Category: Video Game Musings

Ecch…

Right, so the review will be up later tonight… but I wanted to share a little tidbit for the blog reading folks.

I’ve had a roll with the new Belmont’s Curse demo and as you can surmise from this stream that I’ve uploaded a fresh recording of to ignore the travesty of a laggy live feed (found here), it was brief and made me wanting more. Good thing for a demo. I did not pre-order the game. I’m not going that route. I’m waiting until release day to buy the game. It will be the PC version.

It’s a digital release. There’s no copies of the game running out if I don’t pre-order or order on release day. There are plenty of these to go around because you’re buying a code that lets you download the game to your machine and play it. There’s no incentive for me to pre-order a game and no, a costume change doesn’t cut it.

This isn’t a statement being made or a stand being… made… it’s just me saying my piece and moving on because the thing that I was hoping to have done for today is not done and therefore I am distracting you with nonsense to keep your mind busy until I have something up later tonight.

Is it working?

Oh well… worth a try, I guess.

The Very Epitome Of “But Why?”

Source: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/09/prep-your-crane-stance-nes-karate-champ-joins-the-console-archives-today

Some time last year, the Hamster people behind the Arcade Archives series of arcade game emulations launched a new series for PS5 and Switch 2 called Console Archives, where they’d port a bunch of console games. Today’s Console Archives release is the terrible NES port of Karate Champ… why?

I did a review of Karate Champ years ago. You can watch that here if you wish.

Sony Releases Stupid Piece Of Shit That Doesn’t Fucking Work

(And of course, it’s age-restricted… Thanks, mainstream monkeys.)

From reputable news outlet The Onion comes this report about Sony’s plans to release another shitty doodad that doesn’t do the thing it’s fucking supposed to.

Wait, what do you mean this is a parody video?

Hold on, what do you mean this video is SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD?!

I thought this was relevant.

Still is.

Oh well…

Tomorrow’s a proper vid… but not THAT vid. Tomorrow will explain why.

Flaky As May Be…

Konami recently put out a trailer for the upcoming Belmont’s Curse game… I’d post it here, but I forgot to bookmark the video and don’t feel like looking it up. Basically, it just announced the English cast for the game, which includes a couple voice actors from the Netflix series as well as someone voicing a character from a previous Castlevania outing. Needless to say, I’m largely ambivalent regarding casting for these things, so other than the little bits of gameplay shown off, my anticipation remains the same.

I do have to laugh at some of the folks who are crying foul that this feels nothing like the Castlevania they grew up with or were familiar with. To those folks, I say, “Join the club. Now you know how some of us felt when Symphony Of The Night was a thing.”

Castlevania has moved past its Igavania phase. If you want more of that, Bloodstained is right there and the new one will offer more of that, I’m sure. Am I completely on board with this new style being presented? Not entirely, but I wouldn’t say that I’m against it, either. To compare it to what came before is doing this a disservice. If you want to say that you prefer the older games over what this one is offering, fair enough. But to anyone who says this doesn’t need or deserve to be a Castlevania game… I’ve said the same thing about Order Of Ecclesia for years. I even made a video on that count; you can watch that here.

Belmont’s Curse is scheduled for release on October 15th. I’ve considered getting this on Switch, but figure that I might be better off getting this on Steam and running this on the big tower. I’ll probably post some quick thoughts afterwards. If the game rocks, I’ll say so. If the game sucks, I’ll say so. But I’ll judge it on its own merits before deciding whether I like it more than whatever came before… and if this turns out to be worse than Judgment, we’re all boned.

Anyway, some big stuff coming up on the channel and the blog. Hope it all works out…

A Delay In Video Means I Can Talk About This…

More deal into the gameplay, which includes custom chips for custom abilities – either collectables or a shop mechanic in place. We also see a new Robot Master (the eloquently named “Twinkle Girl”) as well as an old Robot Master (Mega Man 8 & Bass’ Astro Man), which implies some old faces returning. And speaking of which, although not seen in-game, presser material unveils that Proto Man will be a playable character.

Oh, and the new Override system… which is a kill shot similar to Mega Man 11’s Double Gear kill shot that’s active on desperation… a little less enthused on that, but hey, let it play out and see where it goes.

New review (not Mega related) will be up later tonight because I forgot to upload it. Sorry.

Activision Is Returning To 2600

Source: Atari Site

So anyone remember the big news that Atari teased a while back? Well, turns out that it’s not a new Ataribox. However, I would still consider it a big deal of sorts, as you can now purchase the old Activision classics in brand new spiffy 2600 carts. Twelve of them are available individually, while the rest are locked behind expensive collections, rather than using the nifty multi-game switches of their own releases, which would have been cheaper… but this is Activision (owned by Microsoft) we’re talking about here.

Still a pretty cool deal, though… you know what would be even cooler, though… besides more 7800 games, of course?

Sharing some of that Activision love on your celebratory Atari 50 compilation via DLC.

Would be nice.

There Is A Golden Axe Cartoon Coming… And It’s A Thing…

Believe me when I say that calling this “a thing” is probably the nicest thing I have to say about this. And once I knew Mike McMahan was one of the dudes behind this – he of Lower Decks fame – I had a feeling on where this was headed.

For what it’s worth, I did like Lower Decks. It took a while to grow on me, but it did, eventually… but that doesn’t necessarily mean I want another cartoon in that vein. That brand of comedy starts to wear itself thing. Small doses, I can accept. Series after series of this stuff, however? No thanks.

Oh well… we’ll see how the diehards react, point and laugh accordingly, and move on with our lives.