Interesting Times with CaptainHoneydew

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  • Why Would You Troll Like THAT?

    During the late 00s and early 10s, I used to frequent Gaia Online. It was a forum site where people dressed their little avatars in fancy clothes, played the games for Gaia Gold, and eventually went through the inevitable microtransaction shift that fucked up the in-game economy forever. But, I remember at one point, there… Read more

  • Video Game Achievements I’d Like to Try (But Won’t Because They’re Hard AF)

    Achievements in video games are an integral part of the modern gaming experience. Some games give them out like candy. Other games reward them as you progress through the game as normal. But, some achievements make you WORK for them. Looking at a game’s global stats and seeing that less than 2% of anyone that… Read more

  • Happy New Year!

    As 2025 draws to a close, I look back on the year and think, “Holy shit, a lot of stuff went wrong!” Numerous humanitarian crises are ongoing throughout the world, the US is toeing the line of fascism, there’s a general sense of unease coupled with a lack of empathy for your fellow man, everything’s… Read more

  • When A Whole Town Beefed With One Guy

    I’m not in a Christmas-y mood this week. But, you know what I am in the mood for? People getting a big serving of street justice. I was recently made aware of Kenneth Rex McElroy. His story and eventual fate could be summed up in the following short video: Ken McElroy was born in 1934… Read more

  • That One Asshole That Ruins Things For Everyone

    You would think this dumb Spongebob meme wouldn’t make me overthink about real-world implications, but it did. The most ridiculous thing about this comic isn’t the fact that Spongebob somehow became president or that Patrick Star has a job. It’s the fact that people are complying with this new law. You know damn well there’s… Read more

  • How NOT to Tackle Slavery In Your Creative Project

    What do Detroit: Become Human and the first two Oddworld games have in common? They’re about slavery and oppression. Guess which one handled the subjects better? The one from the 90s about the fucking aliens. **For our purposes here, I’ll be focusing on the original releases of Oddworld 1 and 2, since the remake of… Read more