October Is Spooky Video Game Month

It’s just two weeks shy of being October, the spookiest month of the year. October does not just signify Inktober or any other compound word involving the name of the month. No; October means playing Mega Ran, Richie Branson & Kadesh Flow’s Ghouls ‘N Ghosts albums on repeat (we’re the kings of the night; GnG resurrected). I have high hopes of them releasing album number five, but in the meantime, just listen to a few tracks of the latest album and you’ll know why it’s part of the October canon: The first song on the album is a rearrangement of a classic Castlevania track—something Mega Ran loves to do and I love to listen to. Speaking of which; why don’t we all play as many Castlevania games as we can in October? We’ve got two things to celebrate: the spooky season (and thus the harvest of ample of pumpkins I guess) and the arrival of Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse, a new 2D entry in the mainline series! If you don’t count Igarashi’s Bloodstained series as a mainline Castlevania game,…