Author Archives: baudattitude

My cup runneth over

Posted on September 17, 2008 by baudattitude

I called the Xbox service line tonight and was rewarded by an automated message telling me that my Xbox 360 had been “fixed” (read: replaced with another, refurbed, console) and was on its way back to me. So that’s a … Continue reading →

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Quake: The Ultimate Quick Strategy Guide

Posted on September 15, 2008 by baudattitude

I finished Doom – well, at least, I finished the original episodes – on Friday night.  I’m not sure if you’re supposed to beat it in the way I did, which was to navigate myself so there was a Hell … Continue reading →

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Back to Hell I go

Posted on September 11, 2008 by baudattitude

Playing through Doom again has been a little odd. It’s been 13 years since I last played it, and that, particularly considering the new look made possible by source ports and fan-updated textures and models, SHOULD mean that I don’t … Continue reading →

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Finding your Sound Blaster Model Number: A Rant

Posted on September 11, 2008 by baudattitude

I have, or used to have, a bit of an anti-Creative bias.  It comes from having worked for one of their competitors several years ago, and having them stomp us completely in to the ground.  It’s not as ingrained as … Continue reading →

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Taking Control of a Dungeon Bash

Posted on September 11, 2008 by baudattitude

Dungeon Siege was starting to frustrate me. Not for the normal reason that games frustrate me, which is that they’re hard and I’m a wimp. Honest! It was more interface issues than anything else, really. A couple of the frustrations … Continue reading →

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Purging for fun &… profit?

Posted on September 10, 2008 by baudattitude

OK, really more like purging for fun and cutting my losses.  🙂 I used to go to a really neat comic book shop in Culver City.  It was not your normal shop, where you have to look very hard to … Continue reading →

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See, someone else likes their games in easy mode:

Posted on September 9, 2008 by baudattitude

I wanted to link to this as proof that I’m not the only gaming wimp out there. Also because it’s a rather well written blog and I find myself sucked into it quite often. tleaves.com article

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It’s gone

Posted on September 9, 2008 by baudattitude

You know, “There’s a Hole In My Entertainment Center (Where My Xbox Used to Be)” would be an awesome country song title. I found a box, printed up the shipping label, and took my Xbox 360 to the nearby Staples … Continue reading →

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doom, Doom, DOOOOOOOOOOOM

Posted on September 9, 2008 by baudattitude

I hopped on the Doom bandwagon a couple of years late. When Doom was originally released, I didn’t have a machine at home capable of running it – I had a pieced-together 80286 box that had about enough marbles to … Continue reading →

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I’m finally in the club.

Posted on September 7, 2008 by baudattitude

Tomorrow I get to call Microsoft and ask them how to get my 360 fixed. I’m actually GLAD this finally happened. My console has a manufacture date of 9/11/2006 and I was worried that it might survive, against considerable odds, … Continue reading →

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