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Countdown to Autumn Equinox 2025

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Reading Time: < 1 minute🎶On the first day of summer my true love gave to me… heat stroke and dysentery.🎶

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AUTUMN EQUINOX 2025
Mon, Sep 22, 2025, 2:19 PM (EST)


🎶On the first day of summer my true love gave to me
heat stroke and dysentery.🎶

Seriously though… For anyone who actually keeps up with this annual countdown tradition here, you’ve undoubtedly come to expect my usual bemoaning and belly aching that’s directly associated with the seasonal depression I feel when summer drops like an atomic bomb here in the Ohio Valley, bringing with it the typical scalding misery that everyone who lives in this region knows all too well. Triple-digit temperatures and insufferable humidity… Yep, that’s the stuff.

This year, however, I’m gonna do a full 180. I’m reaching into my virtual bag of clichés as I read the word depression I typed above. Even in sarcasm I can’t portray that horrible thing with any sort of submissive suggestion and pretend to be affected negatively by it. I refuse, as I have refused, for 8 years. And one of the things I often (preach?) to people as a measure of self-control is change your perspective, as over the years I’ve come to realize depression is more a state of mind than it is outside influences.

Changing my perspective… On this first day of summer I’ll refrain from joking about the holocaust and the anguish stemming from the realization that my least favorite season is only just now getting started. Instead, I see it as a GOOD THING. Yes, you read that right. The first day of summer is making me smile this year, as it marks only three months to go till the best time of the year; Fall. 🍂🥰🎃

Optimism wins.
 
 

Metal Gear Solid 3 ULTIMATE Boss Guide

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAll boss battles in Metal Gear Solid 3 and how to win them all easily. Mostly non-lethal. Helpful for speed runs and general strategy. These are all from an E-Extreme run.

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All boss battles in Metal Gear Solid 3 and how to win them all easily. Mostly non-lethal. Helpful for speed runs and general strategy. These are all from an E-Extreme run.

MGSΔ is nearly upon us! 💥🐍
8.28.25

 

Double Dragon II NES – Full Playthrough [No Deaths]

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteDouble Dragon II is one of the best beat’em up games on the NES. This is a full, deathless playthrough complete with mini-doc and trivia bits in 4K.

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Following up the Double Dragon NES retro-play from last time out, and also revisiting a game I covered 12 years ago… Double Dragon II is one of the best beat’em up games on the NES. This is a full, deathless playthrough complete with mini-doc and trivia bits in 4K. Long overdue upgrade treatment from that old video that was recorded directly from the NES console in 240p. Had a lot of fun with this one!

 

Keto-Friendly Chicken Soup | Easy Recipe

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteQuick, easy recipe and guide on how to make hearty, filling chicken noodle soup that’s keto-friendly. Yes, even with the noodles!

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Quick, easy recipe and guide on how to make hearty, filling chicken noodle soup that’s keto-friendly. Yes, even with the noodles! This is one of the recipes I went to about once a week when I lost 35 pounds. Not once did this soup break ketosis. Tasty and satisfying.


RECIPES

SOUP
3 boneless/skinless chicken breasts
2 32oz cartons of low sodium Swanson chicken broth
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 tablespoon McCormick Montreal Chicken Seasoning
1 heaping teaspoon kosher salt
1 heaping teaspoon onion powder
1 heaping teaspoon parsley flakes
1 heaping teaspoon ground black pepper
4 whole carrots, scraped and sliced thin
4 whole celery sticks, sliced thin
1 7oz bag of shirataki noodles, drained/chopped

🌯🌯🌯🌯🌯🌯🌯🌯🌯🌯🌯🌯🌯🌯🌯🌯🌯🌯🌯🌯🌯🌯

BUDDIE BOY SANDWICH WRAP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9uk3k2E57o
🌯Modified Recipe🌯
1 egg wrap [Egg Life] [heated]
2 slices of deli ham [heated]
1 slice swiss cheese [broken in half] [heated]
3 dill pickle slices
Frisch’s tartar sauce

 

MGS3 Beating The Sorrow In 26 Seconds on E-Extreme

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteQuick n’ easy method to bypass the sometimes-tedious Sorrow boss sequence, thus negating that reluctant, guilt-inducing feeling you get when you’re tempted to go full-on Rambo during your playthrough and slaughter everyone.

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Quick n’ easy method to bypass the sometimes-tedious Sorrow boss sequence, thus negating that reluctant, guilt-inducing feeling you get when you’re tempted to go full-on Rambo during your playthrough and slaughter everyone. Mainly helpful on a New Game+ run when you’ve already acquired The Sorrow’s spirit camo, as this method will prevent you from getting it if you don’t already have it. You never really “beat” The Sorrow, per se. But, it is labeled a boss fight, so we’ll treat it like the others.

Only five months until MGSΔ! 💥🐍

 

Beetlejuice Figure Unboxing [Sideshow 1:6 Scale]

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteUnboxing and review of the brand new Beetlejuice 1:6 scale figure from Sideshow Collectibles! Full review of figure, package contents, beautifully-colored aftermarket base and photo slideshow.

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Unboxing and review of the brand new Beetlejuice 1:6 scale figure from Sideshow Collectibles! Full review of figure, package contents, beautifully-colored aftermarket base with photo slideshow. Perfect Michael Keaton companion piece for the ’89 Batman figure I reviewed last year from Hot Toys.

1/6 Scale Action Figure Beetlejuice Display Stand [From Video]

 

MGS3 Sokrovenno Ocelot Sniper Unit E-Extreme Guide [Early End]

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteComprehensive guide to dismantle the Ocelot Sniper Unit you meet at Sokrovenno if you kill The End early at Ponizovje Warehouse Exterior.

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Comprehensive guide to dismantle the Ocelot Sniper Unit you meet at Sokrovenno if you kill The End early at Ponizovje Warehouse Exterior. If you killed The End early, your non-lethal run is busted, so feel free to exterminate the substituting Ocelot Unit by any means necessary. 😈

Pro tip: Wearing the Flecktarn camo gives you unlimited battery life for the thermal goggles. You can get the camo by selecting “I like MGS3!” at the start of the game. Noteworthy; you don’t actually have to eliminate anyone for the exit to open up in Sokrovenno North, but where’s the fun in that???

Also: the crouch walk you’re seeing at times is a mod for the PC version, lifted from the 3DS port of MGS3. Use crawl in place of it if you’re playing without the mod/playing on console.

Lastly, we’ve been given reason to believe MGSΔ (the MGS3 remake) is releasing in 2025! I friggin hope so! 💥🐍

 

MGS3 Beating The Boss In 74 Seconds on E-Extreme

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteHere’s a non-lethal combo I enjoy putting on The Boss in the final fight of the game. Counter her CQC, equip Mosin Nagant, shoot her in the head, unequip, take her down, equip stun grenade, hard-throw one right into her body, equip cig gas spray, look up to avoid blast, look down and spray her in the face. Rinse/repeat till she’s defeated.

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Here’s a non-lethal combo I enjoy putting on The Boss in the final fight of the game. Counter her CQC, equip Mosin Nagant, shoot her in the head, unequip, take her down, equip stun grenade, hard-throw one right into her body, equip cig gas spray, look up to avoid blast, look down and spray her in the face. Rinse/repeat till she’s defeated.

 

MGS3 Beating The End In 7 Seconds on E-Extreme

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is a quick fix option if you’re focusing on speed and also to unlock “The Early End” trophy/achievement (don’t forget to grab the SVG at Ponizovje West just before this area).

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Killing The End early by lethal means at Ponizovje Warehouse Exterior (just after a lengthy cutscene where he’s wheeled out in his chair). Speedy method to eliminate him, though personally not recommended. The fight with him later is a high point of the game and should be experienced. This is a quick fix option if you’re focusing on speed and also to unlock “The Early End” trophy/achievement (don’t forget to grab the SVG at Ponizovje West just before this area).

 

My Retro Christmas

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn an attempt to recapture that magical excitement from childhood, I reached way back into the ’80s and got myself some gifts that 8 year old me would’ve gone crazy for.

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Merry Christmas, everyone! Last year I made some changes to my holiday traditions, and kicked off the first year of it by theming the holiday out retro style! In an attempt to recapture that magical excitement from childhood, I reached way back into the ’80s and got myself some gifts that 8 year old me would’ve gone crazy for. Turned out to be a very special day. I hope everyone is having a happy holiday!