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May. 8th, 2024
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Betteridge's law of headlines.
"The Nerd celebrates 20 years of Angry Video Game Nerd in AVGN episode 215, with the series that started it all and this time he's going to decide what the greatest Castlevania game of all time is for good!"
It's an interesting video, but just to be clear, he's talking about what he thinks is "the greatest Castlevania game of all time" ...while not even mentioning any game post-Symphony of the Night at all, aside from Castlevania Chronicles (which was a remake of a much older game), and no game beyond the original Playstation era. So, take it with a grain of salt.
However, even with that said, even taking all the newer games into account, I personally find it difficult to argue with his pick of Castlevania 4 (aka Super Castlevania) for the SNES as being the best of all time. I love
(EDIT) Oh, and I was reminded by some of the comments under the video that the Castlevania: Nocturne series came out last year. I'd completely forgotten about that. Guess I need to get on that. (/EDIT)
Full headline: "Making good, profitable games 'will no longer keep you safe': industry expresses fury and heartbreak over closure of Hi-Fi Rush and Prey studios"
I mean, it would probably keep one safe enough if one were still an independent entity and not beholden to any sort of upper management, but, yeah, once one has sold out to a bigger company, all bets are off. Lesson to be learned (but which repeatedly fails to be learned): do not sell out your doing-pretty-well-for-yourself small game studio to a huge, soulless corporation. It never, ever ends well.
Also, maybe don't become a huge, soulless corporation, either, because at that point, you will have become the villain. *looks at pretty much every big company to have ever existed.*
I mean, it would probably keep one safe enough if one were still an independent entity and not beholden to any sort of upper management, but, yeah, once one has sold out to a bigger company, all bets are off. Lesson to be learned (but which repeatedly fails to be learned): do not sell out your doing-pretty-well-for-yourself small game studio to a huge, soulless corporation. It never, ever ends well.
Also, maybe don't become a huge, soulless corporation, either, because at that point, you will have become the villain. *looks at pretty much every big company to have ever existed.*
C'moooooooooooooooooooooon, modern video game industry crash.
Castlevania: Nocturne
May. 8th, 2024 11:10 pmBetween that post from earlier today and now, I have seen all of the first season of Castlevania: Nocturne. It was only 8 episodes, not quite half an hour long each, so it only took about 4 hours, not counting time spent doing not that.
It was pretty good. Unlike the first season of the previous series, though, this one absolutely was not a mostly stand-alone, self-contained story, and there will have to be more to come. I'll just say that much.
It was pretty good. Unlike the first season of the previous series, though, this one absolutely was not a mostly stand-alone, self-contained story, and there will have to be more to come. I'll just say that much.