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Finishing Castlevania S2, here's where all the slow burn finally pays off. And then back to slow burn. The stand-up fight Carmilla's been plotting finally comes up, and… I'm a little dubious how powerful an undead Bishop (Matt Frewer!) can be given that in life he couldn't keep one vampire out of his church. But … Continue reading "What I'm Watching: Castlevania S2E6-8"

Like Castlevania S1, the art is fantastic, but the animation varies from nearly Hanna-Barbera to perfectly smooth, mostly in combat scenes. Much of the first few eps are in Dracula's court, with his hilarious Viking vampire subject Godbrand ("I like boats! I'm a fucking Viking! We're supposed to make boats out of things!"), slutty & … Continue reading "What I'm Watching: Castlevania S2E1-5"

Castlevania on Netflix is out, written by Warren Ellis, R-rated as fuck as they say. I'm an oldest-school Castlevania player, but dubious of all videogame adaptations (people used to complain about Uwe Boll, as if Bloodrayne was any worse than Mortal Kombat or Street Fighter). And so far it hasn't changed my opinion: The dialogue … Continue reading "Castlevania"