Category Archives: videogames

Kingdom of Paradise : Not the Movie With Orlando Bloom

Posted on February 26, 2008 by baudattitude

Among the advantages of having a wife that buys new gadgets before I get a chance to : I get her hand-me-downs when she gets tired of them. So, when she got herself a PSP and a DS and then … Continue reading →

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Super Real Mahjong P7

Posted on February 25, 2008 by baudattitude

…Finished, or mostly finished, anyway. I can’t figure out what I’m missing to complete the gohoubi: Obviously I’m missing two of Etsuko’s cinemas, but I’ve played through Etsuko’s scenario twice and everyone else but Yurina’s scenario at least twice.  If … Continue reading →

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Internet, you have failed me.

Posted on February 22, 2008 by baudattitude

Why was I not told before now that there was a working and highly compatible Sega Saturn emulator? One on which I can play my Mahjong games, and my bunny-girl-with-mallet platform games, and my post-apocalypse RPGs, and my licensed shooters? … Continue reading →

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Vin Diesel: The Game

Posted on February 5, 2008 by baudattitude

Movie-licensed games tend to be pretty dire. Most people make an exception. They say “Movie games are crap… except Goldeneye, of course.” And that is fair, because Goldeneye was a fine game. Personally, I would add the “Batman” game for … Continue reading →

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Prince of Persia: The Sands Of Time

Posted on February 1, 2008 by baudattitude

I realize that I am roughly the last person on the planet to not yet have played the new Prince of Persia games.  There is a reason for this: Back in the heady days of my youth, I quite enjoyed … Continue reading →

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A New Perspective on Bitching.

Posted on January 28, 2008 by baudattitude

OK, so: Back in 2002, early 2003, Microsoft rolled out the Hype Train for an upcoming game called Brute Force.  In retrospect, they probably poured the hype on a little TOO strongly, as it got a bit of a backlash … Continue reading →

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Backlog: The Progressing.

Posted on January 27, 2008 by baudattitude

3 months ago – October 26, to be precise, I made up a list of 45 games to put at the top of the backlog.  Everything else went into plain white storage boxes so I could concentrate on titles that … Continue reading →

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Kameo: Making Things Difficult For Myself.

Posted on January 25, 2008 by baudattitude

So, I’ve gone back to the Xbox 360’s launch library for my next game, Kameo. This was a game I was really looking forward to when it was announced as a Gamecube title – I even had a Kameo wallpaper … Continue reading →

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I achieve perfection!

Posted on January 22, 2008 by baudattitude

…well, in at least one way. I finished Phantasy Star Universe’s offline, single-player Story Mode tonight, and that gave me 1000 gamerscore of a possible 1000.  So, I got a perfect achievement.  See? Moving on… While I still wish that … Continue reading →

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RPG goodness on the cheap.

Posted on January 16, 2008 by baudattitude

Scored at Goodwill tonight: Baldur’s Gate, Baldur’s Gate : Tales of the Sword Coast, Baldur’s Gate II, all for a massive $10. Boxes trashed all to heck and back, so not pictured, but discs in reasonable shape. No manuals for … Continue reading →

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