Category Archives: videogames

Switch First Impressions

Posted on November 6, 2017 by baudattitude

Frantically burning through short games to get my backlog count down meant that I didn’t actually crack open the box of my new Switch until this Saturday – and then, of course, I spent way too long getting a screen … Continue reading →

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Neunundneunzig Rückstandspiel

Posted on November 4, 2017 by baudattitude

So, a couple of weeks ago, I did another pass through my backlog to eliminate games, and that got me under the hundred mark for the first time in… well, probably since the first time I fell prey to the … Continue reading →

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On the hazards of homonyms

Posted on October 28, 2017 by baudattitude

So I’ll just sum up a couple of conversations between me and my long-suffering wife over the last few weeks: First conversation, some while ago: Me: “Hey, I ordered a Switch off Amazon” Her: *vague grunt of assent* Second conversation, … Continue reading →

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Doki Doki Literature Club

Posted on October 28, 2017 by baudattitude

On the advice of, well, it seems like pretty much the entire Internet, I decided to give Doki Doki Literature Club a try. Going in, I only knew two things: First, that it presented itself as a sort of pink-fluffy-cotton-candy … Continue reading →

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Three Little HoGs

Posted on October 27, 2017 by baudattitude

Hidden-object games are a genre that doesn’t get a whole lot of attention in gaming media, because they’re almost entirely aimed at adult women and most people who write about games are a) men and b) young, or at least … Continue reading →

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Onwards to 101

Posted on October 10, 2017 by baudattitude

Knocking out Metroid: Other M and Cursed Mountain got my Wii backlog under double digits, so – on a reader recommendation – I decided to pull Pandora’s Tower off the shelf to keep pushing that number down. It’s a fantasy-setting … Continue reading →

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2017 Backlog Milestones: 100 Down

Posted on October 9, 2017 by baudattitude

I wrapped up Cursed Mountain this weekend, and I’m happy to report that the initial very positive impressions I had of it continued all the way to the end. It’s hard not to compare it to the Fatal Frame series, … Continue reading →

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Quick Other M thoughts. 

Posted on October 6, 2017 by baudattitude

Edit: Revised to add some thoughts after finishing, didn’t feel like a whole new post. I was very close to dropping Other M a couple of nights ago. There were just so many stretches of boring hallway, and the jump … Continue reading →

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(Might as well) Jump!

Posted on October 4, 2017 by baudattitude

Quickie post tonight. Still chugging through Cursed Mountain and Metroid: Other M as my at-home games, with IA/VT Colorful on Vita in my portable slot for lunch breaks and the like. IA/ VT is pretty brilliant, as an aside. It’s … Continue reading →

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Breaking out the Wiimotes

Posted on October 1, 2017 by baudattitude

So, the Switch seems to be doing well at getting Japanese publisher support and I’ll probably wind up owning one in the next few months – especially with Tecmo slipping Fatal Frame references into Nights of Azure 2.  But. I … Continue reading →

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