10.16.07

Dark Heart Dawning

Posted in Rants at 6:20 pm

Just a little heads-up to anyone wondering what I’ve been listening to lately; for some reason I’m on a pretty big Goth-metal kick. Obviously I’m sticking to more of the melodic stuff, along the lines of Nightwish or Sisters of Mercy, but the whole symphonic metal, dark choirs and heavy melodies thing is appealing to me lately. I can’t fathom why, honestly; I’m actually feeling calmer and happier in general than I have in a long time. It’s not some latent depression thing– at least, I don’t think it is– I’m just going slightly operatic, it seems. Any suggestions on artists I should offer up to the homunculus brooding within me will be greatly appreciated.

On brief reflection, I can honestly say it’s not because Halloween is coming, either. I think “Dark Chest of Wonders” just popped up on the playlist at a particularly influential moment, and I began hungering for more. Ah well.

The Big Count/Let-down

Posted in Gaming, Rants at 4:57 am

As before, I had a neat little rant typed up full of hope and speculation about the Capcom countdown. I was so worked up over the possibility that maybe, just maybe, the Mega Man series would drop all this card battling nonsense and go back to the Classic series, because as Rick has so often reminded me the odds of a new DASH/Legends game are virtually nil. Yeah, well, those odds have just dropped down to Zero (no pun intended when I first wrote it, but hey, a gag’s a gag) because the announcement’s been leaked a day early: it’s a new Bionic Commando game for 360, PS3, and PC. I would have even settled for a new Breath of Fire installment.

One of these days the world really is going to break me of this accursed innate optimism. Not anytime soon, mind, but it’s eventually going to happen.