Castlevania Canon Is a Mongrel

I watched a walkthrough of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night this afternoon. The game was good, but oh, the horrible voice acting and fossilized dialogue. Alucard sounded like a heavily-tranquilized insurance salesman reading through a stale sales pitch, and Richter was dumb as a bag of hammers. After Alucard mumbles some lofty quote about good men and evil, Richter says, "I understand." Like he was being walked through a hardware installation by Dell tech support.

And why does Dracula look like the Quaker Oats guy at a masquerade ball?

So, Alucard was born in Walachia/Romania in the fifteenth century, but his mother's name was Lisa? Mmmkay. Would it have killed the game designers to do a little research and come up with a more time and region-appropriate name? I'm fairly certain that Walachia wasn't home to legions of skinny, gum-smacking, dog-toting valley girls. Call her Liliana or Elisabeta, for God's sake. Lisa is too modern and just reeks of lazy world-building.

Speaking of Alucard, he might be emotionally constipated, but I wouldn't boot him out of bed.