Mega Man: Balancing Free Will and an Optimal Path
My original console gaming experiences were pretty linear affairs… games like Super Mario Brothers simply took me from one level to the next, while Zelda gave me a rudimentary feeling […]
The Legend of Zelda: Discovering the Answers to Our Prayers In Someone Else’s “Side Quest”
“Fetch quests” in role-playing games are a pretty standard part of the experience, and the Legend of Zelda is no exception. Sure, there is an evil warlord trying to take […]
Breath of the Wild: Content Beyond the Endgame
When we finally reach the end of a Legend of Zelda title, typically all that remains for us to do is to passively watch a few last cutscenes and enjoy […]
The Legend of Zelda: Working in Mysterious Ways
Over my years of adventures with the Legend of Zelda series I have found that there are parts or each game that don’t make a whole lot of sense, and […]
Legend of Zelda: A Beautiful Mosaic Made up of Many Confusing Parts
While there are a handful of titles released in the Legend of Zelda series that are direct sequels to a previous game in the franchise, the majority of them didn’t […]
Legend of Zelda Four Swords: It is Dangerous to Go Alone
Ironically, the series that originally taught us that “it is dangerous to go alone” all those years ago in the first Legend of Zelda title has primarily existed as a […]
The Legend of Zelda: From Big to Small, A Strategy for Them All
Adversaries in the world of The Legend of Zelda range from the small and seemingly harmless to gigantic and terrifying… and during my time in the game I learned not […]
Link, Zelda, and Becoming the Answers to Someone Else’s Prayer
For the majority of the time in the “Legend of Zelda” series of games, we play from the point of view of Link on his quest to save both Zelda […]
The Legend of Zelda: An Ever-Changing Game for a Growing Franchise
There’s been many shifts in the ways that we’ve experienced the Legend of Zelda series over the years… the classic top-down perspective of the original NES title, the side-scrolling style […]
Link: A Silent Protagonist and the Importance of Watching Our Words
For years, one of Link’s most consistent and defining characteristics was that he didn’t really have much to say. While many adventure games give their protagonists robust dialogue trees or […]
Finding God in Video Games 