Most of the content that I download is firmly in the legal realm, with a smidgeon of not-licensed-in-your-country television from Europe and Asia. I'm not honestly too concerned about running afoul of this outside of false positives, but I also don't want to take any chances either. Shame I don't have the option of switching to a different ISP.

So, any recommendations for good VPNs that are reasonably priced and don't keep logs?

According to Castlevania Lore, each generation's Belmont is stronger than the last. And given that Julius puts on a pretty insane display in Aria of Sorrow (nearly tearing Castlevania down when he uses Grand Cruz), and is in his sixties at the time, it's fair to say that he's by far the strongest vampire hunter around.

That which is lost can often be regained, and we are usually wiser for the experience... at least for a time.

I should probably clarify that I wasn't saying it was "game of the year" or anything like that, but it was the most overlooked game this year that was worthy of people's time.

As someone in the industry, it pains me greatly to see the hard work of many people fall by the wayside just because other titles released in the same season got more advertising. You can debate forever which game is "best", but it seems to me that it would be wiser to try and help the wheat rise out of the proverbial chaff.

And for the record, yes, I enjoyed MGS4 immensely. I thought it was a fantastic game, but it wasn't the best experience I had this year. Which, I should add, is no knock against it.

As a fan of strategy games and RPGs, I was sad that this title was overlooked by so many. Whatever the reason, it is always painful to see an innovative title do poorly -- especially when it is one as enjoyable as this.

From the unique rendering style (which is not well conveyed in screenshots, sort of like okami) to the inventive gameplay which skillfully blends real time turn-based actions together, the soaring Sakimoto score, and unique storybook presentation, there's not much to dislike about Valkyria.

If you have a PS3, I highly recommend you give it a look.

Just tried it. They are indeed blocking Youtube links; You'll get an error immediately if you try to send someone a message including a URL with youtube.com in it.