Category Archives: mac

OSX, SMB, M O U S E

Posted on April 12, 2014 by baudattitude

I run an i7 Mac Mini for the main file server here.  I’ve been using Minis as my main server for a few years now; they’re quiet, don’t take much power and are pretty much rock solid boxes.  The only … Continue reading →

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Maybe a little uncivilized…

Posted on January 31, 2013 by baudattitude

Civilization is one of those long-running franchises that I’ve never really taken a crack at before.  It’s got that… reputation to it, the one where you start playing at 8 PM with the goal of getting in just one or … Continue reading →

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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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I finished some games for a change.

Posted on November 25, 2012 by baudattitude

Some quick comments on some recent conquests. Earth Defense Force : Insect Armageddon (PS3) (Also: Xbox 360, PC) Sequel to Earth Defense Force 2017 and a much more polished game in all regards.  There’s more story – and it’s honestly … Continue reading →

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New Macintosh Time

Posted on November 5, 2012 by baudattitude

Apple’s always had a bit of an… issue when it comes to pricing.  That is to say, they release new models that are just SLIGHTLY more expensive than the actual performance really justifies, and then they let the hardware stagnate … Continue reading →

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I May Have A Unicorn Problem

Posted on June 4, 2012 by baudattitude

Let’s roll back the clock about a year, to June 19th of last year.  At that time, I’d just finished playing “Peggle Extreme”, a game featuring unicorns, just after an article about Secret of the Magic Crystals, another game featuring … Continue reading →

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Blades of Time

Posted on April 26, 2012 by baudattitude

Three years ago, I played and rather enjoyed the ever-so-slightly-questionable 3d brawler X-Blades. It wasn’t a perfect game by any means, or even necessarily very good, but it let me run through some very impressive scenery and beat stuff up … Continue reading →

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Brush brush brush brush

Posted on June 15, 2011 by baudattitude

  So I noticed something very odd when I booted my Windows box yesterday, specifically something very odd on my Steam friends list. I had two friends on and actively in-game, and both of them were playing something called Secret … Continue reading →

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The joys of data migration

Posted on November 14, 2010 by baudattitude

As I mentioned early last week, I ordered a new hard drive from Newegg, and it arrived with their usual speed, and then I was faced with a bit of dread. See, I did upgrade the hard drive in my … Continue reading →

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Adventures with rsync

Posted on October 11, 2010 by baudattitude

As so often happens, I went and made more problems for myself. See, we run a mixed environment here, a handful of PCs and two macs. Mostly the PCs are used for gaming, except for one laptop my wife uses … Continue reading →

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