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This Life Is for Squirrels
Shakespeare for Squirrels, by Christopher Moore – The third of the author’s Shakespeare parodies, after Fool and The Serpent of Venice, takes on A Midsummer Night’s Dream. I’m interested in this play as it’s sort of a mythological crossover, mixing … Continue reading →
Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, British, Buddhism, Christopher Moore, Comics, Dragon Quest, Greek Mythology, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Religion, Video Games, William Shakespeare | Tagged a midsummer night's dream, atlas, belial, dragon quest ii, dragon quest iii, dragon quest ix, dragon quest monsters, dragon quest v, dragon quest vi, erdrick, fairies, fool, hamlet, hargon, hippolyta, milly, nick bottom, oberon, pazuzu, prince of cannock, prince of midenhall, princess of moonbrooke, satori, shakespeare for squirrels, slimes, terry, the serpent of venice, theseus, titania |
Quester vs. Jester
I recently started playing Dragon Quest VIII, and I’ve made it as far as the hill near Ascantha where wishes are supposed to be granted, although I haven’t finished with it yet. While mostly functioning like other DQ games, there … Continue reading →
Posted in Dragon Quest, Monsters, Video Games | Tagged angelo, dhoulmagus, dragon quest ix, dragon quest vii, jessica albert, king trode, munchie, princess medea, sex appeal, yangus |
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 |
Holy Ghost in the Machine
It’s a well-known fact that, back in the earlier days of Nintendo, they censored a lot of religious references in the English translations of games. It’s stated here that their policy was to exclude “symbols that are related to any … Continue reading →
Posted in Christianity, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Greek Mythology, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Magic, Mythology, Religion, Video Games, Zelda, Zoroastrianism | Tagged a link to the past, alltrades abbey, bible, celestria, censorship, corvus, crosses, devils, divinegon, dragon quest iii, dragon quest iv, dragon quest ix, dragon quest vi, dragon quest vii, farore, fiend, final fantasy vi, goddess, hades, hera, hylia, hyrule, jesus, kabbalah, kefka, nayru, nintendo, odin, oracle of ages, oracle of seasons, poseidon, rubiss, satan, sephiroth, sophia, temple of dharma, tetsuya nomura, triforce, warring triad, zenith dragon, zenithia, zenus, zeus, zurvan |
Final Fakery
The TV Tropes page on Urban Legends of Zelda (good name, by the way) had a link to this post from the alt.games.final-fantasy newsgroup, which brought back some memories. I read that group pretty regularly back when I started college, … Continue reading →
Posted in Animal Crossing, Chrono Trigger, Donkey Kong, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Humor, Mana/Seiken Densetsu, Mario, Metroid, Urban Legends, Video Games | Tagged 7th saga, aerith gainsborough, alt.games.final-fantasy, bahamut, battletoads, dragon queen, dragon quest iii, dragon quest iv, dragon quest ix, dragonlord, dragons, final fantasy dissidia, final fantasy ii, final fantasy iv, final fantasy tactics, final fantasy v, final fantasy vi, final fantasy vii, final fantasy X, general leo christophe, kain highwind, king bowser koopa, lavos, lufenia, lunarians, lutz, neko, noah, psaro, ricard highwind, ridley, rumors, samus aran, schala, super mario bros., super mario bros. 2, tom nook, torneko taloon, tortimer, tv tropes, wart, zemus, zenith dragon, zenus |
All Aboard the Afterlife Express
One of the more interesting episodes in Final Fantasy VI, and incidentally an appropriate one for this time of year, is the Phantom Train. Sabin and Cyan (and maybe Shadow, if you recruited him and he hasn’t left yet) board … Continue reading →
Posted in Art, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Music, Technology, Urban Legends, Video Games | Tagged abraham lincoln, charon, chris de burgh, cyan garamonde, doomtrain, dragon quest ix, final fantasy vi, final fantasy viii, ghost trains, ghostbusters ii, ghosts, la gare de perpignan, phantom train, sabin rene figaro, salvador dali, satan, shadow, starflight express, trains |
Look Out, There’s a Monster Coming
I read a post today about random encounters in role-playing video games, and I agree that they can be pretty annoying. It actually works both ways, too. Not only do enemies tend to randomly show up at the least opportune … Continue reading →
Posted in Chrono Trigger, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Mario, Monsters, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged dragon quest ix, fantasy role playing games, final fantasy mystic quest, random encounters, role-playing, the 7th saga, the adventure of link |
Fantasy Jobs
I’ve played through much of Final Fantasy III for DS (the original Japanese FF3, not the FF3 that’s really FF6), but I think I’ve reached a point where I have to take a break because it’s become more frustrating than … Continue reading →
Posted in Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Video Games | Tagged alltrades abbey, crystal tower, dragon quest iii, dragon quest ix, dragon quest v, dragon quest vi, dragon quest vii, final fantasy iii, final fantasy v, magic spells, shrine of dharma |
Role Control
As a fan of role-playing video games, I feel I should mention that most of them really don’t feature true role-playing, in the sense of really getting into a character’s head. Do you really play the role of Cloud Strife … Continue reading →
Habeas Corvus
I think it might be about time to post on update on my post about Dragon Quest villains that incorporates Dragon Quest IX. As I indicated in a post last week, I still haven’t beaten the main boss, but I … Continue reading →