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I wonder if it has something to do with by athodyd 10/26/2005, 7:08pm PDT
Kabuke wrote:

I could care less for acronyms but all the world for why they're delegating these piss poor titles to random word tumblers. Harmony of Dissonance, Aria of Sorrow, Dawn of Sorrow...

how Castlevania's designers are all Japanese, and as such have a known fascination with random English words and phrases. Much like the clever pun of the Citroen "Goddess" DS, this is a commonplace practice that appears inexplicable to English-speaking eyes. Perhaps if Andre Citroen had not died of stomach cancer in 1935 and then not died of all the other things French people could have died of in the years between 1935 and 1969 (Germans, Algerians, ennui, Vietnameseseseses) he could have learned enough English to influence the founding of Konami in order to make its game titles more accessible to Western audiences and therefore forestall the horrible tragedy of today where I have to explain to you why the Japanese give their games such crazy goofy titles.

I'd like to thank Wikipedia for making this post much longer than necessary, and also for being so much fun to vandalize.

Elegy of the Homo, Intermezzo of Sodomy.


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Castelvania DS: Elegy of the Homo by Kabuke 10/09/2005, 1:53am PDT NEW
    that crazy random word generator by athodyd 10/22/2005, 11:22pm PDT NEW
        Fuck you by Kabuke 10/23/2005, 12:28am PDT NEW
            Denying Ico had crates, missing painfully obvious titles, cribbing ES jokes :( NT by FABIO 10/23/2005, 2:54am PDT NEW
                Sarcasm, Fabio. by Kabuke 10/23/2005, 12:01pm PDT NEW
                    sure sure NT by FABIO 10/24/2005, 3:51am PDT NEW
                        You cunt, just don't post. by Kabuke 10/24/2005, 4:13am PDT NEW
                            Re: You cunt, just don't post. by FABIO 10/24/2005, 5:53am PDT NEW
                                Re: You cunt, just don't post. by Kabuke 10/24/2005, 1:15pm PDT NEW
                                    It's agreed: the Citroen DS is Konami's best car yet NT by athodyd 10/24/2005, 9:06pm PDT NEW
                                        Dee Ess? WHAT'S WITH THESE RANDOM ACRONYMS!!!!! NT by claptorp's Kabuke 10/24/2005, 9:18pm PDT NEW
                                            ROFL by Is Gay 10/24/2005, 10:19pm PDT NEW
                                            Ran out of pics to inline? by Kabuke 10/24/2005, 10:23pm PDT NEW
                                                I wonder if it has something to do with by athodyd 10/26/2005, 7:08pm PDT NEW
                                                    Re: I wonder if it has something to do with by Quentin Beck 10/26/2005, 7:22pm PDT NEW
                                                        Fucking cookies NT by Kabuke 10/26/2005, 8:17pm PDT NEW
                                                    Re: I wonder if it has something to do with by FABIO 10/26/2005, 7:53pm PDT NEW
                                                        The Fabio in his natural domain... by Kabuke 10/26/2005, 8:26pm PDT NEW
                                                            Re: The Fabio in his natural domain... by Quentin Beck 10/26/2005, 8:41pm PDT NEW
                                                                Yeah... by Kabuke 10/26/2005, 8:49pm PDT NEW
                                                            Nature documentary jab. Congrats, you're a real (caltrops) woman now. NT by FABIO 10/26/2005, 8:42pm PDT NEW
                                                            What is it about French cars that gets to you so much? by athodyd 10/26/2005, 9:31pm PDT NEW
                                                                That crazy Zseni! NT by Not gone for long 10/26/2005, 9:46pm PDT NEW
                                                                    The funny part is that I couldn't even remember if you and Zseni were different by people. athodyd 10/26/2005, 10:00pm PDT NEW
                                                                        the facts by FABIO 10/27/2005, 5:44am PDT NEW
                                                                            Re: the facts by some kind of water pipe 02/21/2006, 11:01pm PST NEW
                                                                                See what you've done, Quentin? NT by Johnny Merzbow 02/21/2006, 11:35pm PST NEW
    Re: Castelvania DS: Elegy of the Homo NT by Quentin Beck 02/21/2006, 8:01pm PST NEW
 
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