Category Archives: videogames

In Which, I Explain My Absence And Rant About A JRPG.

Posted on July 9, 2018 by baudattitude

So, my daily viewer counts have dipped consistently into the double digits of late, which is normal when I don’t post for nearly a month.  For the handful of people who do read this blog on the regular, I’d like … Continue reading →

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I played some Dark Souls.

Posted on June 10, 2018 by baudattitude

It was OK. I didn’t start the Dark Souls remaster intending to go all cheevo-mad, but the problem was that the very first Channeler – the one in Undead Parish – decided to drop the Channeler’s Trident.  It was kind … Continue reading →

Posted in PS4, Souls, videogames | 1 Comment

A Cautionary Tale About Amazon Prime Pre-order Discounts

Posted on May 26, 2018 by baudattitude

So, my copy of Dark Souls: Remastered arrived on Friday, and it is absolutely brilliant. I’ve just finished ringing the second Bell of Awakening and it’s off to Sen’s next for some swinging-blade action. But that’s not the point of … Continue reading →

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Some thoughts about digital distribution.

Posted on May 21, 2018 by baudattitude

One thing I didn’t expect to get out of starting this blog, a little over 11 years ago, was the ability to look back and see how my attitudes had changed over time. One of the big things I’ve done … Continue reading →

Posted in videogames, Xbox 360 | 2 Comments

E3 2018: Hopes, Wishes, and Dreams

Posted on May 16, 2018 by baudattitude

It’s almost exactly one month until this year’s iteration of the Electronic Entertainment Expo, and gamers all over the world are starting to Get Hype about the futures of their favorite corporations and how they certainly will not be announcing … Continue reading →

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On Second Place

Posted on May 10, 2018 by baudattitude

I have a long history of making poor tech choices. I’ve owned Laserdiscs and Minidiscs, Sega Saturns and NEC TurboDuos, an eee 701 netbook and a Windows Phone. Let’s just say that I have a knack for picking the winning … Continue reading →

Posted in videogames, Xbox One | 2 Comments

On Second Looks

Posted on May 7, 2018 by baudattitude

Anyone unfortunate enough to follow this blog for any length of time has probably run into one or more of my frothing rants about Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. I’d been a big fan of the series since the first … Continue reading →

Posted in PS4, videogames | 4 Comments

On Trying New Things

Posted on April 26, 2018 by baudattitude

So, one side effect of playing an awful lot of Halo recently is that it got me curious what Bungie had been up to since Halo Reach.  That lead me to the local Gamestop’s 4-for-$10 bin to pick up a … Continue reading →

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On Procrastination

Posted on April 25, 2018 by baudattitude

While I haven’t talked much about the series in a few years, I used to be quite the fan of the “Assassin’s Creed” games.  I had something of a break with the series after III, which was the point where … Continue reading →

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Halo Month, Part 7: I don’t know why you say Halo, I say goodbye.

Posted on April 24, 2018 by baudattitude

Technically, I did not absorb EVERY piece of Halo-related media in the last three weeks. There are a few comics, a whole mess of audio logs and terminal records, and a couple of books I didn’t get around to. That … Continue reading →

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