Using actual research on the components of motivation and interest, Professor Noctis explains why we find side quests compelling or not.
The Legend of Zelda
Tears of the Kingdom meaningfully builds onto the legacy of the Legend of Zelda, with freedom you might never have expected.
With a new adventure now available, the writers at The Pixels revisit some early Legend of Zelda memories.
Is there a Zelda formula? Here is a brief history on The Legend of Zelda and how the series has iterated over the decades.
A new Legend of Zelda hits the Switch this week, but Link’s Awakening still invites players to its shores today.
It’s 2023 and people still believe Zelda II is a reject. Here’s everything the 1st sequel contributed to the Legend of Zelda series.
Nintendo, religion, censorship… should we just stick to the weather? What ever happened to the original religion of The Legend of Zelda?
On this Link’s Awakening podcast, all the elegance, wistfulness, whimsy, sadness, loneliness, and haunting qualities of the 4th Zelda.
Nintendo Switch is now 5 years old! Here are my top 5 favorite Switch games from the past 5 years! My, how time flies…
“Phenomenal Cosmic Power! Itty-bitty living space.” -Robin Williams, Aladdin Continuing on the same…
“I refute it thus!” – Samuel Johnson Hello, friendly friends! It’s been a…
It’s sometimes risky to reimagine a classic.
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, maybe the most controversial Zelda game, but does it deserve the bum rap or is that just internet noise?
So a red mage, a ninja, and a coffee guru walk into a podcast…
Hey, listen, NPCs! Happy October and happy anniversary to the love of my life,…
It’s Day Eight and it’s time to talk about something truly magical: adventure games….
A Link to the Past is often considered the best game in the entire Legend of Zelda series, but why? What makes this SNES title so good?
“Whether skyward bound, adrift in time, or steeped in the glowing embers of twilight…”
“An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.”
—Victor Hugo
“One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure.”
-William Feather
“Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers
“We are such stuff as dreams are made on; and our little life is rounded with a sleep.” –William Shakespeare
“To contemplate is to look at shadows.”
-Victor Hugo
“The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt
