Category Archives: African

Slimeline

Posted on June 25, 2026 by Nathan

I’m going to look at one of my niche interests, that of timelines for fictional universes, in this case the Dragon Quest series. While there are exceptions, I get the impression that game developers don’t generally think too much about … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Authors, Christianity, Chrono Trigger, Comics, Discworld, Dragon Quest, Egyptian, Families, Final Fantasy, Greek Philosophy, J.R.R. Tolkien, Japanese, Language, lucasarts, Magic, Maps, Monsters, Mythology, Norse, Persian, Philosophy, Relationships, Religion, Roman, Terry Pratchett, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged a link to the past, aliahan, atlantis, c.m.o.t. dibbler, cecil harvey, celestria, ceodore harvey, chronology, dragon quest builders, dragon quest heroes, dragon quest ii, dragon quest iii, dragon quest iv, dragon quest ix, dragon quest monsters, dragon quest monsters the dark prince, dragon quest vi, dragon quest vii, dragon quest viii, dragon quest xi, dragons, dragovians, emblem of roto, empyrea, erdrick, escape from monkey island, final fantasy iv, final fantasy iv the after years, heirs of the mark, himiko, hyborian age, hyrule, hyrule historia, item monogatari, jipang, link, manga, mithra, mithraism, mithril, monkey island, monster monogatari, monty the monster monitor, ocarina of time, orichalcum, pioniria, plato, psaro, ragnar mcryan, ramia, robert e. howard, square enix, sword of erdrick, sword of light, swords, the mark of erdrick, time travel, timelines, tockles, torneko taloon, warriors of eden, weapons, yamata no orochi, yuji horii, zenith dragon, zenithia | Leave a comment

Rumble in the Jungle

Posted on April 9, 2026 by Nathan

SpiritWrak – Since I’ve played pretty much all of the official Zork games, I decided to try this fan game that I’d seen mentioned, created by Daniel S. Yu. It definitely feels like something a fan would make, in the … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Animals, Authors, Conspiracy Theories, Egyptian, Food, Humor, infocom, jules verne, Magic, Maps, Monsters, Mythology, Prejudice, quest for glory, Relationships, Sierra, Television, Video Games, zork | Tagged aardvarks, daniel s. yu, demons, dinosaurs, fricana, golems, journey to the center of the earth, katta, kreesha mar asha, laurel and hardy, law, leopardmen, liontaurs, monks, paladins, puzzles, quest for glory i, quest for glory ii, quest for glory iii, rajah sah tarna, rakeesh sah tarna, reeshaka dar kreesha, sanford and son, sekhmet, simbani, spellbreaker, spiritwrak, tarna, tyrannosaurus, wages of war, zork grand inquisitor | 1 Comment

I’ve Been All Around the World

Posted on April 29, 2025 by Nathan

Voice Like a Hyacinth, by Mallory Pearson – This is about a close-knit friend group of women, all lesbians (well, one of them is bisexual), who attend art school together. The author has said it was based somewhat on her … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Art, Authors, Book Reviews, Christianity, Christmas, Conspiracy Theories, Hinduism, History, Holidays, Judaism, jules verne, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Prejudice, Religion | Tagged adze, around the world in eighty days, bible, bible myths and their parallels in other religions, jesus, joseph campbell, jules verne, mallory pearson, maya and the lord of shadows, mithra, nativity, nellie bly, passepartout, phileas fogg, rena barron, resurrection, sexuality, sioux, the craft, the monstrous misses mai, thuggee, van hoang, voice like a hyacinth | Leave a comment

Sumer Is Icumen In

Posted on March 29, 2025 by Nathan

The Broken Sword, by Poul Anderson – As with some other Anderson books that I’ve read, this mixes different mythologies in a single story, and in a way that doesn’t seem forced. It’s mostly based on Norse myth, using a … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Animals, Arabian, Authors, Babylonian, Book Reviews, Celtic, Christianity, Egyptian, Fairy Tales, Greek Mythology, History, Humor, J.R.R. Tolkien, Magic, Mesopotamia, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Norse, Oz, Poul Anderson, Relationships, Religion, seanan mcguire, Semitic, Sumerian, Wayward Children | Tagged adrift in currents clean and clear, agriculture, another day, atlas, belyyreka, bible, changelings, civilization, delos, elves, enki, enlil, fairies, firmament, geb, geese, genesis, inanna, jinn, league of princes, lord of the rings, marduk, nanna, ninlil, ninurta, nut, odin, out of oz, pirates, samuel noah kramer, shu, skafloc, sleeping beauty, sumerian mythology, swords, the brides of maracoor, the broken sword, the fellowship of the ring, the hero's guide to being an outlaw, thor, tiamat, trolls, tuatha de danann, turtles, utu, vikings, weapons, wicked, wicked witch of the west, witches | 3 Comments

Easy Camelot, Easy Ganelon

Posted on November 27, 2024 by Nathan

Yeah, I’m writing about books again. The Bright Sword: A Novel of King Arthur, by Lev Grossman – I wasn’t sure what to expect of this modern take on the Arthurian legend, but I ended up quite liking it, despite … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Arthurian Legend, Book Reviews, British, Christianity, England, Fairy Tales, History, Humor, Islam, Judaism, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Maps, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Religion, Slavic, Technology, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged avalon, bazonga bird, camelot, chernobog, demons, eleggua, fairies, ganelon, geoffrey of monmouth, gondwane, king arthur, king constantine of britain, knights of the round table, lev grossman, lin carter, lord of shadows, maya and the return of the godlings, merlin, morgan le fay, naomi novik, nimue, orishas, paganism, roger zelazny, round table, rumplestiltskin, sir bedivere, sir dagonet, sir dinadan, sir mordred, sir palomides, sky island, spinning silver, staryk, terra magica, the bright sword, the wand of gamelon, the warrior of world's end, yama yama land | 1 Comment

The Power of Many

Posted on November 15, 2024 by Nathan

SPOILERS for a TV show and a fairly new movie. Star Wars: The Acolyte – Set about a century before the events of the prequel trilogy, this eight-episode series stars Amandla Stenberg as twin sisters who were artificially created by … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Board Games, Christianity, Egyptian, Games, Magic, Monopoly, Mormonism, Music, Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Star Wars, Television, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged amandla stenberg, brendok, heretic, hollies, horus, hugh grant, jedi, jesus, jigsaw, lana del rey, landlord's game, radiohead, the acolyte, yoda | Leave a comment

Dark Tower versus White Tower

Posted on October 4, 2024 by Nathan

The Gunslinger, by Stephen King – This is only the second King book I’ve read, the first being The Stand. And I believe the Man in Black in this series is the same as Randall Flagg from that book. I was … Continue reading →

Posted in A. Lee Martinez, African, Animals, Art, Authors, Book Reviews, British, Celtic, Characters, Chinese, Comics, Food, Greek Mythology, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Poetry, Relationships, Vietnamese | Tagged aliens, amy chu, apes, ares, bigfoot, bigfoot dreams, cap'n bill, cats, chasing the moon, childe roland to the dark tower came, children of ragnarok, cindy and cragg, divine misfortune, dragons, eleggua, emperor mollusk versus the sinister brain, fairies, gil's all fright diner, gorillas, greyback in blue, igbo, impundulu, janet k. lee, king anko, margaret atwood, maya and the rising dark, mermaids, monster, my dinner with ares, ogbunabali, orishas, pixies, pizza, pizza madness, ragnarok, rena barron, robert browning, robert jordan, robots versus slime monsters, sasquatch, saturn, sea serpents, sea sirens, stephen king, the automatic detective, the dark tower, the great hunt, the gunslinger, the handmaid's tale, the sea fairies, the stand, the wheel of time, trot griffiths, work ethic | 4 Comments

All Zamonian Stories End Tragically

Posted on August 27, 2024 by Nathan

Have I been reading too much recently? I checked three books out from the library last week, and have already finished all of them. Then again, none of them were that long. I have a bad habit of often looking … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Alchemy, Art, Astronomy, Authors, Book Reviews, Dragon Quest, Egyptian, Humor, Jainism, janelle monae, Magic, Maps, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Philosophy, Prejudice, Religion, Science, Sexuality, Technology, Video Games | Tagged alaya dawn johnson, athanasius kircher, cats, danny lore, dirty computer, dragon quest viii, dragons, echo the crat, edward brooke-hitching, eve l. ewing, i'm afraid you've got dragons, john herschel, magonia, mars, moon, nevermind, percival lowell, peter s. beagle, planets, prince charmles, save changes, seshet, sheree renee thomas, succubus ghoolion, sun, the alchemaster's apprentice, the last unicorn, the memory librarian, the memory librarian and other stories of dirty computer, the sky atlas, time travel, timebox, timebox altar(ed), walter moers, wizards, yohanca delgado, zamonia | 1 Comment

Psaving Psaro

Posted on May 1, 2024 by Nathan

Dragon Quest IV was pretty amazing when I played it on the NES, so I made sure to pick up a copy of the DS remake in 2008, after which I played through most of the game and then set … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Animals, Dragon Quest, Egyptian, Focus on the Foes, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Names, Religion, Video Games | Tagged aamon, amon, ashtaroth, chow mein, demons, dragon quest iii, dragon quest iv, dragons, elves, foo young, hank hoffman jr, jinn, pioniria, psaro, radimvice, rosehill, secret of evolution, zenith dragon, zenithia | Leave a comment

Mundus Vult Decipi

Posted on March 2, 2024 by Nathan

Sleep No More, by Seanan McGuire – Pretty early on in this book, I was reminded of The Wishing Horse of Oz. Someone has cast a spell to put them in charge and make everyone else accept that, but it doesn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Authors, Book Reviews, Humor, Judaism, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, october daye, Oz, Oz Authors, Philosophy, Piers Anthony, Relationships, Religion, Rick Riordan, Ruth Plumly Thompson, seanan mcguire, Xanth | Tagged asherah, baal, biography of the life of manuel, candles and starlight, changelings, dinosaurs, dom manuel, dragons, fairies, figures of earth, funtunfunefu-denkyemfunefu, golems, james branch cabell, jurgen, mark s. smith, moloch, poictesme, rick riordan presents, roseanne a. brown, serwa boateng, serwa boateng's guide to vampire hunting, serwa boateng's guide to witchcraft and mayhem, sleep no more, the early history of god, the wishing horse of oz, time travel, titania, vampires | Leave a comment

Category Archives: African

Slimeline

Rumble in the Jungle

I’ve Been All Around the World

Sumer Is Icumen In

Easy Camelot, Easy Ganelon

The Power of Many

Dark Tower versus White Tower

All Zamonian Stories End Tragically

Psaving Psaro

Mundus Vult Decipi

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