Category Archives: Mario

Galaxy Brain

Posted on April 2, 2026 by Nathan

Vivarium – I think Beth might have chosen to watch this near St. Patrick’s Day (yes, I’ve had this review in the works for a while) because it’s set in Ireland, even if neither of its leads, Imogen Poots and Jesse Eisenberg, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Conspiracy Theories, Feminism, Gender, Humor, lucasarts, Mario, Monsters, Music, Names, Prejudice, Relationships, Television, Video Games, VoVat Goes to the Movies, XTC | Tagged antisemitism, birdo, boss bass, bowser koopa jr., clawgrip, fox mccloud, imogen poots, inside the manosphere, jesse eisenberg, king bowser koopa, lechuck, louis theroux, luigi mario, mario mario, misogyny, monkey island, mouser, mushroom kingdom, netflix, nintendo, patriarchy, pikmin, princess peach toadstool, robotic operating buddy, Rosalina, rosalina's storybook, space ace, star fox, super mario bros. 2, super mario bros. 3, super mario galaxy, super mario odyssey, super scope 6, the curse of monkey island, the super mario bros. movie, the super mario galaxy movie, vivarium, wart, yoshi, yoshi's island | Leave a comment

A Sight for Saurus Eyes

Posted on February 26, 2026 by Nathan

Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire – While the first game placed the town and the wild areas on the same grid, this one takes place mostly within the city of Shapeir. It’s in a Middle Eastern setting where … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Animals, Arabian, Art, Dragon Quest, Humor, infocom, king's quest, Language, Magic, Maps, Mario, Medicine, Monsters, Monty Python, Mythology, Names, Politics, quest for glory, Relationships, Sierra, Star Trek, Video Games, zork | Tagged ad avis, ali fakir, amusement parks, belboz, bozbarland, circle of enchanters, demons, dinosaurs, elementals, enchanter, ghouls, gloriana, great underground empire, iblis, jackalmen, jinn, katta, liontaurs, locusts, mazes, paladins, potions, quest for glory ii, rakeesh sah tarna, raseir, saurus, scorpions, shapeir, sorcerer, super mario world, time travel, trial by fire, yoshi | 4 Comments

New Year, Nuwa

Posted on February 22, 2026 by Nathan

The author Grace Lin recently mentioned the goddess Nuwa in conjunction with the Lunar New Year, which seems to be the preferred terminology for American calendars these days. It had something to do with how it’s also the Korean and … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Chinese, Holidays, John R. Neill, Mario, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Video Games | Tagged calendar, creation, fuxi, gonggong, grace lin, huaxu, leigong, lunar new year, nuwa, pangu, snakes, super mario bros. 3, the silver princess in oz, thun, turtles, zhurong, zodiac | Leave a comment

Mirth and Magic

Posted on February 4, 2026 by Nathan

Celtic Mythology: The Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes Handbook, by Sorcha and Aron Hegarty – This a guide to the characters in this mythology, which provides a few pages on the key details of each one, and an lush illustration by … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Arthurian Legend, Authors, Book Reviews, British, Celtic, Christmas, craig shaw gardner, Discworld, Fairy Tales, Greek Mythology, History, Holidays, Humor, Lewis Carroll, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Norse, Pac-Man, Relationships, Sierra, space quest, Star Trek, Television, Terry Pratchett, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged a malady of magicks, aliens, amy myers, anna stead, aphrodite's new temple, aron hegarty, astro chicken, ba hubba tree bob, beatrice wankmeister, brutus of britain, carmen sandiego, celtic mythology, chris genoa, chris geona, cohen the barbarian, conan the barbarian, cornucopia agricorp, david langford, death swatch, dragons at crumbling castle, dragons at crumbling castle and other tales, elmo pug, esther friesner, fall'n into the sear, father christmas, father christmas goes to work, foop!, jack sharkey, james bibby, jeremy spear, king arthur, mabinogion, mike ashley, molly brown, monkeys, peter spear, queen of the green sun, quentin blake, richard lupoff, roald dahl, robots, roger wilco, ruella in love, seven-league boots, sludge vohaul, sorcha hegarty, space quest iii, space quest v, star generator, swineoids, sword and sorcery, tales of the carpet people, the 59a bus goes back in time, the abominable snowman, the distressing damsel, the frog prince, the mammoth book of comic fantasy, the space quest companion, through the looking-glass, time travel, troll bridge, trolls, two guys from andromeda, war of the doom zombies, witches, wizards, yeti | Leave a comment

Regicide Salad

Posted on December 28, 2025 by Nathan

Entirely coincidentally, I’ve finished a few books as of late that involved a king being killed. With two of them, it’s even in the title. So there’s sort of a theme here, although the first few books I talk about … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Arthurian Legend, Book Reviews, British, Christianity, Christmas, Drugs, Greek Mythology, Health, Holidays, Humor, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Native American, Relationships, Religion, Video Games | Tagged anji kills a king, aphrodite, apollo, ares, batrachomyomachia, chief james wallas, chimera, deer, demeter, dionysus, dogs, dragons, dzunukwa, evan leikam, fairies, gagana, harpies, hecate, holy grail, howard pyle, impossible creatures, katherine rundell, killer whales, king mark of cornwall, king pellinore, knights of the round table, kwakiutl legends, lady belle isoult, lady of the lake, lumas, mice, michael g. munz, mink, morgan le fay, mushroom kingdom, nintendo, pamela whitaker, poseidon, princess peach toadstool, queen guinevere, Rosalina, rosalina's storybook, sir lamorack, sir lancelot du lac, sir perceival, sir tristram, spear of destiny, spiders, star bunnies, super mario galaxy, the poisoned king, the rising tide, the story of king arthur and his knights, the story of the champions of the round table, thunderbirds, titans, trees, tristan and isolde, yoshiaki koizumi, zeus, zeus is dead | 2 Comments

Too Many Books

Posted on November 26, 2025 by Nathan

I seem to be finishing a lot of books as of late, which means this post is going to be pretty long, even if the individual reviews aren’t. Bear with me, I guess. The Way Home, by Peter S. Beagle … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Crossing, Animals, Art, Authors, barsoom, Book Reviews, Brentford Trilogy, Comics, Crusades, edgar rice burroughs, elvis presley, Fairy Tales, Food, Greek Mythology, History, Humor, Judaism, Magic, Mario, Middle East, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Names, Percy Jackson, Relationships, Religion, Rick Riordan, Robert Rankin, Roman, Video Games | Tagged a fate worse than dragons, abraham, adam and eve, alexander the great, amazons, animal crossing new horizons, babylon, barry the time sprout, bible, blathers, boos, caleb cook, camp jupiter, cats, daniel, dejah thoris, demons, deserted island diary, dionysus, django wexler, dogs, dragons, esther, fairies, frogs, genesis, geoffrey de bouillon, gertrude landa, ghosts, giants, griffins, gulliver, how to become the dark lord and die trying, idols, jerusalem, jewish fairy tales and legends, john carter, john moore, king alexander's adventures, king david, king for three days, king hiram of tyre, kokonasu rumba, laverna, manga, mark oshiro, mars, minotaur, moses, nico di angelo, nimrod, noah, noah's ark, normanghast, og of bashan, orcs, paradise, peter s. beagle, phobos, pirithous, queen mary tudor, rape, rashi, sambation river, schmendrick, semele, sinbad of the talmud, sinbad the sailor, sol aronson, sooz, super mario adventures, swords of mars, talmud, tantalus, the court of the dead, the fairy frog, the giant of the flood, the higgedly-piggedly palace, the last unicorn, the paradise in the sea, the princess bride, the quarrel of the cat and dog, the sleep of one hundred years, the star-child, the story of bostanai, the water-babe, the way home, theseus, time loops, timmy and tommy nookling, tom nook, two hearts, underworld, will solace, wisp, ziz | 1 Comment

Dire, Dire, Pants on Fire

Posted on November 4, 2025 by Nathan

I’ve seen some things about dire wolves recently, so I thought I’d look into what they actually are, or were. The dire wolf was an actual animal, native to the Americas, which was slightly bigger than modern wolves, and had bigger … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, Current Events, Etymology, Evolution, Games, Genetics, J.R.R. Tolkien, Language, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Names, Science, Television, Video Games | Tagged a game of thrones, a song of ice and fire, dinosaurs, dire dire docks, dire rats, dire wolves, dogs, dungeons and dragons, eddard stark, game of thrones, george r.r. martin, legends and lattes, rats, ron walotsky, super mario 64, travis baldree, wargs, westeros, wolves, yeti | 1 Comment

Face the Madness

Posted on July 4, 2025 by Nathan

I’ve played several other games since Loom, but I was thinking of the concept of robed magicians with hidden faces, which features prominently in that game. The Weavers, who can alter reality with their powers, all wear full-body robes with hoods … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Cartoons, Disney Afternoon, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Kirby, lucasarts, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Religion, Star Wars, Television, Toys, Video Games | Tagged 8-bit theater, anne gardner, black mages, bobbin threadbare, druids, ducktales, dwarves, final fantasy iv, final fantasy ix, jawas, loom, luigi mario, mages, magicians, mario power tennis, masters of the universe, meowgicians, merlon, meta knight, no-face, orko, paper mario, queen brahne, shy guys, spirited away, the mandalorian, vivi ornitier, wizards | Leave a comment

Tik-Tok on the Clock But the OzCon Don’t Stop

Posted on June 26, 2025 by Nathan

Beth and I went to OzCon International again this year. I hadn’t felt like doing much of anything as of late, so I didn’t contribute anything to the program this time. Actually, I thought I’d submitted a story about Pastoria … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, Awards, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Comics, Eric Shanower, Fairy Tales, Jared Davis, L. Frank Baum, Lewis Carroll, Mario, Music, Mythology, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Plays, Revisiting Disney, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Video Games, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged abba, alice in wonderland, amusement parks, andy sklar, anil tambwekar, aron toman, axel alonso, cesily collette taylor, cindy ragni, colin ayres, conventions, cosplay, costumes, craig miller, david diket, dick rutter, disneyland, dogs, dorothy gale, elphaba, emerald city, emkay shrader, freddy fogarty, frozen, giles crawford, glinda, greg ehrbar, gump, harry mongold, hel, international wizard of oz club, jeffrey mchale, jellia jamb, jen tracy, jim rutter, jordan monsell, king terribus of spor, lakitu, larry king, lyle conway, mario kart, merlin, mouseketeers, neil cuadra, nessarose, ozcon international, oziana, ozma, ozma of oz, pastoria, paul dana, peter hanff, polychrome, rainbow road, return to oz, rob roy macveigh, ruth cuadra, sam milazzo, sharon commins, tara tagliaferro, tarot cards, the enchanted island of yew, the lost king of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the rainbow road to oz, the wiz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tiffany sutton, tik-tok, tim hollis, tim tucker, tin woodman, tippetarius, tom thumb, toto, ultimate oz universe, victoria calamito, w.w. denslow, walt disney, wicked, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, witches, writing | 1 Comment

You Fight Like a Dairy Farmer

Posted on June 7, 2025 by Nathan

The Secret of Monkey Island – This seems to be one of the better remembered LucasArts adventure games. I’ve seen its jokes referenced online, as well as in later games. But I hadn’t played it until this week, and it … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Food, Humor, lucasarts, Maps, Mario, Monsters, Names, Relationships, Sierra, Star Trek, Technology, Video Games | Tagged 2001 a space odyssey, alien, aliens, cannibalism, captain jean-luc picard, captain kielbasa, captain syrup, day of the tentacle, deepship 86, elmo pug, ghosts, governor elaine marley, guybrush threepwood, herman toothrot, lechuck, melee island, monkey island, monkeys, pirates, quest for glory, rob paulsen, roger jackson, roger wilco, roger wilco in the spinal frontier, space quest, space quest 6, space quest collection, space quest iii, space quest v, stellar santiago, stooge fighter 3, the secret of monkey island, the spinal frontier, the three stooges, wriggley | 3 Comments

Category Archives: Mario

Galaxy Brain

A Sight for Saurus Eyes

New Year, Nuwa

Mirth and Magic

Regicide Salad

Too Many Books

Dire, Dire, Pants on Fire

Face the Madness

Tik-Tok on the Clock But the OzCon Don’t Stop

You Fight Like a Dairy Farmer

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