Monthly Archives: November 2008

Getting through backlogs… how to do it wrong.

Posted on November 17, 2008 by baudattitude

So I’ve been really cranking through the games backlog this year, up to over 40 games finished and I might just be able to push that to 50 by the time 2009 rolls around. On the other hand, my wife … Continue reading →

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Electronic repairs, quite satisfactory:

Posted on November 15, 2008 by baudattitude

So, I took our Denon 2910 DVD player in for service last Sunday because it had stopped playing some – but not all – CDs, and I honestly expected to get it back with a note of “could not reproduce … Continue reading →

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Schoolin’

Posted on November 15, 2008 by baudattitude

I’m coming up on the end of my AA degree, a nominally-two year process that will have stretched out for three years by the end of it. I have good reason for this. If I’d started off with a full … Continue reading →

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20th Anniversary Phantasy Star Wallpaper

Posted on November 13, 2008 by baudattitude

A little while ago, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Phantasy Star series – you know, the really damn cool Master System and Genesis RPGs that Sega has been trying to pretend never existed now that they’ve decided that … Continue reading →

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Firmware frustration

Posted on November 13, 2008 by baudattitude

I’m letting my PSP annoy me lately. See, here’s the thing:  I have a Ceramic White Japanese PSP-1000, hand-imported from Akihabara back in August of ’06.  I rather like having the Japanese firmware; it means that when I go looking … Continue reading →

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Smith, Party of Eight?

Posted on November 12, 2008 by baudattitude

As often as I see the topic come up on forums and blogs, I think it’s safe to say that most – if not all – gamers have a list of games that they loved and that they think got … Continue reading →

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Former employer fail

Posted on November 11, 2008 by baudattitude

About fifteen years ago, I worked for the Peter Norton Computing Group down in Santa Monica, CA – specifically, on Norton Antivirus. At the time, Norton was The Name when it came to PC utilities, and the team I worked … Continue reading →

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Rub IS Love

Posted on November 11, 2008 by baudattitude

I didn’t jump on board the DS bandwagon until a couple of years after its release.  Honestly, when it was announced, I thought that Nintendo had lost its collective mind, and by the time it became apparent that they’d actually … Continue reading →

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More dead electronics.

Posted on November 11, 2008 by baudattitude

There’s a Hole in Our Entertainment Center (Where Our DVD Player Used to Be) isn’t nearly as good of a country song title as the Xbox one, but I’m singing it today anyway. See, a couple of years ago, we … Continue reading →

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LittleBigPlanet – It was worth the rental.

Posted on November 11, 2008 by baudattitude

I came extraordinarily close to falling for the LBP hype and dropping the sixty bucks. Thankfully, I didn’t.  I rented it from our neighborhood video store instead.  This was $7.99, and the game was definitely worth that. Let me be … Continue reading →

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