As the youngest sibling of three, with my brothers being twins, I didn’t seek out what games to play but was happy with the treasures my brothers had found instead. Since my brothers are older than me, they usually knew what games were good, which ones to buy, and I simply played whatever they had…
There are many quintessential enemies across the fantasy genre, from Giant Rats to Skeletons and Dragons to Evil Mages. A Ghost by any other name, like the Poe, is just as invulnerable to your non-magical weapons. Today’s discussion is about the unenviable low-level threat that is the slime, or I suppose the Chuchu. For a…
It’s no secret to anyone that Zelda II: The Adventure of Link is hard. The tricky part about that, though, is the question of if it’s hard hard or just NES hard. Back when the Adventure of Link released in late 1988 as the much anticipated sequel to The Legend of Zelda, it was in…
The Legend of Zelda franchise has been host to a number of unique dungeons and mechanics over the years. Some have lasted across multiple iterations, while others faded into obscurity (poor Spinner, you deserved better). One incredibly common theme across all of the games is, unsurprisingly, darkness and light. For all the posturing around good…
It’s been a while since I have covered Twilight Princess, but I find myself coming back to it this week because I’m feeling particularly nostalgic for one crucial moment in Link’s story. For a story so closely tied to a personal motive for our Hero of Twilight, that being saving the children of Ordon Village…
The Legend of Zelda franchise has always put forward games that encourage players to be resourceful and creative, oftentimes giving players large sandboxes, rigorous optional challenges, and an abundance of resources to experiment with. As a result, no two people really experience the games in quite the same way – the stories may be the…
Hello, fellow Zelda fans. Allow me to take you to back in time to the year of the very first true multiplayer Zelda game: Four Swords Adventures. This game was technically predated by the GBA version of A Link to the Past that was released in December 2002, which first introduced the multiplayer concept with…
For as long as we have had aesthetic equipment slots, we have had fashion sets in games. You may equip whatever buffs you need for the next fight, with no regard for how it looks; or you may have a favorite set you always wear, even to your detriment. Regardless of how you play, there…
Much like my first game for the Nintendo DS was Phantom Hourglass, my first game for the 3DS was Hyrule Warriors Legends. I invested countless hours into the game, with some interesting characters becoming my favorite; any of my readers who know the names Linkle and Lana have my attention. I would charge across the…
I’ll admit it. I didn’t beat Ocarina of Time until two years ago or so. I know, I know, but I had a very good reason, I swear. When I was in middle school, I spent a majority of my nights playing on my GameCube. It was silver and beautiful. We had a hefty CRT…
Core to many games is the idea of weakness and resistance. Be it the type charts of Pokémon, the Lance beats Sword beats Axe of Fire Emblem, the targeted weak/strong/null of various Persona, or something similar, many hobbyist gamers have interacted with the idea that water beats fire. Across the Zelda franchise, there have been…
Middle school is an awkward time for the best of us and, shockingly, I wasn’t the best of us. I wore black ALL the time. My hair was super long and so flat. Like, the flattest hair. I was mad at the government for reasons I couldn’t really explain, but mainly because I liked System…
I did not play too many videogames in my childhood. My parents were not huge fans of video games; they felt it was mostly a waste of time. Fortunately, they were not totally opposed; I still had a Gamecube and a Wii. I only really had Mario, Sonic, and Madden games though. Since I was…
Ahh, Ocarina of Time, the Zelda game I watched my brothers play before daring to give it a try myself, the game I replayed several times before I had even turned ten years old, and the game I loved so dearly (and still do!) that I pictured Epona race along car rides and even carved…
Back in 2012, I had just found out about speedrunning. It was AGDQ 2012, short for Awesome Games Done Quick. It was the second official AGDQ event and speedrunning was popping off in a big way. A ton of the guys on my dorm floor would gather in the lounge to watch the stream. Someone…
