Two Things to Look Forward to in 2006
Moneen - Red Tree (Vagrant Records, IMMEDIATE SOUND) April 11th
Moneen is a difficult band to attach a genre to. The track listings read emo: Are We Really Happy With Who We Are Right Now?, The Day No One Needed To Know, and I have never done anything for anyone that was not for me as well come to mind. However, lead singer Kenny Bridges successfully walks the tightrope between pop-punk and emo with his strong vocals. The instrumentation is fantastic as well, something easily apparent on the track Are We... with what sounds like furious guitar strumming in 1/8th notes, followed by one of the most effective bridges I've heard from a rock band in some time. This is why I'm so excited about Red Tree - if it's anything like their last disc (Are We... is the title track) it should be heard in players for a couple of years. Moneen has recently released a split EP with Alexisonfire, also available through Vagrant. They are also coming out with a DVD that follows the band as they record the album. Check out a trailer here.
Shadow Hearts: From the New World (XSEED Games) - Official Home Page
Shadow Hearts: Covenant was one of the best games of 2004, which is a shame because no one really took the time to buy and play it. You can still find it, however, if you don't mind spending $20. I highly recommend it. Anyway, Shadow Hearts is one of the few fantasy RPGs that actually takes place on our planet. Based in the year 1929, From the New World finally transports the series to America. As one would expect, odd occurrences bring our hero to the forefront - he is a detective and he must find a suspect that has jumped bail. He finds the man all too easily, just in time for a beast to spring forth from a green light. It devours the man and turns its sights on the hero, until a second monsters drop down through the ceiling and saves him. However, this is no monster - it's a shape shifter, just like the main character from Covenant, and it's a female. Seems like she is about to disembark on a journey to find out why these monsters are appearing and stop it. Of course, the hero will tag along.
Shadow Hearts uses one of the best combat engines. The Judgement Ring appears every time you attack and a ring bar begins to spin around in a circle. You must press X every time it's inside an attack zone or you could risk it and press X within a strike zone, which is an automatic critical hit but a much smaller area on the ring. If you press X outside an attack or strike zone it's considered a miss and the ring dissapears until your next turn.
There's also the gay designers that make clothes for a doll that one of your characters uses - if you find beefcake trading cards. Yeah, it's wierd - but at least it's innovative. More details when the game releases - like a review. It's currently scheduled to land on store shelves March 7th.
-Casey
Moneen is a difficult band to attach a genre to. The track listings read emo: Are We Really Happy With Who We Are Right Now?, The Day No One Needed To Know, and I have never done anything for anyone that was not for me as well come to mind. However, lead singer Kenny Bridges successfully walks the tightrope between pop-punk and emo with his strong vocals. The instrumentation is fantastic as well, something easily apparent on the track Are We... with what sounds like furious guitar strumming in 1/8th notes, followed by one of the most effective bridges I've heard from a rock band in some time. This is why I'm so excited about Red Tree - if it's anything like their last disc (Are We... is the title track) it should be heard in players for a couple of years. Moneen has recently released a split EP with Alexisonfire, also available through Vagrant. They are also coming out with a DVD that follows the band as they record the album. Check out a trailer here.
Shadow Hearts: From the New World (XSEED Games) - Official Home Page
Shadow Hearts: Covenant was one of the best games of 2004, which is a shame because no one really took the time to buy and play it. You can still find it, however, if you don't mind spending $20. I highly recommend it. Anyway, Shadow Hearts is one of the few fantasy RPGs that actually takes place on our planet. Based in the year 1929, From the New World finally transports the series to America. As one would expect, odd occurrences bring our hero to the forefront - he is a detective and he must find a suspect that has jumped bail. He finds the man all too easily, just in time for a beast to spring forth from a green light. It devours the man and turns its sights on the hero, until a second monsters drop down through the ceiling and saves him. However, this is no monster - it's a shape shifter, just like the main character from Covenant, and it's a female. Seems like she is about to disembark on a journey to find out why these monsters are appearing and stop it. Of course, the hero will tag along.
Shadow Hearts uses one of the best combat engines. The Judgement Ring appears every time you attack and a ring bar begins to spin around in a circle. You must press X every time it's inside an attack zone or you could risk it and press X within a strike zone, which is an automatic critical hit but a much smaller area on the ring. If you press X outside an attack or strike zone it's considered a miss and the ring dissapears until your next turn.
There's also the gay designers that make clothes for a doll that one of your characters uses - if you find beefcake trading cards. Yeah, it's wierd - but at least it's innovative. More details when the game releases - like a review. It's currently scheduled to land on store shelves March 7th.
-Casey
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