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Halo Month, Part 7: I don’t know why you say Halo, I say goodbye.

Posted on April 24, 2018 by baudattitude

Technically, I did not absorb EVERY piece of Halo-related media in the last three weeks. There are a few comics, a whole mess of audio logs and terminal records, and a couple of books I didn’t get around to. That … Continue reading →

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Halo Month, Part 6: Sweet Christmas

Posted on April 19, 2018 by baudattitude

It’s an odd thing to realize, but of the 10 Xbox One games I’ve finished since owning the console, 8 of them have been remastered versions of games that were originally released for the Xbox or Xbox 360 – with … Continue reading →

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Halo Month, Part 5: Embracing Product Synergy

Posted on April 17, 2018 by baudattitude

The most recent batch of Halo media consisted of six books (“Mortal Dictata”, “Broken Circle”, “New Blood”, “Hunters in the Dark”, “Saint’s Testimony” and “Last Light”, one video series (“Halo: Nightfall”) and two PC ports of mobile games.  At this … Continue reading →

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Halo Month, Part 4: Finally, some payoff.

Posted on April 14, 2018 by baudattitude

Halo Month continues.  I wrapped up Halo Reach, read the “Forerunner Trilogy” (Cryptum, Primordium, and Silentium), read the first two books of the Kilo Five Trilogy (“Glasslands” and “The Thursday War”), watched “Halo: Forward Unto Dawn”, played Halo 4’s single-player … Continue reading →

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Soon.

Posted on April 11, 2018 by baudattitude

So, seven days from now it looks like I will be able to play Panzer Dragoon Orta, upscaled, on my purchased-for-a-song Xbox One S.  Moreover, if they follow their normal pattern, everyone NOT lucky enough to still have a disc … Continue reading →

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Installing Halo Wars 2 Complete from the Windows Store.

Posted on April 10, 2018 by baudattitude

So, I almost managed to make it through Microsoft’s Spring Sale without buying a single new game, and I was feeling pretty good about that. Then, at like 1 AM (with two hours left in the sale!), my resolve broke … Continue reading →

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Halo Month, Part 3

Posted on April 9, 2018 by baudattitude

I’m painfully old-school sometimes, so normally I write blog posts in a plain text editor and copy/paste them into the WordPress editor. Today I’m testing Word/Wordpress integration so I apologize in advance if things are messed up. I’m in the … Continue reading →

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The Beige Box saga continues: Getting a Sound Blaster Audigy to work in DOS.

Posted on April 7, 2018 by baudattitude

I mentioned early in March that I was working on throwing together a retro gaming PC using parts I’d gotten from an eWaste bin, from thrift stores, and from digging through boxes in my closet.  I even recorded a video … Continue reading →

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Halo Month, Part 2

Posted on April 7, 2018 by baudattitude

Halo Month continues, with wrapping up Halo 2 and reading the “Halo Graphic Novel” and “Halo: Ghosts of Onyx” before playing Halo 3, then continuing to the books “Halo: Contact Harvest” and “Halo: The Cole Protocol” and Halo Wars. The … Continue reading →

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Halo Month, Part 1

Posted on April 3, 2018 by baudattitude

So, Halo Month is off to quite the start. I’ve read the first three books (“Halo: The Fall of Reach”, “Halo: The Flood”, and “Halo: First Strike”), played through the MCC version of Halo: Combat Evolved, and started Halo 2. … Continue reading →

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