Okay, so I've found myself captive to another game. And it's on my DS, so I don't ever have to leave it. I'm having quite a bit of fun with Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrows, which means I don't have to bother with really confusing issues like socializing with people I might want to fuck.
Take the old-school 2d platforming enjoyment of Castlevania, throw in some really nice visuals and sounds, and make that mansion freaking ginormous. With some RPG elements in the mix, it's a mighty fine time waster that also helps me fulfill that promise I made to never reproduce.
A few weeks ago at work, I crushed a finger and the nail died. The old nail has finally been pushed out and disconnected itself from my digit. There's now a sad, rigid stump where I once had a nail. Just ask me, I'll show you the protonail. I'll admit to having a problem when it comes to temptation. I walked in Gamers today and left with a DS, the new Advance Wars, and Nintendogs. Yes, I got Nintendogs. For the time being, anyway. I now have an excessively cute dachshund made entirely of electrons. Most of the game uses the stylus instead of buttons and it works pretty well.
So I have this friend who enjoys video game soundtracks... he gave me some mp3's from a Super Metroid remix he found. It's remixes of all of the music in the game- a few of them are done poorly in my opinion (the quality is good, but they didn't do the thematic ambiance of the area it's from justice). The "Norfair 2" theme (Y'know.. swim through the lava, take the elevator down... welcome to Ridley's pad!) in particular, is much too happy. Certainly not the threatening mood the game music imposed. But, it's still pretty cool that people like the game that much. And why not...
