Category Archives: PC Gaming

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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Yar’s Revenge (have you played Atari today?)

Posted on April 11, 2012 by baudattitude

As a grown man of a certain age, I have a certain fondness for the Atari 2600 era of gaming. I never owned one as a youth, but spent endless hours playing on the console whenever the opportunity arose, usually … Continue reading →

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Gunter glieben glauchen globen

Posted on March 28, 2012 by baudattitude

Steam Sales are fantastic things.  I mean, sure, they’ve left me with a virtual backlog that beggars belief, and they’ve made me give companies money for some truly questionable bits of software, but they’ve also made me take a chance … Continue reading →

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What if?

Posted on March 26, 2012 by baudattitude

I think that “what if?” is one of the most fundamental human questions, like “who am I?” or “what is my purpose in life?” There are a ton of What Ifs in life, like “what would happen if Superman fought … Continue reading →

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Eff-Three-Arr

Posted on March 25, 2012 by baudattitude

Last June, a friend of mine who happens to work for Warner Brothers in Canada sent me a big care package full of their latest games & movies. It was a pretty classy care package and I didn’t do it … Continue reading →

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Speaking of F2P

Posted on November 14, 2011 by baudattitude

It’s not exactly news by now, but Sony is in the process of moving its current flagship fantasy MMO, Everquest 2, from its strictly pay-to-play (with a side server on f2p) status to a fully f2p game, allowing the Unwashed … Continue reading →

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Keeping a gameworld alive

Posted on September 14, 2011 by baudattitude

I’ve been back playing EQ2 a bit recently. I put it aside a few months ago, after getting a character to level 90 and feeling a bit like the game had turned into an endless treadmill with no real opportunity … Continue reading →

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Wii PoP and Rain in MMOs

Posted on August 4, 2011 by baudattitude

I put The Forgotten Sands aside for a couple of days while I was trying out D&D Online, but I’ve gotten back to it.  The more I get in to it, the more I’m glad to have picked it up … Continue reading →

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In which I try an F2P MMORPG

Posted on August 2, 2011 by baudattitude

I don’t think it’s any shocker to anyone that my formative years revolved, in great part, around a bag full of polyhedral dice and a handful of friends with whom to roll them. Dungeons and Dragons is something that I … Continue reading →

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No Unicorns Whatsoever

Posted on June 23, 2011 by baudattitude

So, if past years are anything to go by, there’s a Steam Summer Sale coming soon, and if you like cheap games, it’s like a little Christmas in June. It’s also a reason to pause and reflect on the games … Continue reading →

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