Author Archives: baudattitude

Lemmings: The Progress So Far

Posted on March 6, 2008 by baudattitude

When I last mentioned Lemmings, I admitted that, despite having purchased the game four times so far since its release back in 1991, I’d never gotten very far with it.  As best as I can figure, I think I stopped … Continue reading →

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So that’s what a “warranty” is for.

Posted on March 6, 2008 by baudattitude

Backstory: A little over a week ago – Feb 26 to be precise – I realized that my camera, my beautiful pink camera, was broken.  A little bit.  Well, the “up” button on the keypad wasn’t working, and this is also … Continue reading →

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One Year Blog

Posted on March 2, 2008 by baudattitude

I don’t have much to say today but it seemed silly not to put something up for the first anniversary. 🙂 Since buying Trigger Heart: Exelica, I’ve gone on a little bit of an XBLA spending spree and picked up … Continue reading →

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A short post today:

Posted on March 1, 2008 by baudattitude

I don’t care how broke you are or how bad you are at bullet-hell style shooters. I’m terrible at them myself, regardless of how many I buy and play. If you have an Xbox 360, round up 800 Microsoft Points … Continue reading →

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Stranglehold: Well, that sucked.

Posted on February 27, 2008 by baudattitude

I’m not going to claim outright that Hard Boiled is the best action movie of all time. There are an awful lot of movies I’ve never seen, after all, so that would be unfair. I think it’s likely, though, that … Continue reading →

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Kingdom of Paradise : Not the Movie With Orlando Bloom

Posted on February 26, 2008 by baudattitude

Among the advantages of having a wife that buys new gadgets before I get a chance to : I get her hand-me-downs when she gets tired of them. So, when she got herself a PSP and a DS and then … Continue reading →

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Super Real Mahjong P7

Posted on February 25, 2008 by baudattitude

…Finished, or mostly finished, anyway. I can’t figure out what I’m missing to complete the gohoubi: Obviously I’m missing two of Etsuko’s cinemas, but I’ve played through Etsuko’s scenario twice and everyone else but Yurina’s scenario at least twice.  If … Continue reading →

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Internet, you have failed me.

Posted on February 22, 2008 by baudattitude

Why was I not told before now that there was a working and highly compatible Sega Saturn emulator? One on which I can play my Mahjong games, and my bunny-girl-with-mallet platform games, and my post-apocalypse RPGs, and my licensed shooters? … Continue reading →

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2007 JLPT Scores

Posted on February 20, 2008 by baudattitude

I’m getting an awful lot of hits recently from people who, like me, are waiting impatiently for the Japan Foundation to finish running our answer sheets through a scantron reader and let us know how we’ve done, already, sheesh. So … Continue reading →

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Dear Director of “Sunshine”

Posted on February 20, 2008 by baudattitude

The point, two-thirds of the way through your movie, where you said to yourself: “Boy, these people don’t have enough odds stacked against them and I really can’t think of any interesting ways to kill them off any more.  Let’s … Continue reading →

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