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Bayonetta: Bloody Fate - Shooting For the Moon

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Bayonetta: Bloody Fate is a 2013 Japanese animated film based on the video game Bayonetta. For the English-localized version of the film, FUNimation Entertainment requested that as many video game cast members as possible reprise their roles. Hellena Taylor, the English voice of Bayonetta, relocated to the UK and had to be recorded separately at The Egg Recording Studio at Shepperton Studios in Surrey, England. Opening Song: N/A Credits Song: Night, I Stand (by Mai Sato) Spoiler Warning: I am going to give a synopsis and my opinions at the very end.  

Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic - A Little Bit Of Heaven And A Whole Lot Of Hell

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Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic is a 2010 direct-to-video adult animated feature film based on the video game Dante's Inferno. The film was broken into 6 parts to be animated by 6 different directors / animators in the signature style of that studio. The studios involved were JM Animation, Dongwoo Animation, Film Roman, Production IG and Manglobe. Spoiler Warning: I am going to give a synopsis and my opinions at the very end.  

Kingdom Come: Deliverance Review: A Diamond in the Rough

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      The year is 1403. On the orders of the Hungarian king Sigismund, Cuman mercenaries raid the mining village of Skalitz in Bohemia, a major source of silver. One of the survivors of the massacre, a blacksmith's apprentice named Henry, joins the service of Lord Radzig Kobyla who leads a resistance movement against Sigismund's invasion.   It is par for the course for a protagonist to start off weak, the intent being for the player to mold them into something worthwhile over time. This is also true of Henry, except that he starts off significantly weaker than is typical for most games. We're talking no skills in every area, including blacksmithing, the very craft he was raised on. Henry may even lose a fist fight to the local drunkard within the first hour. The level of commitment required to improve Henry's skills can be discouraging at times. Lockpicking for example, was extremely hard (at least on console) for the first one to three levels. During the...

Music to Level Up Your Day: Dark Souls III

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I don't know much about musical theory, nor am I a musically inclined person. However, I do love to listen to video game soundtracks. Who doesn't? They can be a powerful listening experience in their own right, or be as evocative as the scores composed for film. Each of these posts will feature music tracks from a single game title, or series/franchise in some rare cases. Composer: Yuka Kitamura and Motoi Sakuraba North American Release Date: April 2016 A bell has rung to signal that the First Flame, responsible for maintaining the Age of Fire, is dying out. As has happened many times before, the cursed undead rise after death. The Ashen One, an Undead who failed to become a Lord of Cinder, rises and must return Prince Lothric and the defiant Lords of Cinder to their thrones in the Firelink Shrine. Sister Friede | (Boss Theme) Soul of Cinder | (Boss Theme) Abyss Watchers | (Boss Theme) Iudex Gundyr | (Boss Theme) For The Dark Soul | (Credits Theme) Darkeater M...