Category Archives: videogames

What the well-dressed Draenei is wearing this season

Posted on January 1, 2017 by baudattitude

WoW PvP continues to be an unbalanced and aggravating mess at times, but still offers the occasional feeling of triumph that makes the losses less important.  My goal is to get to Prestige rank 2 and unlock a new look … Continue reading →

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Kick-Ball, Stick-Ball, KILL-THE-GUY-WITH-THE-BALL

Posted on December 21, 2016 by baudattitude

(Do You Want To Play?) So, usually I pick up a new MMO, get to max level, play through all of the group content, do a little raiding and call it good.  I love MMOs – they’re basically “Checklist: The … Continue reading →

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On The Evolution Of Gaming Skill

Posted on November 24, 2016 by baudattitude

First off, I want all the credit for not spelling “Skill” with a Z at the end.  It took some self control. Carrying on, then. While I have been playing games since the glory days of the arcade, and an … Continue reading →

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On Level Scaling. 

Posted on October 24, 2016 by baudattitude

So, I promised everyone a rant about Legion, and now that I’m at level cap, I have one to share.  Let me provide some context first.  I had a friend over on Saturday, and convinced him to give Bloodborne a … Continue reading →

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WoW: Day Three

Posted on September 17, 2016 by baudattitude

So Day One of WoW was getting a new character up to level 15 so I could run instanced dungeons, Day Two was spent burning through dungeon after dungeon and getting a handle on How To Heal And How To … Continue reading →

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Teddy Ruxpin Sold Separately

Posted on September 15, 2016 by baudattitude

OK, no.  I lie.  This post is actually about the less-well-known WoW: My wife has been trying to get me to play WoW for several months now, and what she ACTUALLY wound up convincing me to do was to re-up … Continue reading →

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In Which I Confront a Hoarding Problem

Posted on August 15, 2016 by baudattitude

I have realized that Everquest 2 is, at its heart, a complicated game about inventory management in which you occasionally fight monsters. I will explain. My wife has been steeping in pre-release hype and events for the forthcoming WoW expansion, … Continue reading →

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Test Your Might

Posted on August 3, 2016 by baudattitude

A couple of games off the backlog recently. First, Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness, which really wasn’t stuck on to the backlog for very long.  I preordered it, it showed up on the release date, it sat on the shelf … Continue reading →

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Splatfest Results, and WiiU Image Uploading

Posted on July 24, 2016 by baudattitude

So, let’s start by getting this out of the way: Boom indeed.  But, to be fair, it was awfully close, so we shouldn’t look down on the heretical Callie devotees with TOO much scorn. We will need someone to shovel … Continue reading →

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It’s the faaaaaiiiiiinal countdown

Posted on July 23, 2016 by baudattitude

Wait no it isn’t.  Sorry, Europe. It is WAS, however, the final Splatfest this weekend, and even though I haven’t been playing Splatoon in the last several months, I felt obligated to log on and do my best for Team … Continue reading →

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