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May the Light Shine Upon Thee
Here’s something that was interesting to me and probably isn’t to that many other people, although maybe you’re an exception. That is the novelization of the first Dragon Quest game. The author, Hideo Takayashiki, wrote adaptations of the original three … Continue reading →
Posted in Animals, Babylonian, Book Reviews, Comics, Dragon Quest, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Persian, Video Games | Tagged alefgard, brecconary, chimera, dragon queen, dragon quest iii, dragon quest iv, dragon quest story, dragon quest v, dragon quest viii, dragon quest your story, dragonlord, dragons, dragovians, eagles, emblem of roto, erdrick, hauksness, hideo takayashiki, ishtar, mitra, mitsumi inomata, princess gwaelin, rubiss, sphere of light, the legend of rubiss, wyverns, zoma |
Build Back Blockier
Dragon Quest Builders – I got this from Beth as an anniversary present, and even though I’m still working on some other games, I decided to try it out. I haven’t gotten very far, but I’ll give some early impressions. … Continue reading →
Posted in Dragon Quest, Monsters, Video Games | Tagged alefgard, cantlin, dragon quest builders, dragonlord, hammerhoods, malroth, minecraft, rubiss, scorpions |
Caravan of Crossovers
I recently finished watching an entire playthrough of Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart. Beth said the guy playing sounded like Garfield. You know who no one ever said that about? Chris Pratt. But anyway, watching turn-based games can be a … Continue reading →
Posted in Comics, Dragon Quest, Families, Food, Magic, Monsters, Video Games | Tagged alefgard, ashlynn, beran, cannock, charlock castle, dirkandor, dragon quest ii, dragon quest iii, dragon quest iv, dragon quest monsters, dragon quest vi, dragon quest vii, dragon quest viii, dragon quest xi, dragonlord, dragons, empyrea, erdrick, manga, midenhall, milly, moonbrooke, mystery dungeon, prince kiefer of estard, prince of midenhall, ragnar mcryan, ramia, rubiss, slimes, tantegel castle, torneko taloon, yangus, young yangus, yuji horii |
It’s a Small Video World After All
One thing you might have noticed about video games that ostensibly show the entire world is that these worlds are really small. That’s not too surprising, especially in earlier games with limited space, but it still raises some questions. The … Continue reading →
Posted in Breath of Fire, Chrono Trigger, Dragon Quest, Food, Maps, Mario, Monsters, Politics, Video Games | Tagged alefgard, breath of fire ii, brecconary, cantlin, chrono cross, dragon quest ii, dragon quest iii, guardia, merchants, metro kingdom, mystics, new donk city, pauline, porre, scale, super mario odyssey, time travel, toad town |
Give Me Back My Name
A subject I’ve sometimes seen come up on Dragon Quest fan communities is that of the names in DQ2. You give the hero, the Prince of Midenhall, whatever name you want, and that somehow determines the names of your companions, … Continue reading →
Posted in Arthurian Legend, British, Buddhism, Comics, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Food, History, Holy Roman Empire, Language, Mythology, Names, Norse, Religion, United Kingdom, Video Games | Tagged alefgard, bran the blessed, cain and abel, charlemagne, conan the barbarian, dragon quest ii, dragon quest iii, dragon quest ix: sentinels of the starry skies, dragon quest of the stars, dragon quest vi, early modern english, eleanor of aquitaine, emblem of roto, erdrick, ernest tonnelat, final fantasy iv, fortune street, game boy, game boy color, kain highwind, king arthur, king lars, king lorik, knights of the round table, lady lora, loran, lorasia, manga, nintendo entertainment system, orfeo, orpheus, prince of cannock, prince of midenhall, princess gwaelin, princess of moonbrooke, queen guinevere, satori, sir gareth, sukesan, tantegel castle, tonnura |
Where the Worlds Have No Name
One night last week, I had a fitful sleep with a bunch of weird dreams. I remember one of them had me ranting about how J.R.R. Tolkien was never clear on whether Middle-Earth was his entire imaginary world or just … Continue reading →
Posted in Authors, C.S. Lewis, Captain N: The Game Master, Cartoons, Chronicles of Narnia, Discworld, Dragon Quest, Dreams, Final Fantasy, J.R.R. Tolkien, L. Frank Baum, Language, Maps, March Laumer, Mario, Mythology, Names, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Television, Terry Pratchett, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged alefgard, Arda, calormen, continent of imagination, dragon quest ii, dragon quest iii, final fantasy iv, final fantasy ix, final fantasy vii, gaia, galaxies, hyrule, jupiter, mars, middle-earth, midgard, moon, mushroom world, narnia, nonestic ocean, planets, professor wogglebug, saturn, sun, super mario bros. 3, the royal book of oz, world tree, yggdrasil |
The Ascent of Men
The Greek Myths, by Robert Graves – The library system only had one copy of this, so it took me a few checkouts to finish it, but I finally did. It’s an interesting and pretty thorough retelling of Greek mythology, … Continue reading →
Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Characters, Comics, Dragon Quest, Feminism, Gender, Greek Mythology, History, Hugh Pendexter, Humor, Jared Davis, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Rick Riordan, Video Games | Tagged a difficulty with dwarves, alefgard, brownies, christopher stasheff, cowardly lion, craig shaw gardner, david hulan, demons, donald abbott, dragon quest monsters, dragonlord, dragons, dwarves, ebenezum, emerald city, glinda, how the wizard came to oz, kalidahs, manga, matriarchy, mine yoshizaki, mortamor, oz and the three witches, patriarchy, quelala, robert graves, ross macdonald, slimes, terry, the ballad of wuntvor, the gauds of oz, the greek myths, the way of a lion, the wonderful wizard of oz, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, witches, wizard of oz, wizards |
A Portable Port of a Prequel
I finished the Game Boy Color version of Dragon Warrior III last week, so I might as well say a bit about it. You probably already know this, but the series was always Dragon Quest in Japan, but became Dragon … Continue reading →
Posted in Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Language, Magic, Names, Video Games | Tagged alefgard, dragon quest iii, dragon warrior, dragon warrior iii, erdrick, game boy, game boy color, king lars, king lorik, loto, nintendo, nintendo entertainment system, nostalgia, tantegel castle, wynn, yukinov |
Sitting in the Corneria
Video games nowadays tend to flesh out their characters and worlds a lot more than they did back in my youth. Still, there was some definite appeal to trying to piece together what little background the early games did give … Continue reading →
Posted in Comics, Conspiracy Theories, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Monsters, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged 8-bit theater, alefgard, chaos, cid of the lufaine, cornelia, corneria, dissidia final fantasy, dragon quest iii, elemental fiends, elfheim, elves, emblem of roto, erdrick, final fantasy ii, final fantasy iv, final fantasy tactics, interdimensional rift, kain highwind, light warriors, loto, lufenia, nintendo power, onrac, ricard highwind, roto, star fox, the adventure of link, warrior of light |
No Good in the ‘Ood
I wrote about the character of Kandar from Dragon Quest III about two years ago, thinking at the time it was a little bizarre to dedicate a post to a minor recurring boss, albeit one I found memorable. It turns … Continue reading →
Posted in Dragon Quest, Focus on the Foes, Monsters, Names, Video Games | Tagged akutagawa ryunosuke, alefgard, demons, dirkandor, dragon quest heroes, dragon quest ii, dragon quest iii, dragon quest ix, dragon quest monsters, dragon quest v, dragon warrior, dwarves, dwight dwarf, erdrick, hildy 'ood, kandar, kandata, loto, osterfair, robbin' 'ood, robbin' hood, robbin' ladies, robbin's old lady, the spider's thread, thieves, translation, yukinov |