Category Archives: videogames

I Caught Roughly 17% Of Them All

Posted on August 13, 2017 by baudattitude

Pokémon is probably the most significant series of video games that I’ve never spent more than a few minutes with, but the few times I’ve stumbled into related discussions online it’s been like trying to follow a completely different language.  … Continue reading →

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I’m not sure that word means what you think it means. 

Posted on July 24, 2017 by baudattitude

…though, to be fair, there are so many kinds of “exclusive” these days that I may just not understand the particular way in which Galaga on a Switch is different from Galaga on any of the other systems I have … Continue reading →

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This is for kids, right?

Posted on July 24, 2017 by baudattitude

Oh hey, it’s a Pokémon with a bone, guy looks like he came out of the Flintstones.  Cute! Wait, what? WHAT What in the actual hell, Nintendo? I have no previous exposure to Pokémon outside of seeing the first half-dozen … Continue reading →

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Getting Swole with Idols

Posted on July 23, 2017 by baudattitude

I have some things coming up next month that are going to leave absolutely zero time for games, so I have been ignoring virtually every other project on my “to-do” list in favor of trying to finish Tokyo Mirage Sessions#FE. … Continue reading →

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I did not need another console

Posted on July 14, 2017 by baudattitude

I have, on occasion, rambled on about how nice it is that you don’t need to own multiple consoles in this generation.  While both the PS4 and Xbox One have a fair number of unique games, there’s a really nice … Continue reading →

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It’s 2017, and I’m… I’m repeating myself, aren’t I?

Posted on July 6, 2017 by baudattitude

Finishing Macross 30 took a good hunk of June.  It’s a pretty big game, and although you could probably play through it in 25 hours or so by just ignoring all the nonessential combat and following the big “Story This … Continue reading →

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The 3DS Mii Plaza “Line” feature is needlessly complicated

Posted on June 22, 2017 by baudattitude

My favorite feature of both recent portable systems has been their weird little community systems.  Sadly, the Vita’s “Near” never really took off, but Streetpass seemed to do pretty well – at least, once Nintendo added Streetpass Relay stations to … Continue reading →

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An Unexpected Reference

Posted on June 19, 2017 by baudattitude

So, continuing with the Macross 30th Anniversary game, I’m on Chapter 4 (of 9) now and the whole thing is a massive helping of the best kind of fan-service. I now understand how all of the assorted divas of the … Continue reading →

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Milestones, Visualized:

Posted on June 18, 2017 by baudattitude

This rather horrifying clutter of wire shelving, displays, and systems: Into this: Next up (after finishing Macross) is to move the WiiU into the space where the PS3 currently is on the middle shelf here, then get busy on the … Continue reading →

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Another town, and one more show

Posted on June 17, 2017 by baudattitude

So, I’ve been knocking out the last bits of the PS3 backlog this month.  That’s two games played to completion (Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time and Into the Nexus), four games dropped from the backlog for various … Continue reading →

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