Category Archives: videogames

A Slight Redemption

Posted on June 17, 2015 by baudattitude

It’s taken me fifteen years, but I have finally finished a Nintendo 64 game. I didn’t manage to finish a single one of the eleven games I owned for the thing when I actually owned the original hardware, which has … Continue reading →

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I am VERY secure in my masculinity

Posted on June 16, 2015 by baudattitude

So, a few months back, my wife and I sat down and watched all of Disney’s CG “Tinker Bell” movies, and quite liked them.  Naturally, I wound up owning a copy of the associated video game once it made its … Continue reading →

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It’s The Great Zapfish, Charlie Brown

Posted on June 11, 2015 by baudattitude

Finished the Splatoon single player mode tonight, after playing it a level or two at a time for the last couple of weeks.  It was a heck of a lot of fun, a good change of pace from the frenetic … Continue reading →

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Otomedius Excellent, I want that hour of my life back

Posted on June 9, 2015 by baudattitude

Anyone who’s read more than a few posts here might come to the conclusion that I rate games on a) whether there’s fan service, b) if the fan service is relevant to my interests, c) if there’s a lot of … Continue reading →

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Deathsmiles II X – The Lolis Strike Back

Posted on June 7, 2015 by baudattitude

It’s hard saying “Japanese Xbox 360-exclusive” without a massive amount of cognitive dissonance, but the thing managed to rack up a startling number of titles that fit into that category over the course of its lifespan. Probably 75% of them … Continue reading →

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THE iDOLM@STER Fan Service For You!

Posted on June 7, 2015 by baudattitude

I played through the PSP version of The Idolmaster a few years back, and it was quite a rough game to get though as a non-native speaker.  It’s very text heavy and you are frequently given dialog options with a … Continue reading →

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More gushing about Splatoon

Posted on June 5, 2015 by baudattitude

I’ve been playing at least 90 minutes of Splatoon every night for the last week, and I really can’t say enough nice things about it.  I’ve gotten up to level 12 in the multiplayer, finished the first two sets of … Continue reading →

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Welp, liberated France.

Posted on June 4, 2015 by baudattitude

After three play sessions, I wrapped up Call of Duty 3 tonight. It did have a few less-than-stellar moments scattered throughout.  Treyarch felt compelled, for some reason, to put little QTE segments in when you were doing stuff like placing … Continue reading →

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3 CoD Monte

Posted on June 2, 2015 by baudattitude

For a guy who doesn’t play a lot of military-themed shooters, I’ve been hitting the Call of Duty series pretty hard this week.  It’s a good way to grind through the backlog, and it’s interesting seeing how the game series … Continue reading →

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What the Well-Armed Inkling Is Packing This Season

Posted on June 1, 2015 by baudattitude

OK, so while I may not have any nostalgia surrounding Nintendo CHARACTERS of yore, I do have fond memories of the NES hardware.  The original Zapper light gun, in particular, had a particularly satisfying heft and a trigger action – … Continue reading →

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