Author Archives: baudattitude

In Which, I Rant About Sequels

Posted on November 24, 2008 by baudattitude

So, I have a good friend who occasionally comes over for a day of couch-potatoing.  It’s good in several ways, especially because it helps me cope with the schedule of full-time-work and full-time-school that I’ve saddled myself with, by blowing … Continue reading →

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Monday Meganekko

Posted on November 24, 2008 by baudattitude

It’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve posted anything to make my wife roll her eyes at me. Here, have a Yomiko Readman wallpaper: That should do the trick.

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Cautionary signs, effective:

Posted on November 24, 2008 by baudattitude

This is a “DANGER” sign that we saw on the front of a snow blower in Skagway, Alaska.  Note the cute little body parts flying out the back of the snow blower as the cute little guy gets sucked into … Continue reading →

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Avatarized

Posted on November 19, 2008 by baudattitude

I don’t actually think that’s a real word. Anyway, I booted up the 360 this morning to see what the “New Xbox Experience” was all about, and managed to be the first person on my friends list* to whip up … Continue reading →

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Killer 7 : Final thoughts

Posted on November 19, 2008 by baudattitude

There’s a particular Japanese ghost story that I see repeated quite often, with some variation – that, not knowing the official name, I think of as the “extra person” story.  If you’ve ever seen They Were Eleven, you have the … Continue reading →

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More Killer 7

Posted on November 17, 2008 by baudattitude

Just for the record, when I was making fun of adventure games in my earlier post on Killer 7, I did not know that I would, at a point approximately halfway through the game, actually have to look around for … Continue reading →

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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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