Tag Archives: time travel

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

G.U.E. on Nine Zorkmids a Day

Posted on May 11, 2026 by Nathan

I recently wrote about the Zork gamebooks, but there were also a few novels published back in the day. As far as video game tie-ins go, they’re pretty good. They often feel like pretty standard fantasy with some Zorkian humor … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, craig shaw gardner, Greek Mythology, Humor, infocom, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Norse, Relationships, Video Games, zork | Tagged autoexec, brogmoids, caspar wartsworth, control character, corky crisp, dryads, duncanthrax, enchanter, festeron, franz kafka, george alec effinger, great underground empire, grues, lucien kaine, mirakles of the elastic tendon, morgrom, muses, nymphs, robin w. bailey, satchmoz the incomparable, stribel wartsworth, the lost city of zork, the zork chronicles, time travel, valhalla, violet voss, wishbringer, y'gael, zork iii | Leave a comment

Rapid-Fire References from Space

Posted on April 26, 2026 by Nathan

Beth told me recently that she associates these two movies we watched this weekend with each other. They do have some things in common, but very different tones. As usual, there are SPOILERS for both. Flight of the Navigator – … Continue reading →

Posted in Astronomy, Families, Food, Humor, Relationships, Revisiting Disney, Science, Technology, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged aliens, alyson hannigan, dan aykroyd, flight of the navigator, jimmy durante, kim basinger, my stepmother is an alien, nasa, paul reubens, pee-wee herman, phaelon, puckmaren, sarah jessica parker, the three stooges, time travel | Leave a comment

The Final Insult

Posted on March 18, 2026 by Nathan

Escape from Monkey Island – While I can’t speak to other ports of this game, the version that comes with Steam doesn’t have mouse support at all, so I used the keyboard for everything. Guybrush moves with what I’ve seen … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Humor, infocom, lucasarts, Magic, Maps, Religion, Video Games, Voodoo, zork | Tagged assault on egreth castle, conroy bumpus, day of the tentacle, dirinthrax, duncanthrax, egreth castle, escape from monkey island, frobwit the fair, governor elaine marley, gurthark the stout, guybrush threepwood, herman toothrot, infocomics, lechuck, lord dimwit flathead, maniac mansion, melee island, monkey island, monkey kombat, monkeys, ozzie mandrill, pirates, sam and max hit the road, sorcerer, spellbreaker, the crystal of doom, thorman the red-beard, time travel, triax, zorkquest, zorkquest i, zorkquest ii | 3 Comments

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

Shoot to Krill

Posted on February 19, 2026 by Nathan

Zork III: The Dungeon Master – I played a fair amount of the first two Zork games, although I never finished either of them. I don’t think I’d really looked at the third one, though, so I figured I should. … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Food, Humor, infocom, Magic, Maps, Video Games, zork | Tagged dying earth, enchanter, frogs, jack vance, planetfall, the dungeon master, time travel, turtles, warlocks, wizards, zork grand inquisitor, zork i, zork ii, zork iii, zork zero | 2 Comments

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

Nomecoming

Posted on October 15, 2025 by Nathan

In this post, I’m going to be reviewing a few fan-written Oz books that I’d read at least once before, but not in a while. Button-Bright of Oz, by Harry Mongold – I borrowed this book some years ago, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Atticus Gannaway, Book Reviews, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Mathematics, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Politics, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a wonderful journey in oz, acinad, acinad goes to the emerald city of oz, betsy bobbin, button-bright, button-bright of oz, christina plunkett, danica libutti, dorothy gale, elves, emerald city, giants, glinda, harry mongold, improbable forest, ix, jack pumpkinhead, jason cook, jeremy steadman, john dough and the cherub, k. kline, kaliko in oz, kinglet of phreex, krook, lucky bucky in oz, magic belt, magic umbrella, matt mcdermott, mombi, nomes, oziana, ozma, pigs, professor wogglebug, queen zixi of ix, roberto sanchez, ryan wooten, satire, sawhorse, scarecrow, sheep, the emerald ring of oz, the giant horse of oz, the improbable forest, the lost princess of oz, the magic diamond of oz, the marvelous monkeys of oz, the sawhorse of oz, time travel, time travelling in oz, tin woodman, trickolas om, ugu the shoemaker, walapus, walpirtis, witches | Leave a comment

Ur Hekau Setcheh

Posted on August 14, 2025 by Nathan

The Beasts of Tarzan, by Edgar Rice Burroughs – The Russian villains from the previous book in the series return to kidnap Tarzan, Jane, and their newborn son Jack. The ape-man ends up on a jungle island, but is naturally … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Babylonian, Book Reviews, C.S. Lewis, Catholicism, Christianity, Chronicles of Narnia, edgar rice burroughs, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, England, Families, History, Judaism, Magic, Middle East, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Politics, Relationships, Religion, tarzan, Technology | Tagged a canticle for leibowitz, atlantis, babylon, e. nesbit, edith nesbit, egypt, fairies, hatshepsut, jadis the white witch, julius caesar, lemmings, mammoths, mara daughter of the nile, nisroch, psammead, the beasts of tarzan, the magician's nephew, the return of tarzan, the story of the amulet, thutmose, time travel, tyre, walter m. miller jr., wandering jew, war, world war ii | 1 Comment

Get Into the Grue

Posted on May 14, 2025 by Nathan

Beyond Zork: The Coconut of Quendor – While I could never finish the first three Zork games (which were originally one game that was split into three), I did complete this one, albeit with a walkthrough. It takes place largely … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Greek Philosophy, Humor, infocom, lucasarts, Magic, Maps, Monsters, Names, Oz, Philosophy, Sierra, Video Games | Tagged beyond zork, carmen sandiego, chuck yeager's advanced flight simulator, frank booth, grues, hungus, hurdy-gurdy, implementors, king's quest, latex babes of estros, leather goddesses of phobos, loom, minx, paradox, pterodactyls, roger wilco, roger wilco and the time rippers, sequel police, simcity, space quest, space quest collection, space quest iv, the coconut of quendor, the zork anthology, time travel, ur-grue, vohaul's revenge ii, zeno's bridge, zeno's paradox, zork | 5 Comments

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Slimeline

G.U.E. on Nine Zorkmids a Day

Rapid-Fire References from Space

The Final Insult

A Sight for Saurus Eyes

Shoot to Krill

Mirth and Magic

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