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How We Lost the Forest
I’d been thinking about the Lost Woods in the Zelda series, probably largely because Beth recently played A Link Between Worlds. Since it’s a handheld game, I wasn’t able to watch her play it, which is something I miss doing. … Continue reading →
Posted in Authors, Cartoons, Characters, Chrono Trigger, Dragon Quest, Dreams, Final Fantasy, John R. Neill, Language, Lewis Carroll, Magic, Mario, Music, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Television, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged a link between worlds, a link to the past, alice's adventures in wonderland, back woods, bafflewood, dragon quest v, dragon quest xi, enchanted forest, faerie lea, fairies, final fantasy vi, forest maze, forest of illusion, forest of maze, forever forest, ghosts, jack pumpkinhead, jenny jump, kokiri forest, legends of localization, lost woods, master sword, mayoi no mori, maze woods, mazes, neverglade, ocarina of time, paper mario, paper mario: sticker star, phantom forest, phantom train, poes, professor wogglebug, puzzles, quinces, reptites, skull kid, stalfos, super mario rpg, super mario world, the legend of zelda, the lost king of oz, the runaway in oz, through the looking-glass, tickington, wario land ii |
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 |
Pandering to Pandavas
I’d been interested in the story of the Mahabharata, even more so since reading the Aru Shah books, in which the Pandavas are reincarnated as teenage girls. So I checked out an abridged edition translated by William Buck. While much … Continue reading →
Posted in Board Games, Book Reviews, Dice, Dragon Quest, Families, Games, Hinduism, History, India, Magic, Mythology, Pachisi, Philosophy, Poetry, Prejudice, Relationships, Religion, Video Games | Tagged arjuna, aru shah, ashvins, bhagavad gita, bhima, dharma, dharma raja, dhritarashta, dragon quest xi, draupadi, duryodhana, gambling, ganesh, hastinapura, indra, karna, kauravas, krishna, kunti, kurukshetra war, luminary, madri, mahabharata, mohandas gandhi, moses, nakula, pandavas, pandu, remus, rick riordan presents, romulus, roshani chokshi, sahadeva, sargon, surya, vayu, vichitravirya, vyasa, william buck, yudhisthira |
Not Dying Today
Someone proposed on a Facebook post that you don’t actually kill the monsters in the Dragon Quest series. I don’t think I can link to it, since it’s on a private group. It generally seems like you are killing them, … Continue reading →
Posted in Alchemy, Animals, Authors, Cartoons, Comics, Dragon Quest, Greek Mythology, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Mythology, Percy Jackson, Pokémon, Rick Riordan, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged aamon, baramos, candy cats, cats, death, demon lords, demons, dragon quest iv, dragon quest monsters, dragon quest v, dragon quest xi, estark, ganon, goombas, khalamari kids, nintendo adventure books, nintendo comics system, paper mario: color splash, princess zelda, psaro, resurrection, shigeru miyamoto |
More Names, More Fun
After I shared my last post on Dragon Quest names on Discord, Arlen Pavka replied with a list of names from the mobile and Nintendo Switch versions of DQ2, which includes a few I hadn’t previously seen. I’ve written about … Continue reading →
Posted in Arthurian Legend, British, Buddhism, Cartoons, Christianity, Comics, Dragon Quest, Families, Final Fantasy, German, Germany, History, Language, Metroid, Mythology, Names, Norse, Religion, Star Wars, Television, Video Games | Tagged abel, abel yuusha, bible, cain and abel, cid, dragon quest ii, dragon quest iii, dragon quest iv, dragon quest of the stars, dragon quest v, dragon quest vi, dragon quest xi, el cid campeador, emblem of roto, endor, erdrick, esther, gadabouts, han solo, hank hoffman jr, jesus, luca erkel gotha, madalena, mages, mahabala, manga, maya mahabala, meena mahabala, merlin, pankraz gotha, priests, prince of cannock, princess of moonbrooke, princess veronica of endor, quadal, ragnar lodbrok, ragnar mcryan, raido, sofia, solo, st. peter, stella maris, ten wrathful ones, theron, tom foolery, tonnura, torneko taloon, tristan and isolde, varia, vashti, veronica, virgin mary |
The Sin Cycle
We all know about the Seven Deadly Sins, generally given as pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony, and sloth. Is parting your hair in the middle a sin? I used to do that before I was informed that it’s unflattering. … Continue reading →
Posted in Adventism, Babylonian, C.S. Lewis, Cartoons, Catholicism, Chronicles of Narnia, Dragon Quest, Fairy Tales, Fundamentalism, Monsters, Mystery Cults, Mythology, Religion, Television, Video Games | Tagged alice k. turner, astrology, avarith, booga, brothers grimm, disney, dr. paul ekman, dragon quest xi, gilligan's island, gyldygga, mithraism, mithras, mordegon, numerology, seven deadly sins, seven heavenly virtues, sin, sir jasper, smurfs, snow white and the seven dwarfs, the history of hell |
The Luminary League
I said before that I wanted to discuss the party members in Dragon Quest XI, so I might as well do that now. DQ4 was the first in the series to flesh out the playable characters’ back stories and motivations, … Continue reading →
Posted in Dragon Quest, Families, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Relationships, Video Games | Tagged arboria, cobblestone, don rodrigo, dragon quest iv, dragon quest viii, dragon quest xi, dundrasil, erdrick, erdwin, erik, gemma, grand master pang, heliodor, jessica albert, king carnelian of heliodor, king irwin of dundrasil, lord robert of dundrasil, luminary, morcant, mordegon, naughty stick, ogler's digest, princess jade of heliodor, prophecy, puff-puff, queen eleanor of dundrasil, serena, serenica, sex appeal, sir hendrik, sir jasper, sniflheim, sylvando, time travel, veronica, vikings, yggdrasil |
Das Lied von der Erdrea
Dragon Quest XI – SPOILERS for the Nintendo Switch version – I’ve finally finished this, or at least defeated Calasmos; I know there’s technically more to do in the post-game. When I first discussed this game, I talked about some … Continue reading →
Posted in Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Magic, Monsters, Video Games | Tagged calasmos, demon lords, demons, dragon quest ii, dragon quest iii, dragon quest ix: sentinels of the starry skies, dragon quest viii, dragon quest xi, dragonlord, dragons, drustan, erdrea, erdrick, erdwin, erik, final fantasy vii, horses, king carnelian of heliodor, luminary, mages, mermaids, morcant, mordegon, nintendo switch, sages, serenica, spectral sentinels, sword of erdrick, sword of kings, sword of light, swords, sylvando, tickington, time travel, world tree, yggdragon, yggdrasil |
Ticking Over
I’m still playing Dragon Quest XI. It’s a longer game than I realized, especially after beating the guy who’s initially identified as the main villain. But there was one aspect I wanted to discuss that I’m almost done with, the village … Continue reading →
Posted in Dragon Quest, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Video Games | Tagged alltrades abbey, baramos, calasmos, dragon quest ii, dragon quest iii, dragon quest iv, dragon quest v, dragon quest vi, dragon quest vii, dragon quest viii, dragon quest x, dragon quest xi, jessica albert, mordegon, pankraz gotha, pastwords, prince kiefer of estard, tickington, time travel, tockles, watchers |
Co-Ed Casting
I get the impression that the general depiction of a white mage in the Final Fantasy series is female. I thought of this when I recently talked about Mario Hoops 3-on-3 and Mario Sports Mix, which have a generic white … Continue reading →
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