Review - Castlevania: Harmony of Despair

As soon as Castlevania: Harmony of Despair (HD) was announced, I knew I would be purchasing it, regardless of the price.  Now, some of you may point to that statement and call my objectivity in reviewing the game into question.  Allow me to reassure you that I will be completely objective by asking you to keep in mind the heartache caused by the crushing of a man’s hopes and dreams.

Thankfully, the matter of purchasing Castlevania: HD never came up.  Konami graciously provided early review codes to various reviewers on Thursday, and we were one of the lucky few.

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Join Our Forums

A long time ago Chris and I created some forums, and they were pretty awesome. Unfortunately they went dead, like the site did for awhile. About a month ago, I decided to bring them back since our readership was larger than ever before, and building a community is one of our goals. Problems occurred, and the old forums had to be scrapped.

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Blogathon 2010 Complete

Well, ladies and gents, our 2010 blogathon in support of One Love for Chi has come to an end.  This means I can thankfully, mercifully, joyously go to sleep.  But first, a few things to wrap-up.

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Recommended Listening: Raffi

If you recognize who Raffi is, but think that I must surely be talking about a different Raffi, well, you’re wrong.  And don’t call me Shirley (nyuk nyuk nyuk).  I am indeed talking about the children’s entertainer Raffi, best known for one particular song (at least, best known by me).

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Recommended Listening: Voodoo Glow Skulls

It’s almost 5:00am now, and I started running out of different ways to start talking about bands hours ago.  With this in mind, I decided to just skip the yakety-yak crap and get straight to the point: Voodoo Glow Skulls.  Bam.

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Recommended Listening: The Suicide Machines

Did I mention I like ska-core?  I’m especially a huge fan of 90s-era ska-core and third-wave ska.  I remember listening to The Suicide Machines debut album, Destruction by Definition, when it came out in 1996.  It was quite an experience.

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Recommended Listening: Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Punk rock is not a financially lucrative genre, compared to more mainstream genres like pop, rock, rap, etc.  This makes it hard to have a true “supergroup” collaboration, such as Them Crooked Vultures (Dave Grohl from Foo Fighters, John Paul Jones from Led Zeppelin, and Josh Homme from Queens of the Stone Age), or Velvet Revolver (Scott Weiland from STP and the rest of the guys from the original Guns ‘N Roses, minus Axl).  In so much as punk rock can have a supergroup, however, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes is a true punk rock supergroup.

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Recommended Listening: Ignite

I don’t remember if it was my friend Casey or my friend Dustin who first recommended the band Ignite to me, but when they said it was melodic hardcore with almost operatic vocals, I knew I had to give it a shot.  I’m glad I did.

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Recommended Listening: Descendents

Started in 1979, but finding their signature sound in 1980, the Descendents became a staple of the southern California hardcore punk rock scene, mixing humor in to their fast paced style of musical ass-kicking.  By which I mean to say they rocked.

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Recommended Listening: Subhumans

I love old British punk rock.  From Angelic Upstarts to the U.K. Subs, British punk, especially Oi! Punk and British hardcore punk, has a very unique and engaging sound.  Of the punk bands that the UK produced in the 80s, one of my absolute favorites (along with Cock Sparrer) is easily Subhumans.

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