Get ready to open up that Giant’s Wallet and fork up some rupees, folks! If you have been waiting for price drops before picking up some first-party Nintendo games, now is your chance. Amazon is offering discounts for multiple first-party Switch games, including two Zelda titles. Check out the full list below. Luigi’s Mansion 3…
Listening to covers of video game music is one of my favorite pastimes. It allows me to listen to different versions of an iconic song, with one of my favorites being “Gerudo Valley” from Ocarina of Time. This track, in particular, has seen a ton of variants over the years, but I’d like to point…
The character Gulliver from Animal Crossing is a video game trope that pays homage to Jonathan Swift’s satire from 1726. In both novel and game, Gulliver experiences a series of travel mishaps that result in grand adventures. In the novel, Gulliver’s escapades are a vehicle to ridicule English customs; however, in the Animal Crossing series,…
The enemies found and fought in The Legend of Zelda games are incredibly diverse. They encompass a variety of themes, designs, and purposes, all of which make every game fulfilling and memorable. One important aspect of Link’s foes is that they supply an undeniably important list of cliches associated with video game enemies. One of…
It’s funny when you think about all of the strange characters in Zelda games that turn out to be essential to Link’s progress across his adventures. Without passing Niko’s silly rope-swinging challenge, Link can not obtain bombs in The Wind Waker in order to visit the great Water Spirit Jabun and obtain Nayru’s Pearl. Without…
Any Zelda fan will recognize that giant, pink-spotted egg the moment they see it. Many will be sent back to their childhood when they explored Koholint Island, while others may recall recent memories of playing the remake. I fall into the latter category, having only experienced Link’s Awakening this year. And yet, when I see…
No, you’re not seeing things. It appears that on October 19 Nintendo published the official trailers for Link’s Awakening and the Champion’s Ballad DLC Pack for Breath of the Wild all over again on YouTube. We’re not exactly sure why – the best guess at the moment is a possible holiday push for Zelda series…
In Link’s Awakening, Link awakes on the dreamy island shore of Koholint, which is inhabited by a variety of strange creatures. While many are classic Zelda foes, such as Bubbles and Stalfos, some of them are monsters that you might be more likely to find in the Mushroom Kingdom than in Hyrule — and some…
Summer Games Done Quick 2020 is now underway, taking place on the Games Done Quick Twitch channel. As with the previous event in April, SGDQ is taking place as an online-only event. This means that, unfortunately, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, there is once again no in-person convention this year. However, that doesn’t stop…
From Jägerschnitzel and Bratwurst to Kinder chocolates and Doppelbock beer, German cuisine is a staple amongst my hebdomadal rotation of kitchen ingredients. While nutriment is routinely cited as the most popular form of one’s cultural exploration, another German constituent has also captivated my attention: techno music. Known for galvanizing and repetitive electrical beats, the techno genre…
Since the dawn of the twenty-first century, the internet has exponentially increased the speed by which humanity is able to communicate. From Facebook and Twitter feeds to Snapchat and Instagram boards, message transmission has never been easier. While the aforementioned mechanisms have proven expeditiously convenient, each creates a synthetic exchange that occasionally feels hollow and…
One of the earliest games I ever played was Super Mario 64. It’s a bright, colorful, inviting game for all ages, but that didn’t mean it wasn’t terrifying to play at times as a child. There was a nightmarish eel hiding in the depths of the sunken ship in Jolly Roger Bay, a possessed piano…
When you first played The Wind Waker, did it feel like you had already met Aryll before? Maybe its her chipper demeanor, or the way she dresses? Or could it be the strange love she has for seagulls? There’s something about Aryll that makes her seem instantly familiar to Zelda fans. This is because she…
In recent years, fans of The Legend of Zelda can find numerous ways to explore the stories of their favorite titles beyond merely playing the games. Books like the Hyrule Historia and Zelda Encyclopedia have cataloged and codified the history of Zelda‘s ever-expanding lore, while more than half of the games in the series have…
Perhaps no historical period accelerated the advancement of fine arts and humanities quite like the European Renaissance. The collective guild system of the Middle Ages was replaced with a surging praise of individuality, and this evolution produced priceless artifacts and paintings. But the Renaissance also incited another significant form of individualism: the signature. Becoming mainstream…
