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Put a Zork in It

Posted on February 3, 2023 by Nathan

I remember seeing magazine ads for Zork and other text-based adventure games when I was a kid, and thought they seemed pretty fascinating. I never actually got to play any of them at the time, though. I don’t think they … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Douglas Adams, Games, Greek Mythology, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Humor, J.R.R. Tolkien, L. Frank Baum, Lewis Carroll, Magic, Maps, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Video Games, William Shakespeare | Tagged alice's adventures in wonderland, bats, cassius, colossal cave adventure, cyclops, dante alighieri, divine comedy, don woods, dungeons, dungeons and dragons, flatheads, glinda of oz, great underground empire, grues, hades, hell, hunt the wumpus, inferno, infocom, jack vance, julius caesar, lucien kaine, odysseus, odyssey, polyphemus, swords, the dying earth, the zork anthology, weapons, will crowther, wizards, zork, zork i, zork ii | 1 Comment

Roland in the Deep

Posted on January 24, 2023 by Nathan

I think I first heard of Ludovico Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso in a blurb about C.S. Lewis comparing J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings to it. Well, they do both have a magic ring that makes people invisible, and a monster … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Arthurian Legend, Authors, Book Reviews, British, C.S. Lewis, Characters, Christianity, French, Greek Mythology, Islam, J.R.R. Tolkien, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Poetry, Relationships, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Video Games, William Shakespeare | Tagged amazons, andromeda, arimaspoi, astolfo, atlante, avalon, basil of caesarea, battle of roncevaux pass, beowulf, chanson de roland, charlemagne, childe roland to the dark tower came, cortana, durendal, elijah, fairies, faleero, falerina, ferragut, giants, griffins, halo, hector, hell, hippogriffs, holga danske, horses, hugh capet of france, huon of bordeaux, jesus, john the apostle, king lear, lethe river, lord of the rings, ludovico ariosto, matteo maria boiardo, merlin, moon, morgan le fay, ogier the dane, orcas, orcs, orlando furioso, orlando innamorato, paladin, penthesileia, pliny the elder, prester john, rinaldo, robert browning, roland, roland the headless thompson gunner, ruggiero, st. denis, st. peter, stephen king, swords, tristan and isolde, virgin mary, warren zevon, water of oblivion, weapons | Leave a comment

The Serge Worked

Posted on June 4, 2022 by Nathan

SPOILERS FOR CHRONO CROSS! So, I finished Chrono Cross…sort of. There’s more than one way to beat the final boss, and the way to get the good ending involves using elements in a certain order. It’s a clever idea, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Chrono Trigger, Families, Magic, Monsters, Technology, Video Games | Tagged aliens, belthasar, chrono cross, chronopolis, crono, dario, demi-humans, dinopolis, dinosaurs, draggy, dragon god, dragonians, dragons, dwarves, einlanzer, el nido, fairies, fate, frozen flame, general viper, glenn, guile, hydra, kingdom of zeal, lavos, lucca ashtear, luccia, lynx, marcy, masa and mune, mermaids, miguel, mojo, mother brain, neofio, nikki, princess nadia marle guardia, prometheus lock, radius, records of fate, reptites, robo, robots, schala, sea of eden, serge, skelly, starky, swords, time crash, time devourer, time travel, wazuki | 2 Comments

Winners and Choosers

Posted on January 28, 2022 by Nathan

After looking at the notion of people chosen by the gods, I became curious as to how the concept of a specific person being the Chosen One originated. It’s a pretty common trope in fantasy, someone being prophesied to save the world … Continue reading →

Posted in Arthurian Legend, Authors, Babylonian, British, Captain N: The Game Master, Cartoons, Characters, Christianity, Discworld, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Futurama, Greek Mythology, Harry Potter, J.R.R. Tolkien, Magic, Mario, Mythology, Oz, Philosophy, Religion, Semitic, Star Wars, Television, Terry Pratchett, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged anakin skywalker, andrew heller, aragorn, armor, bender's big score, brain spawn, carrot ironfoundersson, chosen ones, chosen people, dark king, darth plagueis, darth vader, donald abbott, dorothy gale, dragon quest iii, dragon quest iv, dragon quest v, emperor palpatine, epic of gilgamesh, erdrick, fate, final fantasy mystic quest, flood, gilgamesh, glinda, gondor, hammurabi, how the wizard came to oz, hyrule, jedi, jesus, king arthur, king david, kylo ren, link, lord of the rings, middle-earth, nibblonians, oedipus, oz: the great and powerful, philip j. fry, professor hubert farnsworth, prophecy, return of the jedi, sith, swords, time travel, utnapishtim, voldemort, weapons, witches, wizard of oz | Leave a comment

Das Lied von der Erdrea

Posted on January 21, 2021 by Nathan

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 | Leave a comment

Something Old, Something Nue

Posted on October 5, 2019 by Nathan

I was looking at the Wikipedia page listing flying mythological creatures. There were many I’d either already written about or didn’t appear to have much information, but I did take some interest in the Nue, a kind of yokai from … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Breath of Fire, Japanese, Monsters, Mythology, Video Games | Tagged breath of fire iii, emperor konoe, i no hayata, minamoto no yorimasa, nue, nuezuka, samurai, shishio, swords, tanuki, thrush, yokai | Leave a comment

I Have Seen the Sleeping Knights of Jesus

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Nathan

As I mentioned in my review, Alan Garner’s Alderley Edge fantasies incorporate a local legend about sleeping knights. The story has it that a farmer from Mobberley set out to Macclesfield to sell a horse. An old man near the … Continue reading →

Posted in Arthurian Legend, British, Buddhism, Christianity, Comics, Fairy Tales, French, Futurama, German, History, Islam, Mythology, Religion, Television, Urban Legends | Tagged alan garner, alderley edge, antichrist, avalon, beards, captain america, charlemagne, constantinople, cortana, cryonics, curtana, emperor constantine xi palaiologos, emperor decius, emperor frederick barbarossa, emperor theodosius ii, enchanted sleep, holga danske, king arthur, king in the mountain, kronborg, kukai, merlin, mount koya, ogier the dane, philip j. fry, quran, seven sleepers of ephesus, shingon buddhism, swords, the weirdstone of brisingamen, walt disney, wenceslas duke of bohemia, wizards | 5 Comments

Princes Proving Their Prowess, Whatever That Means

Posted on August 17, 2016 by Nathan

Since the main theme of this year’s OzCon International was Rinkitink in Oz, with Captain Salt and Ozmapolitan sidelining, it’s not too surprising that the subject of boy protagonists in the Oz books would come up. And yes, there are … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Dick Martin, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Fairy Tales, Families, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged aging, atmos fere, betsy bobbin, bilbil, captain salt, captain salt in oz, carter green, david perry, evered of rash, frederick wiegand, grampa, grampa in oz, halidom, high boy, hungry tiger, kabumpo, kabumpo in oz, king ato, king cheeriobed, king fumbo, king randywell, king rinkitink, king rupert of kapurta, merry go round in oz, ojo, ojo in oz, oz con international, ozamaland, ozcon international, prince gules, prince inga of pingaree, prince philador, prince pompadore, prince tatters, princes, pumperdink, ragbad, rash, rash rubies, red jinn, rinkitink in oz, roger the read bird, septimius septentrion, swords, tazander tazah of ozamaland, the enchanted island of oz, the giant horse of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the ozmapolitan of oz, the purple prince of oz, the silver princess in oz, trot griffiths, urtha, wag | 1 Comment

Mythical Metals

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Nathan

Today, we’re going to look at three metals from the world of fantasy and legend. And since Wednesday is Video Game Day here in VoVatia, I’ll be sure to mention their relevance to the game world. Adamant – Although the … Continue reading →

Posted in Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Greek Mythology, Mythology, Video Games | Tagged adamant, adamantine, adamantium, alexander the great, armor, atlantis, cecil harvey, erdrick, excalibur, gates of alexander, king arthur, kokkol, kronos, lord of the rings, loto, marvel comics, metal, mithril, orichalcum, oricon, ouranos, plato, sword of kings, swords, tolkien, weapons, wolverine | 8 Comments

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Roland in the Deep

The Serge Worked

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