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A Thousand Thousand Slimy Things Lived On
I wrote about Slimes in the Dragon Quest series eleven years ago, and mentioned the fact that they were inspired by Creeping Cruds from Wizardry, but Akira Toriyama drew them as cute. There was also a mention of Slimes in … Continue reading →
Posted in Board Games, Cartoons, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Focus on the Foes, Food, Games, Gender, Japanese, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Video Games | Tagged akira toriyama, amoebas, at the mountains of madness, bavarois, black pudding, creeping cruds, custard, dungeon!, dungeons and dragons, final fantasy ii, final fantasy iv, flan, flan princesses, gelatinous cubes, green slime, h.p. lovecraft, jelly, moon, mousse, nuppeppo, onward, oozes, pink puffs, pudding, queen slime, she-slimes, shoggoths, slime, slimes, the blob, wizardry, world of final fantasy, yokai |
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 |
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 |
Guests from Another Game
You might well know by now about my mixed feelings on crossovers, how I love the idea but think they bring their own headaches, particularly when it comes to continuity. What’s kind of strange is that crossovers in the Mario franchise … Continue reading →
Posted in Animal Crossing, Captain N: The Game Master, Cartoons, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Games, Magic, Mario, Metroid, Monsters, Pac-Man, Sonic the Hedgehog, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Toys, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged basketball, behemoth, bomberman, cactuars, captain olimar, crossovers, culex, dungeons and dragons, final fantasy ii, final fantasy iv, fortune street, fox mccloud, golbez, inklings, king bowser koopa, link, malboros, mario and luigi: partners in time, mario and luigi: superstar saga, mario and sonic at the olympic games, mario hoops 3-on-3, mario kart, mario kart 8, mario kart arcade gp, mario kart tour, mario sports mix, mobile golf, moogles, mushroom kingdom, mushroom world, namco, nes open tournament golf, nintendo, ochus, otyughs, pac-man, punch-out, samus aran, slimes, splatoon, super mario bros. 3, super mario rpg, super smash bros., wario, wario blast featuring bomberman, warp zones |
Man or Monster?
I’ve read Volume 4 of the Dragon Quest Monsters+ manga, which continues with the story of Marumo, Loran, and Pazuzu. Loran, the Prince of Lorasia and hero of Dragon Quest II, left home when the seeds of hate and fear that … Continue reading →
Posted in Book Reviews, Comics, Dragon Quest, Evolution, Magic, Monsters, Science, Video Games | Tagged demon lords, demons, dragon quest ii, dragon quest iv, dragon quest monsters+, dragon quest v, dragon quest vii, dragonlord, dragons, drake slimes, grandmaster nimzo, hargon, healie, healslimes, madalena, malroth, manga, mine yoshizaki, monster masters, mottle slimes, nadiria, orgodemir, pazuzu, psaro, secret of evolution, slimes |
Damp, Dark, Dusky Dungeons
There are some significant SPOILERS for all three of the films I talk about here, so don’t say I didn’t warn you! The Descent – Beth had seen this before, but she wanted to show it to me because it’s … Continue reading →
Posted in Cartoons, Comics, Dragon Quest, Families, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Names, Nursery Rhymes, Relationships, Video Games, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged alus gotha, bianca whitaker, bishop ladja, bjorn the behemoose, crocodilopolis, demon lords, dr. agon, dragon quest v, dragon quest your story, gootrude, gotha, grandmaster nimzo, greta gerwig, lady bird, luca erkel gotha, metal slimes, mostroferrato, nera briscoletti, order of zugwang, pankraz gotha, purrcy, rodrigo briscoletti, sabrecats, saoirse ronan, slimes, the descent, virtual reality, zenithian sword |
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 |
Monster Masters
I might as well review the books related to the Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy series that I received for my birthday, since I’ve finished reading them. Dragon Quest Illustrations, by Akira Toriyama – This collects some of Toriyama’s drawings … Continue reading →
Posted in Animals, Art, Book Reviews, Comics, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Greek Mythology, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Video Games | Tagged akira toriyama, chocobos, demons, dragon quest ii, dragon quest iii, dragon quest illustrations, dragon quest iv, dragon quest monsters, dragon quest v, dragon quest vi, dragonlord, dragons, final fantasy lost stranger, final fantasy ultimania archive, grandmaster nimzo, greattree, hazuki minase, imps, itsuki kameya, king satan, kleo, manga, milly, mine yoshizaki, minotaur, moogles, murdaw, shogo sasaki, slib, slimes, square enix, terry, watabou, xenlon, yoshitaka amano, yuko sasaki, zoma |
Dream Dragon Warriors
I wrote a post about Dragon Quest VI a few weeks ago after finishing the game, and I have a few other ideas for video game entries, but before I go there I’d like to take a closer look at … Continue reading →
Posted in Animals, Dragon Quest, Names, Video Games | Tagged amos, ashlynn, carver, dhuran, dragon quest monsters, dragon quest vi, hackasaurus, lizzie, madame luca luminista, milly, murdaw, nevan, pegasus, peggy sue, slimes, somnia, sorceria, terry |
It’s Slime Time
The Dragon Quest series was hardly the first to include sentient slime monsters. In fact, they seem to be pretty standard in fantasy role-playing games. According to this, producer Yuji Horii was directly inspired by the Creeping Crud from the … Continue reading →
Posted in Captain N: The Game Master, Dragon Quest, Television, Video Games | Tagged akira toriyama, antidote spell, babble, creeping crud, cureslime, gem slime, ghostbusters, healer, healie, healslime, king healslime, king metal slime, king slime, liquid metal slime, liquid slime, man o' war, medislime, metabble, metal babble, metal slime, monsters, slime knight, slimer, slimes, the real ghostbusters, the trojan dragon, wizardry, yuji horii |