Author Archives: baudattitude

With apologies to Neil & Chris

Posted on October 7, 2008 by baudattitude

For right now, I think I’m running A race I know I’m gonna win And I wouldn’t normally do this kind of thing I wouldn’t normally do this kind of thing — I Wouldn’t Normally Do This Kind of Thing … Continue reading →

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Endearingly Optimistic

Posted on October 7, 2008 by baudattitude

I’ve been at my current job for about 16 months, so I’m guessing I got this email based on it being a year since moving from “probationary employee” to “OK, we’re going to keep you around” full-time employee. From: (our … Continue reading →

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Can’t read your own shirt, huh?

Posted on October 2, 2008 by baudattitude

One really popular pastime for native English speakers, when visiting Japan, is to gawk at and make fun of all the t-shirts with bizarre, fractured, or profane English prominently featured. This, then, would be turnabout. My wife has gotten rather … Continue reading →

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Achievement unlocked: You’re a son of a bitch.

Posted on September 29, 2008 by baudattitude

OK, so a little more on Flatout: Ultimate Carnage, just because I got an achievement that was both insulting and strangely satisfying. There’s a computer-controlled driver in Flatout UC named “Frank Malcov”. Frank drives a big SUV, and he’s not … Continue reading →

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(Re) Licensed to Kill

Posted on September 29, 2008 by baudattitude

As previously noted, my poor Xbox 360 went off into the wild and scary world that is the Microsoft repair center in Texas, someone else’s poor, refurbished 360 was sent to me in its place and all should have been … Continue reading →

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Quake ‘n Bake

Posted on September 27, 2008 by baudattitude

So, if Wikipedia is to be believed – and they more-or-less match my own recollection, so we’ll go with it – Quake was released on June 22, 1996. That’s a bit over 12 years ago. So finally getting around to … Continue reading →

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In the club, again!

Posted on September 25, 2008 by baudattitude

Not only did my Xbox 360 die (and, miraculously, return from the dead, albeit with a different serial #), but I’m a Washington Mutual customer and cnn is telling me that my bank just failed. This may be an odd … Continue reading →

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Xbox, come back to me.

Posted on September 25, 2008 by baudattitude

Well, Microsoft gets reasonably good marks for turnaround time in supplying me with a “Certified Microsoft Replacement Xbox360 Console” to replace my sadly deceased console.  It arrived last night, happily encased in a plain, but well-padded box which I will … Continue reading →

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Dungeons: Sieged.

Posted on September 21, 2008 by baudattitude

I am told that there is an ancient enmity between people who consider themselves “jRPG fans” and people who consider themselves “cRPG fans”, which really only goes to show that people will bitch about anything. I’m not about to get … Continue reading →

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Auction ranting

Posted on September 18, 2008 by baudattitude

So I’ve run two sets of auctions lately, as I try to clear out space. The first was mostly old games.  We’re talking, Apple II games, other early 8-bit micro stuff, TurboGrafx, Sega CD, that sort of stuff. I had … Continue reading →

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