Category Archives: Zelda

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

The Eldritch Hero

Posted on May 14, 2026 by Nathan

Cthulhu Saves the World – I enjoyed Cosmic Star Heroine from Zeboyd Games, so I checked out this earlier game. It’s a throwback to the sixteen-bit era with much of the same style and sense of humor, but it’s shorter … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Final Fantasy, Humor, lucasarts, Magic, Metroid, Monsters, Music, Names, Technology, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged apes, azathoth, bad dudes, cats, cosmic star heroine, cthulhu, cthulhu saves the world, dacre, dagon, day of the tentacle, dragons, ember, final fantasy mystic quest, final fantasy vi, final fantasy vii, h.p. lovecraft, maniac mansion, nylarathotep, october, old ones, paws, santa claus, sharpe, shoggoths, space invaders, super metroid, swords, the legend of zelda: ocarina of time, umi, weapons, zeboyd games, zelda ii the adventure of link | 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

Owlementary, My Dear Graham

Posted on May 22, 2025 by Nathan

Here’s a look at some more old adventure games, although they were new to me. Planetfall – This is part of the Zork collection that I bought on Steam, even though I don’t know that it’s part of the Zork … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Crossing, Animals, Art, Fairy Tales, Food, Humor, infocom, Language, Magic, Music, Names, Oz, Sierra, Technology, Video Games, Winnie-the-Pooh, Zelda | Tagged absence makes the heart go yonder, ali baba and the forty thieves, ants, arabian nights, bedistor, bees, blathers, cats, cedric the owl, daventry, floyd the robot, frogs, fromitz board, hagatha, harlin, homer b. hunter, kaepora gaebora, king graham, king's quest, king's quest collection, king's quest ii, king's quest iii, king's quest v, lions, mordack, ocarina of time, owls, parrots, planetfall, prince alexander, princess priscilla, rats, robots, serenia, snakes, stellar patrol, the sword in the stone, valanice, wiser the owl, wizard and the princess, wizards, zork | 2 Comments

Dark Dreams

Posted on March 13, 2025 by Nathan

When writing about portals between worlds, I thought about the Dark World from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, but that’s kind of a different subject, albeit a related one. And the alternate world with similar geography … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Captain N: The Game Master, Cartoons, Chrono Trigger, Comics, Disney Afternoon, Dragon Quest, Dreams, Edward Einhorn, Final Fantasy, Futurama, Humor, Lewis Carroll, Magic, Maps, Mario, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Star Trek, Television, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged a link between worlds, a link to the past, back to the future, back to the future part ii, bender bending rodriguez, biff tannen, bizarro, bizarro world, chrono cross, dark world, darkwing duck, day of the tentacle, dr. john zoidberg, dragon quest vi, dragon quest vii, dragon quest viii, earthbound, empycchu, final fantasy v, flipside, flopside, fourside, ganon, ganondorf, gosalyn mallard, hyrule, kakariko village, lorule, mirror world, moonside, mushroom kingdom, negaverse, ocarina of time, oracle of ages, paradox in oz, princess lana, rhapthorne, sacred land, simon belmont, subcon, subspace, super mario bros., super mario bros. 2, super paper mario, superman, through the looking-glass, time travel, triforce, warp zones, white queen | 1 Comment

The Jeopardous Jade Djinn Gem

Posted on December 31, 2024 by Nathan

The Hero’s Guide to Storming the Castle, by Christopher Healy – It had been a while since I’d read the first book in this series, so I didn’t remember all the characters’ personalities, but it’s a fun read. Briar Rose … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, Book Reviews, Cartoons, Comics, edgar rice burroughs, Fairy Tales, Humor, J.R.R. Tolkien, Magic, Monsters, Piers Anthony, Relationships, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games, Xanth, Zelda | Tagged a link to the past, a sorceress comes to call, akio higuchi, aliens, apoca lips, cannibalism, christopher healy, coronavirus, fairies, ganon, gerudo, ghosts, gleeok, hobbits, horses, hyrule, jinn, kalkars, league of princes, leevers, mars, mermaids, micicle, moon, nagas, octoroks, princess zelda, puns, shinpei itou, sleeping beauty, t. kingfisher, the crown prince of darkness, the goose girl, the hero's guide to storming the castle, the legend of zelda, the lunar trilogy, the moon maid, the moon men, the red hawk, ursula vernon, venus, zoras | Leave a comment

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

Games and Goddesses

Posted on April 17, 2024 by Nathan

Gamemaster Classified: An Insider’s Guide to Nintendo’s Coming of Age, by Howard Phillips and Matthew Taranto – Back in the day, Howard was a very visible part of Nintendo’s marketing, especially in Nintendo Power, known for his signature bow tie. … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Art, Authors, Aztec, Book Reviews, Castlevania, Comics, Dragon Quest, Feminism, Final Fantasy, Greek Mythology, Humor, Kid Icarus, Magic, Mario, Mayan, Monsters, Mythology, Native American, Rick Riordan, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged aidan moher, airships, artemis, athena, dawn of the jaguar, devil world, divine might, fight magic items, gamemaster classified, ghosts n goblins, hera, hestia, howard and nester, howard phillips, ixtab, j.c. cervantes, kings of the wyld, matthew taranto, natalie haynes, nicholas eames, nintendo, nintendo power, owlbears, rick riordan presents, shadow bruja, sky skipper, the adventures of bayou billy | 1 Comment

Kangaroo, I Don’t Know What to Do

Posted on October 13, 2023 by Nathan

I rode a ride called the Kangaroo at Kennywood last weekend. This was installed in 1962, closed in 2021, and restored in 2022. It’s called a flying coaster, although it’s not a ROLLER coaster, but a circular ride with a … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Animals, Art, Cartoons, Characters, Donkey Kong, Dragon Quest, Gender, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Metroid, Monsters, Music, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Television, Video Games, Winnie-the-Pooh, Zelda | Tagged amusement parks, apes, apple panic, atari, bayeux tapestry, bionic commando, birds, cereal, condors, crazy climber, crazy kong, demon lords, demons, dragon quest iv, ernest shepard, forest of gugu, fuddlecumjig, harold lloyd, henry mancini, joey kangaroo, kanga, kangaroo, kangaroos, katy kangaroo, kenny kangaroo, kennywood, king kong, lode runner, monkeys, oracle of ages, oracle of seasons, piglet, psaro, rabbit, ricky the kangaroo, roo, safety last, saturday supercade, scott joplin, shoes, space panic, sunsoft, the emerald city of oz, the magic of oz, tony the tiger | Leave a comment

The Unreal World

Posted on July 2, 2023 by Nathan

I’d seen this map, created by Dan Meth, a few times before. It just showed up on Tumblr, and I love all the commentary it’s generated. I appreciate that Meth included places from television, movies, and video games (well, one … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Arthurian Legend, Authors, British, C.S. Lewis, Captain N: The Game Master, Cartoons, Castlevania, Chronicles of Narnia, Dick Martin, Discworld, Dr. Seuss, Dreams, Fairy Tales, Greek Mythology, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jonathan Swift, L. Frank Baum, Lewis Carroll, Magic, Maps, Mega Man, Metroid, Mythology, Nursery Rhymes, Once Upon a Time, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Punch-Out, Television, Terry Pratchett, Ursula K. LeGuin, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged alice's adventures in wonderland, avalon, bill willingham, blefuscu, bridge to terabithia, camelot, crossovers, dan meth, dinosaurs, dinotopia, dreamlands, earthsea, emerald city, fables, fritz leiber, game of thrones, george macdonald, gulliver's travels, h.p. lovecraft, heaven, hesperides, horton hatches the egg, horton hears a who, hyrule, jaro hess, jonathan swift, jungle of nool, king arthur, king hippo, king midas, kingdom of dreams, krull, land of the lost, lankhmar, lilliput, michael ende, middle-earth, narnia, nehwon, neverland, once-ler, peter and wendy, peter pan, phantastes, rip van winkle, sir lancelot du lac, sodor, spirit tracks, the dark crystal, the fantasy world map, the land of make-believe, the last battle, the lion the witch and the wardrobe, the lorax, the neverending story, the pied piper of hamelin, the princess bride, the wonderful world of oz, thomas and friends, thra, timelines, tol eressea, tom thumb, videoland, washington irving, westeros, where the wild things are, whoville, wonderland | 1 Comment

Category Archives: Zelda

Slimeline

The Eldritch Hero

Mirth and Magic

Owlementary, My Dear Graham

Dark Dreams

The Jeopardous Jade Djinn Gem

Easy Camelot, Easy Ganelon

Games and Goddesses

Kangaroo, I Don’t Know What to Do

The Unreal World

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