Author Archives: baudattitude

X-Blades: Oops

Posted on March 8, 2009 by baudattitude

I’ve been playing X-Blades off and on for the last couple of weeks and have been having great fun with it.  It’s gotten some absolutely atrocious reviews, but I’m not sure where the hate is coming from – yeah, it’s … Continue reading →

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Best. Parody. Ever.

Posted on March 5, 2009 by baudattitude

OK, for the record: It’s my personal opinion that the three biggest mistakes in comic book history were: The Dark Knight Returns, Crisis on Infinite Earths, and Watchmen. They were the first steps, in my ever so humble opinion, on … Continue reading →

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Coupon fun

Posted on March 4, 2009 by baudattitude

OK, like I REALLY needed to add more to my backlog. But, see, I stumbled across a link to a pretty decent coupon this morning: $20 off any of a pretty long list of (older) PC games at Best Buy.  … Continue reading →

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Two Years Blog

Posted on March 3, 2009 by baudattitude

First, a self-congratulatory stats regurgitation before I get on to today’s normal post. Today is the second anniversary of Baud Attitude, which really goes to show how much I love talking about myself. Surprisingly, about 95000 people have come here … Continue reading →

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Unexpected Benefits Of Education

Posted on March 2, 2009 by baudattitude

One of the classes I’m taking this term is ART208, “Art of China”, which I was a little hesitant about signing up for because it wasn’t directly linked to my Japan studies but I figured what the hell. I hoped … Continue reading →

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More on Jeanne

Posted on February 27, 2009 by baudattitude

To quote myself from a few days ago, on the topic of Jeanne D’arc: “Those minor things aside, serious thumbs up. It’s challenging, it’s satisfying, and – tragic lack of catgirls aside – it’s awfully pretty.” Well, how was I … Continue reading →

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Proving the depths of my ineptitude

Posted on February 26, 2009 by baudattitude

So, I found out a couple of days ago that Valve put out a free sort-of-level of Half Life 2 as a tech demo for some lighting engine they’d worked up. I quite enjoyed Half Life 2, regardless of the … Continue reading →

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Crappy EULAs

Posted on February 25, 2009 by baudattitude

OK, there’s no way to start this 100% tastefully, but I trust you’ll forgive. I was in the men’s room at school, and the bottom roll of paper had run out, so I was trying to figure out how to … Continue reading →

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Sony missed an incredible opportunity

Posted on February 24, 2009 by baudattitude

After having finished Resistance : Fall Of Man this last weekend, thanks largely to my gamerspouse buddy coming over – I didn’t make it through the FIRST LEVEL playing solo, even on Normal difficulty – I realized that Sony missed … Continue reading →

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Milestones and money

Posted on February 20, 2009 by baudattitude

So, didn’t get fired today.  Actually quite a nice meeting, it seems that we are bucking the trend and doing all right despite the crashing economy.  We have more customers than the year before, delivered more products in less time, … Continue reading →

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