Author Archives: baudattitude

Faith in humanity fading

Posted on February 18, 2008 by baudattitude

When you’re a 44 waist and rocking a 3XL shirt to be comfortable, there’s not a lot of places you can shop for clothes anymore. You can find stuff at Old Navy, or Sears… sometimes Fred Meyer. Your choices are … Continue reading →

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OK, c’mon now.

Posted on February 11, 2008 by baudattitude

Since PC gaming is in rather better shape in Europe than the US, I’ve been ordering some budget games from UK dealers via eBay.  This leads me to today’s rant. British people: I accept the fact that you get free … Continue reading →

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Creepy actor coincidences.

Posted on February 9, 2008 by baudattitude

I saw “The Sum of All Fears” shortly after it came out on DVD, which was some while before I started watching “Alias”. I’m also not very good at keeping track of actors, so I didn’t realize there was any … Continue reading →

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Say Hello to Vanity

Posted on February 5, 2008 by baudattitude

There’s a reason the latest PC in my apartment is named Vanity: I really didn’t need another PC. I certainly didn’t need a small form factor PC. But… I kept seeing references around the net to the Intel BLKD201GLYL motherboard, … Continue reading →

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Vin Diesel: The Game

Posted on February 5, 2008 by baudattitude

Movie-licensed games tend to be pretty dire. Most people make an exception. They say “Movie games are crap… except Goldeneye, of course.” And that is fair, because Goldeneye was a fine game. Personally, I would add the “Batman” game for … Continue reading →

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Prince of Persia: The Sands Of Time

Posted on February 1, 2008 by baudattitude

I realize that I am roughly the last person on the planet to not yet have played the new Prince of Persia games.  There is a reason for this: Back in the heady days of my youth, I quite enjoyed … Continue reading →

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A New Perspective on Bitching.

Posted on January 28, 2008 by baudattitude

OK, so: Back in 2002, early 2003, Microsoft rolled out the Hype Train for an upcoming game called Brute Force.  In retrospect, they probably poured the hype on a little TOO strongly, as it got a bit of a backlash … Continue reading →

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Backlog: The Progressing.

Posted on January 27, 2008 by baudattitude

3 months ago – October 26, to be precise, I made up a list of 45 games to put at the top of the backlog.  Everything else went into plain white storage boxes so I could concentrate on titles that … Continue reading →

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Kameo: Making Things Difficult For Myself.

Posted on January 25, 2008 by baudattitude

So, I’ve gone back to the Xbox 360’s launch library for my next game, Kameo. This was a game I was really looking forward to when it was announced as a Gamecube title – I even had a Kameo wallpaper … Continue reading →

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The Doctrine of First Theft.

Posted on January 22, 2008 by baudattitude

Pardon me for a minute while I get serious and ranty.   I promise, it’s all back to “yay, I finished another game!” or “look at the neat thing I bought” next post. I was browsing around for new wallpaper last … Continue reading →

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