Author Archives: baudattitude

Silent Hill 4: Maison Ikkoku, Hell-Dimension Edition

Posted on July 14, 2015 by baudattitude

In retrospect, it was pretty ironic to have chosen this last week to play Silent Hill 4. It’s not that I was ACTUALLY kept inside my house by mysterious chains and sealed windows, but being stuck inside for several days … Continue reading →

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Life Lessons

Posted on July 6, 2015 by baudattitude

Learned a very important lesson this weekend: if you do a lot of housework one Sunday, and have kind of a sore back all week as a result, do not spend the NEXT Sunday ALSO doing housework. In other news, … Continue reading →

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Wooooo cats

Posted on July 5, 2015 by baudattitude

I’m choosing to believe that win% is the only metric that matters, and that Nintendo’s weird fudging of the numbers to put dogs on top is simply evidence that someone in the decision-making hierarchy couldn’t stand to see their precious … Continue reading →

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Begun, The Turf Wars Have

Posted on July 4, 2015 by baudattitude

To celebrate, Inkopolis Plaza got a new coat of, um.  Paint?  Ink? It looks pretty, anyway.  I’m not much for the Splatfest battle music, but a change of pace never hurt. After a dozen or so matches, I’m up to … Continue reading →

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EDF! EDF! EDF!

Posted on July 1, 2015 by baudattitude

Earth Defense Force 2017, the first game in the series to grace American shelves, was a bit of an impulse buy.  I picked it up because my wife had heard good things about it and it was, well, it was … Continue reading →

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A Bit of Backlog Blasphemy

Posted on June 30, 2015 by baudattitude

I may have backslid a little on my backlog reduction goal.  I wasn’t supposed to buy any games until Fatal Frame V came out, and instead I got sucked into an indiegala deal and wound up with three new VNs … Continue reading →

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Ain’t no party…

Posted on June 21, 2015 by baudattitude

…like an Alicorn Party. My wife asked me what I wanted for my birthday, and I told her that I’d be happy as long as there was cake. What I GOT was, well, a pretty princess cake.  Possibly the prettiest, … Continue reading →

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Enoch Noch Nochin’ on Heaven’s Door

Posted on June 20, 2015 by baudattitude

I came to own El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron only after it was featured in an Xbox 360 Games on Demand sale at the bargain price of $2.99.  At the time, I played the prologue and about half of … Continue reading →

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A Slight Redemption

Posted on June 17, 2015 by baudattitude

It’s taken me fifteen years, but I have finally finished a Nintendo 64 game. I didn’t manage to finish a single one of the eleven games I owned for the thing when I actually owned the original hardware, which has … Continue reading →

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A Numismatic Surprise

Posted on June 17, 2015 by baudattitude

It’s not too unusual to get a wheat cent in your change, and every couple of years I’ll even find that I’ve gotten a Mercury dime or buffalo nickel.  Coins are hardy things, and tend to move from pocket to … Continue reading →

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