Category Archives: videogames

The fading days of StreetPass

Posted on November 12, 2023 by baudattitude

One of my favorite features of the 3DS was “StreetPass”, which let your 3DS check in with any nearby 3DS systems and exchange a little greeting which included your Mii, what you’d been playing lately, and a little greeting.  Some … Continue reading →

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In which, I talk about a post-apocalyptic anime waifu tactical cover shooter gacha mobile game.

Posted on November 10, 2023 by baudattitude

So I have a dirty little secret.  I’ve been playing, and enjoying, a game about cute cyborg girls with big guns.  That wouldn’t be too shameful, on the face of it, but there’s one thing I feel desperately compelled to … Continue reading →

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Getting ahead of the digital future

Posted on September 9, 2023 by baudattitude

Since I’ve gone almost entirely away from physical media, I’ve had to come to grips with the notion that the “digital future” probably means losing access to things I’ve paid money for, from time to time.  It’s actually pretty rare … Continue reading →

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WoW Cheevo Spam

Posted on August 20, 2023 by baudattitude

It’s pretty common that no posts in a while = I’ve been playing too much of an MMO.  The recent one has been WoW, and I thought I’d share some of what I’ve been up to. The game got its … Continue reading →

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If it’s Thursday, this must be Sparta

Posted on July 14, 2023 by baudattitude

While it may hurt my gaming cred – side note, I have no “gaming cred” to hurt – I am unabashedly a fan of open-world games where you have a giant map covered in icons and fog that can be … Continue reading →

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Call of Cutey: Alchemical Warfare

Posted on June 24, 2023 by baudattitude

Even though you’d think the Atelier series would be smack dab in my wheelhouse, I’ve never played any of them.  It’s a combination of (a) being afraid of time limits, which were a Thing in the earlier titles and (b) … Continue reading →

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COD:MEWTWO. Completely different from CoD: MEWTWO.

Posted on June 14, 2023 by baudattitude

After playing a dozen Switch games, it was kind of weird going back to the Series X and jumping into the Biggest of Big Budget games, but it turned out to be a pretty good change of pace. I have … Continue reading →

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Switch thoughts, 12 games later.

Posted on June 10, 2023 by baudattitude

It’s safe to say that I’ve gotten more use out of my Switch recently than usual.  I just wrapped up my 12th game in a row with Qureate’s Prison Princess, an escape-the-room sort of puzzle adventure game with cute girls … Continue reading →

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Let me be your HOG.

Posted on June 7, 2023 by baudattitude

I haven’t played many hidden object games in the last few years, but I recently stumbled across the eighth entry in Sunward Games’ The Secret Order series on the Switch eShop, and since I’d played the first six games I … Continue reading →

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Sense – A Cyberpunk Ghost Story

Posted on June 4, 2023 by baudattitude

It has been a very – VERY – long time since I have played a traditional adventure game, the kind where you wander through some sort of fantastical setting picking up every loose object you can find and trying to … Continue reading →

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