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My Holy Father’s Dragon

An interesting story I came across recently on Shannon City involved Pope Sylvester I, a contemporary of Constantine, the first Roman Emperor to convert to Christianity. Sylvester is tied in with the Donation of Constantine, a document that supposedly confirmed … Continue reading →

There May Be a Boogeyman or Boogeymen in the House

Picture by Andrew L. Paciorek The Boogeyman, more traditionally spelled “Bogeyman,” does not seem to be a reference to any specific monster, but rather to any scary creature that is either the product of a child’s imagination or used by … Continue reading →

Posted in British, Discworld, Fairy Tales, Mythology, Terry Pratchett | Tagged bogeyman, boggart, bogle, boogeyman, fairies, hogfather, monsters, oogie boogie, reaper man, scissor man, the nightmare before christmas, tooth fairy |

Plungin’ in the Dungeon

I haven’t played Dungeons & Dragons, but it seems like the kind of thing I would have liked (and still would, for that matter), and I did play some games that were obviously influenced by it. I think it might … Continue reading →

Hey Baba, Humbaba

One advantage to being an epic hero is that, if you feel like killing someone, you can just paint them as a villain. Sometimes the giants and dragons slain by heroes have committed evil actions that need to be stopped, … Continue reading →

Posted in Babylonian, Final Fantasy, Mythology, Semitic, Video Games | Tagged demons, dr. seuss, enkidu, enlil, epic of gilgamesh, gilgamesh, humbaba, kefka palazzo, monsters, phunbaba, shamash, the lorax |

Ozzie’s in a Pickle!

Last week, we took a look at Magus from Chrono Trigger. This week, we focus on his henchmen. Magus’ main general is Ozzie, a monster who found Janus as a child and raised him to be the Fiendlord. Like other … Continue reading →

Posted in Chrono Trigger, Video Games | Tagged acacia dragoons, chrono cross, flea, general viper, janus, ketchop, magus, monsters, ozzie, ozzie viii, peppor shaker, slash, solt shaker |

Never Poke a Podoboo

If you were the kind of person who immediately threw away your video game instruction booklets, I would say you missed out. Then again, maybe you only did if you’re someone like me who finds researching games a lot less … Continue reading →

Posted in Mario, Video Games | Tagged baburu, birdo, hot feet, lava bubbles, li'l sparkies, magma, monsters, podoboos, super mario bros., super mario world, thwomps |

It’s a Round, Round Table

We all know about the Knights of the Round Table, King Arthur’s fierce warriors, initiators of chivalry, hunters of the Holy Grail, and able to take out Sephiroth with no trouble at all. But did the Knights really exist? I … Continue reading →

Posted in British, Christianity, Final Fantasy, History, Mythology, Religion, United Kingdom, Video Games | Tagged annales cambriae, camelot, chivalry, chretien de troyes, elaine of escalot, excalibur, final fantasy vii, fisher king, geoffrey of monmouth, green knight, holy grail, judas iscariot, king arthur, king ban of benoic, king bors, king constantine of britain, king leodegrance of cameliard, king lot of orkney, king pellinore, king uther pendragon, knights of the round table, lady of the lake, last supper, merlin, monsters, monty python and the holy grail, morgan le fay, questing beast, robert de boron, sephiroth, siege perilous, sir agravain, sir bedivere, sir bors, sir ector, sir gaheris, sir galahad, sir gareth, sir gawain, sir gawain and the green knight, sir gromer, sir grummore grummersum, sir kay, sir lancelot du lac, sir mordred, sir perceval, sir thomas malory, t.h. white, the once and future king, the wedding of sir gawain and dame ragnelle, wace |

Tales of a Considerate Kalidah

Pretty much every new Oz book written these days introduces new characters, and there’s nothing wrong with that. Most of these characters, however, appear in only one book, and even the ones that do reappear generally just do so in … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Oz | Tagged bucketheads in oz, chris dulabone, cotrikar, kalidahs, kericot the considerate kalidah, maybe the miffin, melody grandy, monsters, oziana, phyllis ann karr, private jo files, randicot, snif the iffin, terrence oldshell, the guardian dove, thorns and private files in oz |

March of the Archfiends

I’ve been meaning for some time to write a post on the main villains in the Dragon Quest series, but I had hoped I might finish at least one more game before going ahead with it. I haven’t done that … Continue reading →

Posted in Captain N: The Game Master, Dragon Quest, Television, Video Games | Tagged aamon, aliahan, aron nimzowitsch, barmos, castle charlock, chess, crests, demons, dragon queen, dragonlord, emblem of roto, estark, evil statue, eye of malroth, ganon, grandmaster nimzo, hargon, healmore, hyrule, malroth, mirudraas, monsters, mortamor, necrosaro, orgodemir, psaro, radimvice, rosaly, rubiss, saro, secret of evolution, sidoh, sphere of light, starkers, sword of erdrick, the trojan dragon, three men and a dragon, zenithia, zoma |

Born to Hunt Dinosaurs

Since Super Mario World took place in a country called Dinosaur Land, there obviously had to be some dinosaurs there. Oddly, though, there really aren’t that many different species to be found. Aside from the Yoshis, the two main types … Continue reading →

Posted in Mario, Video Games | Tagged beanbean kingdom, birdo, blablanadon, boom-boom, dino rhino, dino-torch, dinosaur land, dinosaurs, dorrie, eerie, hoohoo mountain, king bowser koopa, loch ness monster, luigi, mario & luigi superstar saga, monsters, nine inch nails, plesiosaur, plesiosaurs, pterosaurs, rex, reznor rhinos, super mario 64, super mario bros. 3, super mario world, trent reznor, yoshi, yoshi's island |