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Cloudscape

I was driving home from the airport the other day. I had just spent a week in Michigan and I had a karate tournament (with my girlfriend, no less) to look forward to the next day. When you’re driving on a highway after a tiring day, with nothing much to hold your attention then unfamiliar…

Turning Point

There are quiet a few factors that shape someone’s life, things which combine to form someone’s opinions, thoughts, philosophies… A cup of parental opinion here, a dab of friendship there, a pinch of the right piece of literature there, all stirred up by the atmosphere and shape of the society around them. It can be…

E3 2005 Trailer Analysis

First things first, there are a few things which are certainly not confined to one individual scene in this lovely trailer. The music, for instance. The trailer features some great orchestrated stuff… though we’ve yet to see whether this will make its way into the final game. Hopefully we’ll get a glimpse of the in-game…

It is a great time to be a Zelda fan.

Can you feel it? A new Zelda is coming. I’ve been in the online Zelda community long enough to know the feeling well by now, to recognize it, and embrace it as an old friend. I felt it for Ocarina of Time – even all those years ago, when I was hardly able to think…

Culture in Zelda

Zelda, as a franchise, has one of the richest collections of races and cultures to be seen in the industry… if you go by the numbers, at least. Hylian, Shiekah, Gerudo, Goron, Zora, Rito, the list goes on and on. You’re all Zelda fans, and I hardly need to tell you this. Fans love these…

GDC Trailer

It’s been a good week and a half or so since Satoru Iwata showed the newest trailer to the public at the GDC developer’s conference. Now THAT was an interesting day, especially for those of us who work for Zelda sites. Scrambling to take screenshots, gather details, and get stuff of the highest quality… I…

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