Monthly Archives: February 2017

In which I buy “Limited Edition” Pop-Tarts

Posted on February 27, 2017 by baudattitude

I really should not be allowed to go to the grocery store unattended and late at night, because it seems that my willpower is low and I can be tempted by the strangest of foods. For the record, they taste … Continue reading →

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Mahjong, Ponies, Stealth, and Shooting Mans

Posted on February 27, 2017 by baudattitude

So, I’d planned to finish Klonoa 2: Lunatea’s Veil last week, which would have been the last non-spin-off entry in the series for me. Sadly, it turns out that I am not very good at the sort of traditional platforming … Continue reading →

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Jeux D’un Certain Âge

Posted on February 18, 2017 by baudattitude

I’m not ever going to claim to be particularly athletic, but today was quite possibly the most immobile I’ve been in some while.  I split it between watching TV with my wife and playing through Saturn games that are old … Continue reading →

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Using an iPhone as a USB hotspot on Linux

Posted on February 16, 2017 by baudattitude

Another incredibly boring post title solely for the purposes of making this easy to find in search engines. Please excuse.  So, last night, I was digging through the Steam library for a short game to play, and Thomas Was Alone … Continue reading →

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Wonderswan and on and on…

Posted on February 14, 2017 by baudattitude

I’m not a huge fan of the mascot platformer genre, and I say that even though the game that made me put aside my home-computer-gaming ways and buy a console back in the late 80s was the original Sonic the … Continue reading →

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Requiem for a Dreamcast

Posted on February 13, 2017 by baudattitude

Although I was silly enough to buy an imported Dreamcast five months before the system came out in the US, it was just a few months later that a friend introduced me to Everquest, which rapidly consumed all of my … Continue reading →

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How to skip cutscenes in Shenmue II:

Posted on February 12, 2017 by baudattitude

No clever title today, rather one deliberately chosen to make this page easier to find on search engines. Shenmue 2 nearly broke me tonight.  I’m closing in on the end of the game, I’m pretty sure, but  getting this far … Continue reading →

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A Sequel Post On The Youthful Rejection Of Gender Stereotypes

Posted on February 9, 2017 by baudattitude

So, last April I posted this thing in which I posited that playing Ms. Pac-Man as a very small boy had gotten me used to playing as female characters in video games and hah wasn’t that enlightened for a young … Continue reading →

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How About A Game Of Lucky Hit?

Posted on February 9, 2017 by baudattitude

So, it’s been roughly ten years since I played the first Shenmue, and I understand they’re actually planning to make a third one.  In addition, Shenmue II is the last Dreamcast game sitting in my backlog after I came to … Continue reading →

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In Which I Learn New Tricks

Posted on February 6, 2017 by baudattitude

So, I offered a favor to a user of a message board I frequent, and it turned out to be a fantastic learning experience. As always, it started with arrogance. They were wanting a video file converted.  Basically, they wanted … Continue reading →

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