“If you see seagulls flying all around some sea water, that’s a sign that you need to be wary, fry. Because the seagulls flock to wherever Big Octos appear… BIG OCTOS, I tell you! These things don’t mess around!” These are the wise words of a Fishman who I, unfortunately, did not get the chance…
The Legend of Zelda has played a huge role in my life, especially when I was a pre-teen. It was around this time that I started exploring my love for video games, and I realized how much of an impact Nintendo games had on my upbringing. Even at a young age, I remember looking at…
When you’re in a cosplay, the last thing you want is for someone to call you a different character than the one you’re dressed as. It’s embarrassing and it’s disappointing, but sometimes there are exceptions to this. This happened to me one time when I was dressed as Link. It was international cosplay day back…
Majora’s Mask was the first Zelda game that I played after completing Ocarina of Time, and it was a perfect segue that increased my love for the Zelda franchise immensely. I fell in love with the dark atmosphere that the game introduced, and it was unlike many of the other Zelda games I had played before.…
I am a collector of Zelda merchandise. I am also cheap. Usually, those things don’t tend to go together, but every so often, a miracle happens. There is a sale! Now I’ve gotten a lot of Zelda merchandise on sale — A Princess Zelda Nendoroid, an Ocarina of Time, and even a metal Master Sword…
Many people — I think you will agree — are creatures of habit. We go about our lives and develop little personal rituals that help get us through each day, aiding us with a sense of comfort and dependability. We customarily drink from the same coffee mugs every day, or make sure we brew up…
If you’ve been following the news articles on Zelda Universe (or watch a lot of late night TV), then you may have seen Reggie Fils Aime appear on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon yesterday, where he demoed The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild running on the Nintendo Switch. This wasn’t the first…
Cosplay has been a huge part of my life since I was first introduced to it when I was fourteen years old. It only made sense to combine it with another huge influence on me, The Legend of Zelda. Ever since I was little I wanted to be Princess Zelda, and when it was time…
Even as a child, I was a goofy romantic with a penchant for storytelling. I remember I would forever be conjuring up fantastic scenarios, fictional allies and terrible enemies; babbling on to myself excitedly as I dashed around with a toy sword or laser gun, swooshing and pew-pew-pewing to my heart’s content. No universe was…
Picture this. You’ve just spent an entire week whizzing through your first play through of The Wind Waker. You’ve been smacking Bokoblins with sticks, decimating Moblins and slicing up Darknuts like a boss. You annihilate the Tower of Gods and Hyrule Castle in five minutes. You restore the Master Sword in no time. Feeling smug, you’re then told that you…
Halloween is over, but we can still talk about spooky things, right? No? Well, I’m going to anyway. Everyone’s got that one Zelda enemy (or maybe even an ally) that scares the living daylights out of them. No matter how old we get or how many times we play those games, there’s always that one…
At work, I’m known as a bit of a perfectionist — in fact, my colleagues have been known to throw around phrases like “OCD”, “robotic”, and “anal” when it comes to the way I go about my work. Admittedly, my desk is always ‘just so’, and I do tend to go about tasks in a…
Today marked the first reveal of Nintendo’s next generation console, the Nintendo Switch (previously codenamed NX). If you haven’t seen the reveal, click here now. Don’t worry I’ll wait. Done? Ok, good. So after months and months of speculation, people finally got to see the new console and how people could interact with it to play…
Curled up in bed with my stuffed Link and Pokémon plushies by my side, my eyes dart back and forth as I go up against Dark Link in the Water Temple in Ocarina of Time. He proves to be a persistent foe, but soon I find myself defeating him as I feel a rush of relief. I…
I usually do not consider myself a very lucky person, but there are a few exceptions to this. New York Comic-Con 2013 was just that. It was the last year that Nintendo had a game demo station at NYCC, and usually, I’m not one for waiting in line for demos, but I saw a preview of…
