Category Archives: videogames

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Posted on September 16, 2018 by baudattitude

A few days ago, I mentioned that I had a habit of starting new Dark Souls playthroughs, ringing the first Bell of Awakening, and stopping there, and that this takes me about an hour each time. Well, this last time … Continue reading →

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Examining Mass Effect 3’s Multiplayer

Posted on August 28, 2018 by baudattitude

The title of this post actually lies a little.  I’m not going to do any sort of deep dive into the multiplayer component of Mass Effect 3, but I am going to talk about it in terms of the intersection … Continue reading →

Posted in videogames, Xbox 360 | 5 Comments

A Heretical Opinion About Mass Effect 2

Posted on August 26, 2018 by baudattitude

I first played through the Mass Effect trilogy in the summer of 2014, and it’s one of a very few series that I have enjoyed enough to let me play all of the entries back-to-back-to-back without needing any breaks.  I … Continue reading →

Posted in videogames, Xbox 360 | 7 Comments

Frog parking only, all others will be toad.

Posted on August 18, 2018 by baudattitude

Yesterday’s post was me ranting about being annoyed by Wii controls, so I thought I’d be a little more positive today.  Fortunately, I also knocked the last couple of WiiU games off my backlog, and it’s easier to be positive … Continue reading →

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On Wii Ennui

Posted on August 17, 2018 by baudattitude

I’ve been playing through the last bits of my Wii and WiiU backlog recently, in preparation for freeing up another HDMI input, and it’s been an experience that has really made me think about the last few console generations and … Continue reading →

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Thanos Quote

Posted on August 14, 2018 by baudattitude

About a month ago, I mentioned that I’d pulled a copy of Destiny out of a bargain bin for rather less than the price of a cup of coffee* and that it had been good for a solid 15 hours … Continue reading →

Posted in videogames, Xbox One | 2 Comments

I’ve been stabbing mans wrong.

Posted on August 9, 2018 by baudattitude

So, after a few years of being very mad at Ubisoft for the ending of Assassin’s Creed III, this year has been the year when I’ve been catching up on the series. Recently, I’ve been playing Assassin’s Creed Rogue, the … Continue reading →

Posted in PC Gaming, videogames | 2 Comments

My Consoles Are Spying On Me, And That’s OK.

Posted on July 26, 2018 by baudattitude

I’ve spent the last few days replaying the first Mass Effect game, and was going to blather on for a bit about how this has been the Year of Replaying Games.  It would have been a thrilling post, trust me. … Continue reading →

Posted in Switch, videogames | 2 Comments

Mining the discount bin

Posted on July 20, 2018 by baudattitude

So, I spent a solid month earlier this year playing through every Halo game, reading Halo books, watching Halo movies, eating Halo cereal out of a Halo bowl with a Halo spoon… It was an experiment in getting caught up … Continue reading →

Posted in videogames, Xbox One | 2 Comments

On Interactivity

Posted on July 13, 2018 by baudattitude

I probably spend more time than I should thinking about how video game controls work, but I spent a fair amount of time over the last couple of years playing through 3d games from the early 2000s, and that was … Continue reading →

Posted in videogames, xbox | 3 Comments