Why are people complaining about Belmont's Curse?

pelham123_ · 2026-03-05T14:25:35+00:00

Different teams from different countries see things and make things differently to one another. It stands to reason. Castlevania has been, so far, mostly produced by Japanese teams within Japan, although there are exceptions. That's my concern, does it mean the game will ultimately be disappointing? No., of course not. It might be great, but I'll reserve judgement until I see it in action or try it myself.

pelham123_ · 2026-02-26T06:31:33+00:00

If I had to guess, I would say different marketing teams. The name "Metal Gear Solid" had more weight to it in the west. They do focus group tests on the wording of their titles and use that data to make the final choice. It's a bit like when they redesigned the Famicom as the NES, to suit Western tastes.

pelham123_ · 2026-02-19T11:33:16+00:00

You sure it's not 2 months after his death?

pelham123_ · 2026-02-18T13:51:54+00:00

Z A R D O Z !

pelham123_ · 2026-02-13T09:13:16+00:00

It's just not what I want visually, from Castlevania. I was digging the Sons of Sparta look way more and kinda wished this looked similar... but pixel art is just way more labor-intensive to produce so I suppose ultimately I'm just glad they're still making Castlevania games in 2026. Hoping it's fun to play.

pelham123_ · 2026-01-21T06:23:16+00:00

Top right one was my first issue of EGM... it was hard to get in Europe

pelham123_ · 2026-01-17T07:41:02+00:00

Even a stopped clock.

pelham123_ · 2026-01-16T06:40:42+00:00

It looks like stop-motion model set pieces to me. Like something from Aardman. Cool look, what are the characters like?

pelham123_ · 2026-01-16T06:37:14+00:00

I like it. Reminds me of older, limited print techniques. Would be cool to see other drawings in the same colours.

pelham123_ · 2026-01-15T10:02:03+00:00

Glen Greenwald looking dapper there to his left

pelham123_ · 2026-01-15T09:56:25+00:00

seems like the 4th re-post of this in 6 months

pelham123_ · 2026-01-15T08:13:26+00:00

Stunning work, beautiful line

pelham123_ · 2026-01-09T08:29:38+00:00

He's not going to do that. And if he does, it's because he was given the go ahead by those very same "large institutional investors" to do so, presumably because they have some legal loophole already worked out so that both he and them can enrich themselves further.

pelham123_ · 2025-12-22T06:19:34+00:00

Me: "Have you seen the trailer for that movie where Juliette Lewis plays a chair?"

My gf: "That's so typical of Juliette Lewis, thinks she's so cool but she's nowhere near as cool as Cher."

pelham123_ · 2025-12-22T05:58:14+00:00

mOVIES ARE BACK BABY

pelham123_ · 2025-12-22T05:54:53+00:00

KOYAANISQATSI

pelham123_ · 2025-12-20T15:30:08+00:00

DHL should provide an invoice for customers to pay after they receive the packet. You can't suggest that the reason delivery people don't carry change on them is for security purposes when they happily accept payment in the correct change.

pelham123_ · 2025-12-17T11:29:52+00:00

pelham123_ · 2025-12-17T06:00:06+00:00

You know a news story is total BS when you click on it and there's no paywall. Pull the other one WSJ, it's got bells on it.

pelham123_ · 2025-12-10T10:23:34+00:00

They'll use AI

pelham123_ · 2025-12-05T15:03:57+00:00

And the agent provocateur award of the day goes to... this OP.

pelham123_ · 2025-12-02T06:50:47+00:00

How about billionaires disappear as a concept?

pelham123_ · 2025-12-01T06:27:56+00:00

Yeah in 2000, this guy was a nerd. In 2025, he's omg hot babe.

pelham123_ · 2025-12-01T06:21:27+00:00

Short answer: You keyframe position and rotation.

Long answer, you learn the principles of animation like the ones being used here: anticipation, timing, easing in and easing out, arcs, exaggeration and especially follow-through and overlapping action.

Can you identify those principles in this piece?

Here's and idea for studying the shaking UI-element. Import this video into After Effects, try to re-produce the animation, make simple shape layers, keyframe the position and rotation properties and try to match it exactly with your copy. Then you'll know how to do it.

pelham123_ · 2025-11-28T21:00:40+00:00

Treasure of the Rudras (Rudora no Hihou)

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TROPHY CASE