Category Archives: videogames

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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Dragon Age: Origins, My Thoughts:

Posted on June 9, 2017 by baudattitude

I had this long thing written up where I talked about the minutiae of the game’s various systems and how they blurred the line between MMO-style systems and single-player games, and then I decided to throw it all out and … Continue reading →

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It’s 2017, and I’m finally done with UMDs.

Posted on June 9, 2017 by baudattitude

I’d like to say “Done with PSP games”, but I still have four PSP games in the backlog.  They’re all PSN download versions, though, so I get to pack away both my Ceramic White PSP-1000 and my Lilac PSP-3000 and … Continue reading →

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Dead or Alive DLC is needlessly complicated

Posted on May 31, 2017 by baudattitude

Though I don’t often write about it, the Dead or Alive series of fighting games remains my favorite beat-em-up and Barbie-simulator series – and, given that I am rubbish at the actual fighting part of the game, the part where … Continue reading →

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It’s 2017, and I’m finally done with PS2 games.

Posted on May 24, 2017 by baudattitude

The PS2 came out at possibly the worst possible time.  I was deep in the throes of an Everquest habit, and it followed up the PS1, a system where niche Japanese games tended to get incredibly small print runs and … Continue reading →

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