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Category Archives: Castlevania
Games and Goddesses
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 |
The Unreal World
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 |
The Lady’s in Hades
I’ve written a bit about Battle of Olympus before. My family rented it a few times in my childhood but could never get too far in it, maybe as far as the first Cyclops. In terms of gameplay, it was … Continue reading →
Posted in African, Animals, Castlevania, Comics, Dragon Quest, Egyptian, Final Fantasy, Greek Mythology, Kid Icarus, Magic, Maps, Medicine, Metroid, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Names, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged achilles, angel land, anubis, atari, battle of olympus, bears, broderbund, castlevania ii: simon's quest, cerberus, chocobos, clash of the titans, cyclopes, dragon quest vi, dragons, eurydice, hades, helen of troy, hydra, isis, kid icarus uprising, lamia, medusa, minotaur, monkeys, mount olympus, ocarina, orpheus, pegasus, persephone, ray harryhausen, riddle of the sphinx, satyrs, snakes, talos, underworld |
From the Animated Arcade Archive
I’ve already looked at the Saturday Supercade Donkey Kong cartoons, but I wanted to talk a bit about the others as well. They certainly went all out as far as games they covered, with a grand total of seven over … Continue reading →
Posted in Animals, Captain N: The Game Master, Cartoons, Castlevania, Donkey Kong, Humor, Mario, Relationships, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged aliens, borf, coily, cowardly lion, don bluth, dragon's lair, fanny frog, frogger, frogs, infanto-ray, joey kangaroo, kangaroo, katy kangaroo, lions, monkeys, nosers, pauline, pitfall, princess daphne, princess peach toadstool, q*bert, quickclaw, ruby-spears, saturday supercade, scooby-doo, shellshock turtle, slippy doos, snagglepuss, snakes, snots and boogers, space ace, super mario world, swamp gazette, turtles, ugg, wreck-it ralph, wrongway |
A Koopa Troopa’ll Make Ya Jump, Jump
This video is two years old now, and I first watched it more than a month ago, but I thought it was worth commenting on. As it mentions, jumping in video games is kind of bizarre, because how often do … Continue reading →
Posted in Castlevania, Donkey Kong, Mario, Mega Man, Video Games | Tagged dragoons, jumping, jumpman, luigi mario, mushroom world, simon belmont, super mario bros., super mario bros. 2, super mario bros. the lost levels, yoshi |
Video World Tour
I recently came across this old Metroid discussion forum topic about the location in Captain N actually CALLED “Metroid.” Within the game, a Metroid is an organism, not a place. Their home world is the planet SR-388. Captain N tended … Continue reading →
Posted in Captain N: The Game Master, Cartoons, Castlevania, Comics, Donkey Kong, Dragon Quest, Kid Icarus, Maps, Mario, Mega Man, Metroid, Television, Video Games, Wizards & Warriors, Zelda | Tagged alefgard, banjo-kazooie, dracula, hyrule, kongoland, kraid, link, medusa, mother brain, mount olympus, mushroom world, pit, puss 'n boots, ridley, robin hood, sr-388, videoland, zebes |
The Game Names
The name “Gannon” is now on the list of top baby names, but unfortunately it probably doesn’t have anything to do with the blue pig from the Zelda games. The poorly written opening story in the original Legend of Zelda … Continue reading →
Posted in Castlevania, Mario, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged alucard, gannon, ganon, ganondorf, god of war, kratos, mortal kombat, names, raiden, robin williams, zelda fitzgerald, zelda williams |
The Belmont Stakes
Speaking of simple Simons as I was a few days ago, how about Simon Belmont from the Castlevania series? Okay, the games don’t show him as simple, but his portrayal on Captain N made him totally arrogant and narcissistic, and … Continue reading →
Posted in Captain N: The Game Master, Cartoons, Castlevania, Comics, Television, Video Games | Tagged andrew kavadas, captain snes, castlevania ii: simon's quest, cecil harvey, haunted castle, mary poppins, n-forcers, princess lana, richter belmont, serena, simon belmont, sovereign of sorrow, videoland |
Big Bones
This probably would have been more appropriate before Halloween, but I think we can all appreciate a good animated skeleton at any time of year. On Tumblr, I came across a picture and description of the Gashadokuro, sometimes simply known … Continue reading →
Posted in Castlevania, Chrono Trigger, Japanese, Monsters, Mythology, Video Games | Tagged gashadokuro, giant skeleton, odokuro, ozzie, skeletons, zombor |
A Different Video World
I just recently found out about the Game Theory videos on YouTube. They’re somewhat tongue-in-cheek, but with a definite sense of wanting to teach something and explore how the world of video games works, which is pretty similar to what … Continue reading →
Posted in Captain N: The Game Master, Cartoons, Castlevania, Final Fantasy, Mario, Mega Man, Metroid, Punch-Out, Street Fighter, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, The Simpsons, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged bo jackson, bram stoker, count dracula, dracula, final fantasy iv, final fantasy vii, game theory, hyrule, larry bird, little mac, mike tyson, mushroom kingdom, mushroom world, the critic, the x-files, videoland, zebes |