Author Archives: baudattitude

I am VERY secure in my masculinity

So, a few months back, my wife and I sat down and watched all of Disney’s CG “Tinker Bell” movies, and quite liked them.  Naturally, I wound up owning a copy of the associated video game once it made its … Continue reading

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It’s The Great Zapfish, Charlie Brown

Finished the Splatoon single player mode tonight, after playing it a level or two at a time for the last couple of weeks.  It was a heck of a lot of fun, a good change of pace from the frenetic … Continue reading

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Otomedius Excellent, I want that hour of my life back

Anyone who’s read more than a few posts here might come to the conclusion that I rate games on a) whether there’s fan service, b) if the fan service is relevant to my interests, c) if there’s a lot of … Continue reading

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Deathsmiles II X – The Lolis Strike Back

It’s hard saying “Japanese Xbox 360-exclusive” without a massive amount of cognitive dissonance, but the thing managed to rack up a startling number of titles that fit into that category over the course of its lifespan. Probably 75% of them … Continue reading

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THE iDOLM@STER Fan Service For You!

I played through the PSP version of The Idolmaster a few years back, and it was quite a rough game to get though as a non-native speaker.  It’s very text heavy and you are frequently given dialog options with a … Continue reading

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More gushing about Splatoon

I’ve been playing at least 90 minutes of Splatoon every night for the last week, and I really can’t say enough nice things about it.  I’ve gotten up to level 12 in the multiplayer, finished the first two sets of … Continue reading

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Welp, liberated France.

After three play sessions, I wrapped up Call of Duty 3 tonight. It did have a few less-than-stellar moments scattered throughout.  Treyarch felt compelled, for some reason, to put little QTE segments in when you were doing stuff like placing … Continue reading

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Math is a harsh mistress

Hmm, second work post in as many days.  Bad habit. Anyway.  This might be a bit mean-spirited, and I’ll apologize for that in advance.  I had an annoying day and my normal good spirits aren’t what they normally are. At … Continue reading

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So this is what motivation feels like.

My job involves a lot of use of WebEx, which is actually a pretty decent remote access package.  My only complaint about it – that it was really tedious to review recorded WebEx sessions – was wiped out when I … Continue reading

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3 CoD Monte

For a guy who doesn’t play a lot of military-themed shooters, I’ve been hitting the Call of Duty series pretty hard this week.  It’s a good way to grind through the backlog, and it’s interesting seeing how the game series … Continue reading

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