About ten years ago, I experienced one of the most beautiful, terrifying things in human existence: having your first child. I was immediately in love with this little being that alternatingly wailed for my attention and nuzzled into my arms. With that love, I also experienced the terror and frustration of trying to figure out…
There are two series that I love more than anything else in the realms of gaming: The Legend of Zelda and Fire Emblem. These two franchises helped me discover my love of fantasy, distinguished my personal art style, and uncovered my passion for writing. Just as I have distinct memories of fondness for my earliest…
The year is 1998 and to say that I was excited beyond measure is an understatement. I walked into my local Babbage’s, interacted with a lady who obviously hated children, and walked out with my collector’s edition of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. I took that golden cartridge home, put it into the…
As Link rode past the entrance to Romani Ranch, the darkness of the night sky broken by the light of the Moon, he reflected on what he was there to do. Romani, a new friend and reminder of a home Link had left behind, had asked for his help. “They” were coming. She couldn’t explain…
Ever since I was little I have been fascinated about space. I love to watch science fiction movies depicting the unknown and the out of reach for someone like me. Stargazing is my second nature, almost as if my brain automatically makes my eyes reach for the sky at night, searching for the little sparks…
After nearly nineteen years of longing to one day play Majora’s Mask, I finally got a chance to discover Termina by myself. I had grown up watching my older brothers play various video games and Majora’s Mask was one of them. I had memory fragments of Link being a cute little Deku Scrub and the…
Dabbing, sometimes referred to as “the dab,” is a simple yet effective gesture. In order for one to “hit that dab,” the performer must drop his or her head into the bent crook of a slanted, upwardly angled arm while simultaneously raising the opposite arm out straight in a parallel direction. Of course, you probably…
From the very moment I booted up Breath of the Wild, I was enveloped in the overwhelming natural beauty of the game. It is far and away the most photogenic Zelda game there is, and the Nintendo Switch’s capture button lets you take perfect advantage of that. I was instantly compelled to document my whole…
Gamer angst is real, and it can certainly bring out the worst in people. Whenever I feel myself “Hulking out” over a video game, I tend to overheat as if I have been marooned in the middle of Death Mountain Crater without the Goron Tunic. Like a ticking Bomb Flower, it is best to keep…
On first acquiring my Super Nintendo Entertainment System, long ago in the halcyon days of my fifth-grade year, I had one major competitor for time on the console: my father. The SNES was the first console in our house, so video games were new for my dad, and he quickly found he enjoyed playing my…
Link’s Awakening was a game that everyone and their mother was raving about, and while I had initially tried to play it, I was never able to pay much attention to see things through past the first segment of the game (not even including the dungeon). With the re-release in 2019 and it’s new, bright,…
It must be frustrating to be Link and Zelda. Time after time, no matter how much they try, evil always threatens Hyrule, and our heroes must rise to meet it. While that never-ending cycle of Demise’s curse is great for providing fans with a logical reason for why we can have countless new Zelda games,…
I had been waiting for this moment. During Nintendo’s Switch Presentation of January 2017, and as Nintendo unveiled an array of new games and amazing features for the Switch, I waited with a burdensome level of patients for an announcement that had been due since June of 2014. As the presentation came to a close,…
When Breath of the Wild first graced our screens, it was no secret that fans across the world were divided in opinion. Regardless of the good or the bad, this was not like any other game in our beloved series, and yet it still had that warm familiarity that the Legend of Zelda fan base…
Video games like The Legend of Zelda are built as massive quests. In each and every game, Link has a final objective, the culmination of all his hard work he will expend during the long hours ahead. Usually, this is a fairly broad goal, or interwoven goals. Rescue the princess. Defeat the Dark Lord. Save…
