Category Archives: videogames

Halo Month, Part 6: Sweet Christmas

Posted on April 19, 2018 by baudattitude

It’s an odd thing to realize, but of the 10 Xbox One games I’ve finished since owning the console, 8 of them have been remastered versions of games that were originally released for the Xbox or Xbox 360 – with … Continue reading →

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Halo Month, Part 4: Finally, some payoff.

Posted on April 14, 2018 by baudattitude

Halo Month continues.  I wrapped up Halo Reach, read the “Forerunner Trilogy” (Cryptum, Primordium, and Silentium), read the first two books of the Kilo Five Trilogy (“Glasslands” and “The Thursday War”), watched “Halo: Forward Unto Dawn”, played Halo 4’s single-player … Continue reading →

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Soon.

Posted on April 11, 2018 by baudattitude

So, seven days from now it looks like I will be able to play Panzer Dragoon Orta, upscaled, on my purchased-for-a-song Xbox One S.  Moreover, if they follow their normal pattern, everyone NOT lucky enough to still have a disc … Continue reading →

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Halo Month, Part 3

Posted on April 9, 2018 by baudattitude

I’m painfully old-school sometimes, so normally I write blog posts in a plain text editor and copy/paste them into the WordPress editor. Today I’m testing Word/Wordpress integration so I apologize in advance if things are messed up. I’m in the … Continue reading →

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Halo Month, Part 2

Posted on April 7, 2018 by baudattitude

Halo Month continues, with wrapping up Halo 2 and reading the “Halo Graphic Novel” and “Halo: Ghosts of Onyx” before playing Halo 3, then continuing to the books “Halo: Contact Harvest” and “Halo: The Cole Protocol” and Halo Wars. The … Continue reading →

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Halo Month, Part 1

Posted on April 3, 2018 by baudattitude

So, Halo Month is off to quite the start. I’ve read the first three books (“Halo: The Fall of Reach”, “Halo: The Flood”, and “Halo: First Strike”), played through the MCC version of Halo: Combat Evolved, and started Halo 2. … Continue reading →

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Dark Souls III: There IS an easy mode.

Posted on March 30, 2018 by baudattitude

It’s been nearly two years since I decided to man up and see what all the hype about “Demon’s Souls” was about, and that lead to me spending most of April and May of 2016 playing through that game and … Continue reading →

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On Secret Weapons

Posted on March 21, 2018 by baudattitude

So, I had to be on a conference call from home tonight, and my only role was to sit and listen for my name and answer questions if asked.  We’ve been having this call every night so far this week … Continue reading →

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Star Wars: Battlefront II, March 21st Update: A New Hope?

Posted on March 21, 2018 by baudattitude

Earlier this year, I rented Star Wars: Battlefront II – mostly just to play through the single-player campaign since they actually did one this time.  In the process, I tried out the game’s “Starfighter Assault” multiplayer mode, and had way … Continue reading →

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TERA for consoles is a hot mess.

Posted on March 10, 2018 by baudattitude

So, I’ve been quite a fan of Enmasse’s TERA MMORPG for the last several years.  I got on-board at launch, went MMO-crazy as one does with a new obsession and played almost nothing else for several months, then retired it … Continue reading →

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