Category Archives: anime

My stuff, look at it.

Posted on February 18, 2013 by baudattitude

Speaking of regular Saturday night pencil-and-paper RPG groups, I got talked into signing up for YET ANOTHER social network type of thing, this one rather specific in its focus – it’s for people who collect Japanese figurines from games & … Continue reading →

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It was the Nineties, and there was Time for Pirates

Posted on February 9, 2013 by baudattitude

My most recent video fare has been a big plate of nineties anime nostalgia called The Enemy’s The Pirates!, a six-episode OVA series from 1990 based on a series of books that I’ve never read.  My interest in the series, … Continue reading →

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Well, that’s a novel way to do things.

Posted on January 27, 2013 by baudattitude

I spent the weekend sick as a dog, but still managed to accomplish two things: 1) I am playing a “Civilization” game for the first time ever, specifically Civilization V, and I have discovered that its reputation for making time … Continue reading →

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Ripping progress and rants.

Posted on January 14, 2013 by baudattitude

Getting all of our movies converted for iTunes has been progressing, but a little slowly. I’ve finished ripping and encoding up through “Troy” as of last night, so I have, uh, U V X Y and Z to do. That’s … Continue reading →

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I loves me some pai.

Posted on November 24, 2012 by baudattitude

See, the counter for mahjong tiles is “-ぱい” so uh it’s a joke that is either incredibly opaque or painfully lame depending on your point of view.  Not that clever.  Moving on. I got introduced to Japanese-style mahjong – as … Continue reading →

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Humility

Posted on October 25, 2012 by baudattitude

It’s been about 18 months since I built my latest PC.  I do everything that could be charitably described as “work” on my 2009 Macbook Pro, so the PC is mostly used for gaming and video encoding. Not that the … Continue reading →

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Oh, I get it, it was his SLED

Posted on May 5, 2012 by baudattitude

A few years ago, in an attempt to be social and meet other humans, I attended a few – half a dozen or so, probably – episodes of an anime club. It didn’t turn out to be very interactive.  The … Continue reading →

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Nowhere near Tomobiki-cho

Posted on March 24, 2012 by baudattitude

Back in the mid 90s, I was driving through Washington with my wife.  It was actually our honeymoon trip, and we were a couple of geeks who had just been given a bunch of gift certificates and cash, so we … Continue reading →

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In Which I Fail At Consuming Media And Talk About Free MMOs

Posted on March 8, 2012 by baudattitude

I’m usually a pretty optimistic guy, but I think there are some occasions when you just have to go to bed and declare a do-over on the day. I tried watching FLCL tonight.  This is my third time trying to … Continue reading →

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The Problem With Magical Girls

Posted on March 6, 2012 by baudattitude

Let me begin by saying that I have a soft spot in my heart for most magical girl anime. I originally typed “soft spot in my head” there, which may have been a Freudian slip. Anyway. I was introduced to … Continue reading →

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