With only 2 days of Christmas shopping left, I thought this would be appropriate. Happy holidays guys and I hope to start posting topics in early 2009.
Monday, December 22, 2008
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Taking a break
Well I've been running this blog for like 6 months with over 20 original topics. Most of these topics were on my list of ideas before starting all of this and I added a few along the line. Posting a new topic almost every week is like going to oil well to often, you hit rock bottom and now I'm out of ideas.
Instead of doing like everyone and their dog by forcing creativity, I'll just take a break and let new ideas come to me and when I get to a decent list, I'll start writing again.
I'll keep adding videos from the Game OverThinker and Gaming Historian as well as others that I may find worthy.
Finally, if you have any ideas that you would like me to throw on my list, let me know and I'll see if I have opinions or knowledge about them.
Thanks for reading and I hope I can get a new list of ideas before spring.
Instead of doing like everyone and their dog by forcing creativity, I'll just take a break and let new ideas come to me and when I get to a decent list, I'll start writing again.
I'll keep adding videos from the Game OverThinker and Gaming Historian as well as others that I may find worthy.
Finally, if you have any ideas that you would like me to throw on my list, let me know and I'll see if I have opinions or knowledge about them.
Thanks for reading and I hope I can get a new list of ideas before spring.
Monday, December 1, 2008
Game OverThinker Monday
Moviebob is back with a more political approach to video games, agree with him or not, you got to give him credit for the imagination:
Friday, November 28, 2008
My Zelda Timeline
One of the biggest debates on the Internet regarding video games, the Legend of Zelda Timeline. Which is the right one or is there one at all? Personally, I don't believe that Miyamoto ever intended for the Zelda franchise to ever have a Timeline, much like Mario, each games were suppose to be independent regardless of their numerical titles. The main problem with the Zelda games is that they have deep story line unlike Mario games which usually consist of rescuing a kidnapped Princess Peach. Although fan have been debating on the order of the games since the Zelda 16bits came out, the real Timeline boom started after the first Zelda 64bits was released.
Before we get started, I need to point out a few things about the person who created the franshise, Shigeru Miyamoto.
1- In most Timelines, Ocarina of Time is placed as the first game, mainly because Miyamoto said so and because we first see Ganondorf in a more human-like form. That being said, it was never confirm that this was Ganondorf's first incarnation and as for the Miyamoto quote, he also said (during the N64 times) that the SNES/SFC Zelda took place after Zelda II which most of you Timeline makers seem to disagree. You're saying that OOT is the first game because Miyamoto said so but then you turn around and say that he's wrong about A Link to the Past/TriForce of the Gods being after Zelda II, how do you justify this? It's all or nothing, you either believe what he said or you don't.
2- Personally, I believe that Miyamoto handed the Zelda franchise to Aonuma because he didn't want to be bothered connecting the pieces of a non-existing Timeline together. When Aonuma shed some light on the connection of Twilight Princess with OOT, things began to make sense for a lot of Timeline makers and well as non-believers like myself.
The Rules:
The Rules for my Timeline are:
1- Ganon is always the same Ganon, at the end of a game, he is either killed or sealed
2- When Ganon returns in a new Zelda game, he is either unsealed or resurrected
3- Ganon only needs the Triforce of Power (proven in OOT, LOZ, TP) to become Beast Ganon or Anthropomorphism Boar Ganon and when he his sealed, the Triforce of Power normally follows him (proven in OOT)
4- There is no such thing as a split Timeline, 2 Timelines cannot coexists. That being said, split dimensions or realities can be created and coexists. Considering that the Zelda franchise is famous for this concept, it's not too hard to accept
5- We don't have the same Link or Princess Zelda during every game, 2 games max
6- The location of the Triforce of Courage is not something that must be ignore
7- The existence of the Master Sword cannot be ignored
8- Zelda is always named Zelda because of the legend of the sleeping princess
9- The geography of Hyrule can't be taken too seriously, it differs too many times and if want an explanation, continents shift and Hyrule is a land of fucking magic!
10- If you're going to argue my timeline, make you to be specific and be ready to be debate because I'm pretty good at pointing out contradictions.
Now with this out of the way, let's go to the video presentation of my Timeline:
Before we get started, I need to point out a few things about the person who created the franshise, Shigeru Miyamoto.
1- In most Timelines, Ocarina of Time is placed as the first game, mainly because Miyamoto said so and because we first see Ganondorf in a more human-like form. That being said, it was never confirm that this was Ganondorf's first incarnation and as for the Miyamoto quote, he also said (during the N64 times) that the SNES/SFC Zelda took place after Zelda II which most of you Timeline makers seem to disagree. You're saying that OOT is the first game because Miyamoto said so but then you turn around and say that he's wrong about A Link to the Past/TriForce of the Gods being after Zelda II, how do you justify this? It's all or nothing, you either believe what he said or you don't.
2- Personally, I believe that Miyamoto handed the Zelda franchise to Aonuma because he didn't want to be bothered connecting the pieces of a non-existing Timeline together. When Aonuma shed some light on the connection of Twilight Princess with OOT, things began to make sense for a lot of Timeline makers and well as non-believers like myself.
The Rules:
The Rules for my Timeline are:
1- Ganon is always the same Ganon, at the end of a game, he is either killed or sealed
2- When Ganon returns in a new Zelda game, he is either unsealed or resurrected
3- Ganon only needs the Triforce of Power (proven in OOT, LOZ, TP) to become Beast Ganon or Anthropomorphism Boar Ganon and when he his sealed, the Triforce of Power normally follows him (proven in OOT)
4- There is no such thing as a split Timeline, 2 Timelines cannot coexists. That being said, split dimensions or realities can be created and coexists. Considering that the Zelda franchise is famous for this concept, it's not too hard to accept
5- We don't have the same Link or Princess Zelda during every game, 2 games max
6- The location of the Triforce of Courage is not something that must be ignore
7- The existence of the Master Sword cannot be ignored
8- Zelda is always named Zelda because of the legend of the sleeping princess
9- The geography of Hyrule can't be taken too seriously, it differs too many times and if want an explanation, continents shift and Hyrule is a land of fucking magic!
10- If you're going to argue my timeline, make you to be specific and be ready to be debate because I'm pretty good at pointing out contradictions.
Now with this out of the way, let's go to the video presentation of my Timeline:
Thursday, November 27, 2008
I'm not done with my little project
Sorry guys, I'm not done with my little project. I was shopping for hours looking for Chrono Trigger for NDS. Good news is that I got it, bad news is that it was too late to finish my project. I'll try to have it up by tomorrow afternoon.
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