The first, and in my mind most important thing, to happen this episode, we now know how to begin the show. You’re all little monsters. Not Howie Mandel/Fred Savage style, Portal 2 style. This week’s show is fun, talking about how, without any good reason I continue to play Zelda and Max trudges through even more San Andreas. Top 10 list was a doozie, Licensed Games. In a feat of best-friendsmanship we both guess the other’s #1 pick. Then talk of news, mostly just Capcom fighters and Shank‘s imminent arrival. After the break we have Zelda talk and a promise to keep it to a minimum and we go on. Deets and all that after the break.
We Download, you know, directly.
…every other time someone asks. Then again it might be Ocarina of Time, or even Majora’s Mask if the mood hits me and I’m feeling frisky. Sure, the obligatory uber-nerd answer is A Link to the Past, or ALttP as they call it (yes, they really call it that), but I don’t really feel the Zelda flavor in that old classic. My favorite certainly isn’t Twilight Princess, that’s for sure.
So when I see some love spread to the oft-forgotten Zelda I get a little misty-eyed. I really enjoyed sailing, the deeper combat, the slightly less annoying and easier to avoid Tingle, and even the soundtrack. So when I see papercraft, fan art, or full back tattoos that pay homage to the Zelda that dare not speak its name, I like to shine a beacon on them to shout boldly and coyly, “hey, that’s from The Wind Waker, I thought that one was pretty good. Did you? No? Eh, no one did. I thought it was kinda neat though.” And then I delve deeper into my Angel comic and try not to make eye contact.
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