drops Dead: activetimeevent.com/2025/12/03/s...
#videogames #games #gaming #gamedesign #philosophy #metaphysics #e33 #clairobscur #expedition33 #rpg #writing #poetry #sylviaplath #dark #dead #dying #death #melancholy #morbid #macabre #sorrow #sadness #humanity #end
She Shuts Her Eyes And The World Drops Dead
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 other…
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December 4, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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The Casual Criticality Of Ignoring The Meaning Of Life: activetimeevent.com/2025/12/02/t...
#videogames #gaming #gamers #gamedesign #philosophy #metaphysics #thestanleyparable #thestanleyparableultradeluxe #Parable #ultra #deluxe #humor #satire #irony #witty #writing #postmodern #meaningoflife #meta
The Casual Criticality Of Ignoring The Meaning Of Life
When the holidays approach, I am always ready to get into position. I refuse to play your tawdry reindeer games, you holly jolly mother fuckers Ah yes, December….not only the endgame of any g…
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December 3, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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Words of Wisdom: Go For Thriving, Not Just Surviving- activetimeevent.com/2025/12/01/w...
#videogames #gaming #gamedesign #gamers #goldeneye #bond #n64 #philosophy #metaphysics #wordsofwisdom #Wisdom #wise #thinking #criticalthinking #writing #selfhelp #improvement #mentalhealth #thriving #kickass
Words Of Wisdom: Go For Thriving, Not Just Surviving
All of us want *to kick ass* in our everyday, sometimes we just need a little help in order to do so.*for a helpful translation guide for all of our British readers* I often chuckle to myself durin…
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December 2, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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MGS3 Theory: The Boss Threw The Match Against Snake, Who In Turn Needed A 4th Wall Break To Win; And Lord of The Rings Helps Prove This- activetimeevent.com/2025/11/30/m...
#videogames #gaming #gamers #gamedesign #philosophy #metaphysics #metalgearsolid #lordoftherings #mgs #lotr #theory #Kojima
MGS3 Theory: The Boss Threw The Match Against Snake, Who In Turn Needed A 4th Wall Break To Win; And Lord of The Rings Helps Prove This
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 …
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December 1, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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Astonishingly Far Beyond The Pale Of Reason: activetimeevent.com/2025/11/29/a...
#videogames #gaming #gamers #gamedesign #philosophy #metaphysics #writing #irony #paradox #catch22 #metalgearsolid #mgs3 #snakeeater #Delta #remake #konami #Kojima #stealth #snake #dogs #bestfriends #ideology #coldwar
Astonishingly Far Beyond The Pale Of Reason
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? Ho…
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November 30, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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The Timeless Art Of Choking Down Snake: activetimeevent.com/2025/11/28/t...
#videogames #gaming #gamers #gamedesign #philosophy #metaphysics #writing #metalgearsolid #mgs3 #snakeeater #Delta #remake #konami #Kojima #stealth #Snake #ideology #deepthroat #espionage #coldwar #nuclear #speedrunning #spy
The Timeless Art Of Choking Down Snake
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 …
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November 29, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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A Paradoxical Immortalization Of An Ideological Faux Pas: activetimeevent.com/2025/11/27/a...
#videogames #gaming #gamedesign #gamers #philosophy #metaphysics #metalgearsolid #mgs3 #snakeater #Delta #remake #konami #Kojima #stealth #snake #writing #ideology #marxism #alienation #coldwar #nostalgia
A Paradoxical Immortalization Of An Ideological Faux Pas
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 histor…
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November 27, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Beating The Dead Horse Of Understanding: activetimeevent.com/2025/11/26/b...
#videogames #gaming #gamedesign #gamers #philosophy #metaphysics #metalgearsolid #mgs3 #snakeeater #Delta #remake #konami #Kojima #stealth #snake #reasoning #logic #criticalthinking #ideology #marxism #nightmare #writing
Beating The Dead Horse Of Understanding
Where the world is best appreciated vicariously through the metaphysical virtues care and reasoning may provide, it is most often only enjoyed for the shallow offerings that vice and consumption ma…
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November 27, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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Gamers: Wanting To Eat Crow About Having Their Cake- activetimeevent.com/2025/11/25/g...
#videogames #gaming #gamedesign #gamers #philosophy #metaphysics #irony #paradox #writing #ideology #propaganda #hypocrisy #metalgearsolid #mgs3 #snakeeater #Delta #remake #konami #Kojima #stealth #snake
Gamers: Wanting To Eat Crow About Having Their Cake
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 …
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November 26, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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Words Of Wisdom: Propaganda Of Self- activetimeevent.com/2025/11/24/w...
#videogames #gaming #gamedesign #philosophy #metaphysics #wordsofwisdom #Wisdom #theory #criticalthinking #propaganda #government #ideology #politics #war #writing #metalgearsolid #mgs3 #snakeeater #Delta #remake #Kojima #snake
Words of Wisdom: Propaganda Of Self
What kind of solutions one comes up with can reveal a lot about how their problem solving capabilities. Some methods more effective than others Anyone who has been following Active Time Event for a…
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November 25, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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Betwixt Deafening Silence And Dynamic Mortality: activetimeevent.com/2025/11/23/b...
#videogames #gaming #gamedesign #philosophy #metaphysics #paradox #irony #forms #feeling #thinking #life #writing #metalgearsolid #mgs3 #snakeeater #Delta #konami #Kojima #remake #stealth #snake #ideology #nuclear
Betwixt Deafening Silence And Dynamic Mortality
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 sc…
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November 24, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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Virtual Ignorance: Beyond The Walls Of Plato's Cave- activetimeevent.com/2025/11/22/v...
#videogames #gaming #gamedesign #philosophy #metaphysics #plato #platoscave #phenomenology #Ignorance #thinking #forms #surviving #thriving #selfactualizing #metalgearsolid #mgs3 #delta #remake #Kojima #writing
Virtual Ignorance: Beyond The Walls Of Plato’s Cave
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 of…
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November 23, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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When One Views The World As Transactional, Empathy Seems Like A Selfish Ripoff: activetimeevent.com/2025/11/21/w...
#videogames #gaming #gamedesign #philosophy #metaphysics #metalgearsolid #mgs3 #delta #remake #stealth #snake #konami #Kojima #writing #capitalism #ideology #existentialism #marxism
When One Views The World As Transactional, Empathy Seems Like A Selfish Ripoff
Let it not be said that having a healthy mindset based in awareness is vital in coping and understanding the everyday. Bear in mind, “understanding” doesn’t necessarily equate to …
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November 22, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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The Turn Signal Paradox And The Bare Minimum Standard: activetimeevent.com/2025/11/20/t...
#videogames #gaming #gamedesign #philosophy #metaphysics #metalgearsolid #mgs3 #snakeeater #Delta #remake #konami #Kojima #stealth #snake #Paradox #ideology #writing #turnsignal #baddrivers #standards #respect
The Turn Signal Paradox And The Bare Minimum Standard
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 r…
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November 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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The Only Thing Self-Entitlement is Owed Is A Reality Check: activetimeevent.com/2025/11/19/t...
#videogames #gaming #gamedesign #philosophy #metaphysics #metalgearsolid #mgs3 #snakeeater #Delta #remake #konami #Kojima #stealth #writing #existentialism #ideology #capitalism #Marxism #alienation
The Only Thing Self-Entitlement Is Owed Is A Reality Check - Active Time Event
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 ...
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November 20, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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The Hollow Rot That Haunts The Zeitgeist Of Our Virtual Wastelands: activetimeevent.com/2025/11/18/t...
#videogames #gaming #gamedesign #philosophy #metaphysics #writing #metalgearsolid #mgs #Delta #snakeeater #remake #konami #kojima #Zeitgeist #capitalism #consumerism #Marxism #ideology #haunts
The Hollow Rot That Haunts The Zeitgeist of our Virtual Wastelands - Active Time Event
One must always look at the output of a system to see its relative value, this sentiment does not exclude the notion of society at large, the ultimate system...
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November 19, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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Words Of Wisdom: What Makes Us Mighty- activetimeevent.com/2025/11/17/w...
#videogames #gaming #gamedesign #philosophy #metaphysics #wordsofwisdom #writing #criticalthinking #feeling #emotional #stoic #Stoicism #mighty #Allmight #myheroacademia #selfhelp #courage #tenacity #resolve #values #death
Words of Wisdom: What Makes Us Mighty - Active Time Event
We do the best with what we’ve got. Which doesn’t always pan out in looking impressive, given the day A thought occurred to me awhile ago that Wo...
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November 18, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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Trolley Problem Revisited: The Angst Of Choice- activetimeevent.com/2025/11/16/t...
#videogames #gaming #gamedesign #philosophy #metaphysics #trolleyproblem #ethics #systems #anxiety #Angst #writing #metalgearsolid #mgs #snakeeater #Delta #remake #snake #konami #Kojima #Siren #survivalhorror
Trolley Problem Revisited: The Angst Of Choice - Active Time Event
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 ou...
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November 17, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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Metal Gear Solid 3: The Overlap Between Smart Bears And Dumb Tourists- activetimeevent.com/2025/11/15/m...
#videogames #gaming #gamedesign #philosophy #metaphysics #metalgearsolid #snakeeater #Delta #remake #Playstation #konami #Kojima #stealth #writing #coldwar #bears #Tourists #writing #Hegel
Metal Gear Solid 3: The Overlap Between Smart Bears And Dumb Tourists - Active Time Event
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 ...
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November 16, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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MetL Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater- When The Kojima Ratios Are Pretty Good: activetimeevent.com/2025/11/14/m...
#videogames #gaming #gamedesign #philosophy #metaphysics #metalgearsolid #mgs #snakeeater #Delta #remake #stealth #konami #Kojima #Snake #Coldwar #prettygood #writing #Hegel
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater- When The Kojima Ratios Are Pretty Good - Active Time Event
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. Progre...
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November 15, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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Which Video Games Make The Cut To Be On Your Mount Rushmore Of Gaming?: activetimeevent.com/2025/11/13/w...
#videogames #gaming #gamedesign #philosophy #metaphysics #writing #nostalgia #metalgearsolid #mgs #snakeeater #Delta #remake #stealth #Kojima #konami #Playstation #mountrushmore
Which Video Games Make The Cut To Be On Your Mount Rushmore Of Gaming? - Active Time Event
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 ha...
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November 14, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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The Emotional Weight Of Tears: A Million Different Contexts- activetimeevent.com/2025/11/12/t...
#videogames #gaming #gamedesign #philosophy #metaphysics #sadness #tears #emotional #weight #depression #sorrow #somber #lastofus #gex #bioshock #systemshock #ai #simulated #existentialism #writing
The Emotional Weight Of Tears: A Million Different Contexts - Active Time Event
I find that the only way to get through an astonishingly bleak scenario is to laugh your way through it. The rebellious nature of laughter in the face of abj...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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The Overton Window In Regards To AI Normalization: activetimeevent.com/2025/11/11/t...
#videogames #gamedesign #gaming #philosophy #metaphysics #ai #Normalization #overtonwindow #luddites #tech #development #finance #consumerism #capitalism #anxiety #society #dystopia #writing #whales #addiction
The Overton Window In Regards To AI Normalization - Active Time Event
The march of time is cruel and relentless… I’m guessing that’s why so many of us suffer cases of arrested development and remain children s...
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November 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Words Of Wisdom: Venerating Venn-Diagrammables- activetimeevent.com/2025/11/10/w...
#videogames #games #gamedesign #philosophy #metaphysics #wordsofwisdom #Wisdom #thinking #criticalthinking #selfhelp #graphs #venndiagrams #data #science #theory
Words Of Wisdom: Venerating Venn-Diagrammables - Active Time Event
Life must be lived forward to be understood backwards, as Kierkegaard pointed out, and with good reason. A rich, varied sense of lived experience is key in c...
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November 11, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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My Friendly Neighborhood: Going Gonzo- activetimeevent.com/2025/11/09/m...
#videogames #gaming #gamedesign #philosophy #metaphysics #writing #irony #darkhumor #parody #paradox #myfriendlyneighborhood #fps #survivalhorror #residentevil #sesamestreet #muppets #indie #saturdaymorningcartoons
My Friendly Neighborhood: Going Gonzo - Active Time Event
It takes all kinds to make a world… And if we borrow from the logic inherent in genetic legacy, the more diverse the better November has been quite the...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:32 AM