Author Archives: baudattitude

Venetica, eh.

Posted on December 26, 2012 by baudattitude

  A couple of years ago, I saw a preview in Game Informer for an upcoming RPG called Venetica. It didn’t have a whole lot of information, just that it was a fantasy RPG set in Venice, which stood out … Continue reading →

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So when you say you “Hunt Spaces”, you mean…?

Posted on December 26, 2012 by baudattitude

I was going to lead this post off with silly remarks about how we have very few games about being a futuristic real estate agent trying to find apartments for let, after which I was going to feign ignorance about … Continue reading →

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Lunacy

Posted on December 20, 2012 by baudattitude

It’s been a couple of months since Gameloft’s My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic application was released, to much initial joy. It took the traditional “click things and then wait a long time” city building game, added just enough story … Continue reading →

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Fists of Fairy

Posted on December 18, 2012 by baudattitude

  The last time I stayed home from work sick – coincidentally, LAST december – I wound up watching 37 episodes of “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic” in a three-day marathon session.  While this didn’t do anything for my … Continue reading →

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Nothing Explodes In This Game

Posted on December 16, 2012 by baudattitude

  As a boy-type person, I am of course hard-coded to enjoy things blowing up.  I’m not saying I rate games and movies by explosions per hour, or anything silly like that, but it certainly can’t hurt to have the … Continue reading →

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Fairly Special Ops.

Posted on December 15, 2012 by baudattitude

  It’s rare that I buy a game within its first six months of release these days, and rarer still that I play it through to its conclusion in the same time frame.  Steam sales have conditioned me to wait … Continue reading →

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One More Thing I Kinda Miss About Japan

Posted on December 13, 2012 by baudattitude

I interrupt my normal generally up-beat and silly postings for a rant that I’ll probably feel rather silly about posting in five minutes but that feels ever so good to get off my chest right now. After a very short … Continue reading →

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Set Phasers to D’AWWWWWW

Posted on December 9, 2012 by baudattitude

According to the AFI, who seem like the sorts of people who ought to know these things, the top ten movies of ALL time are Citizen Kane, Casablanca, The Godfather, Gone With The Wind, Lawrence of Arabia, The Wizard of Oz, … Continue reading →

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At least it comes with free shipping.

Posted on December 7, 2012 by baudattitude

Saw this bargain on Amazon today while I was looking up power strips. On the plus side, if the charge went through, I’d have enough airline miles to flee the country before Visa came looking for me.

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No Kool-Aid Involved

Posted on November 29, 2012 by baudattitude

Every once in a while, I feel the need to put aside the triple-A manshooting games and work on regaining my Indie Game Hipster Cred.  This last week has been a banner week for that, with Bastion, Limbo, and now … Continue reading →

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