Author Archives: baudattitude

Wonderswan and on and on…

Posted on February 14, 2017 by baudattitude

I’m not a huge fan of the mascot platformer genre, and I say that even though the game that made me put aside my home-computer-gaming ways and buy a console back in the late 80s was the original Sonic the … Continue reading →

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Requiem for a Dreamcast

Posted on February 13, 2017 by baudattitude

Although I was silly enough to buy an imported Dreamcast five months before the system came out in the US, it was just a few months later that a friend introduced me to Everquest, which rapidly consumed all of my … Continue reading →

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How to skip cutscenes in Shenmue II:

Posted on February 12, 2017 by baudattitude

No clever title today, rather one deliberately chosen to make this page easier to find on search engines. Shenmue 2 nearly broke me tonight.  I’m closing in on the end of the game, I’m pretty sure, but  getting this far … Continue reading →

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A Sequel Post On The Youthful Rejection Of Gender Stereotypes

Posted on February 9, 2017 by baudattitude

So, last April I posted this thing in which I posited that playing Ms. Pac-Man as a very small boy had gotten me used to playing as female characters in video games and hah wasn’t that enlightened for a young … Continue reading →

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How About A Game Of Lucky Hit?

Posted on February 9, 2017 by baudattitude

So, it’s been roughly ten years since I played the first Shenmue, and I understand they’re actually planning to make a third one.  In addition, Shenmue II is the last Dreamcast game sitting in my backlog after I came to … Continue reading →

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In Which I Learn New Tricks

Posted on February 6, 2017 by baudattitude

So, I offered a favor to a user of a message board I frequent, and it turned out to be a fantastic learning experience. As always, it started with arrogance. They were wanting a video file converted.  Basically, they wanted … Continue reading →

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I Read The News Today, Oh Boy

Posted on February 6, 2017 by baudattitude

Couple of articles on the Don’t Call It Gawker network that I felt the need to mention. First, this bit talking about the end of support for 32-bit iOS apps as of iOS 11, whenever that comes out.  This is … Continue reading →

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Now I’m REALLY Fishing For Page Views

Posted on February 6, 2017 by baudattitude

One of the things that most annoys me about my blogging is that I’m never quite sure how to capitalize post titles – should they just have initial cap, or should they follow normal title capitalization rules, where significant words … Continue reading →

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Raiding the Lost Arc(hives)

Posted on February 4, 2017 by baudattitude

Backlog reduction project continues. With most everything I play on PC coming from Steam this days, it’s easy to forget that I picked up quite a few indie games on various trips to Japan, which have wound in a box … Continue reading →

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In Which I Am Helpful At Work

Posted on February 4, 2017 by baudattitude

For the last few months, I have been on a bit of an odd schedule at work – they have me in the office from 2 PM until 11 PM Sunday through Thursday. This is actually a shift with a … Continue reading →

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