You are an honest person. I like you. I will loan you my Zelda games.
This one goes out to you, Andy. I’m sad to say that time has stolen your last name from my memory, but a name is just a title, after all, and I haven’t forgot what you represent. We met at school when...
View ArticleIn Which I Battle Unemployment and Ganondorf
My gaming life started when I was 23. I had just moved home to live with my parents again after spending a year of trying and failing to find a job after college. I spent most of my time in my bedroom,...
View ArticleGhirahim and Gender Variance
I’ll try to keep this as spoiler-free as possible (even though Skyward Sword has been out for quite some time now) since I know a lot of people haven’t finished it, including Jennifer, who totally...
View ArticleMusings from an Evening of Apocalypse
[Ed. note: Kat sent me this on the evening of December 21, 2012, when the moon was newly risen. References to time ("December 21," "a few days ago") have been left as she wrote them on that date.] As...
View ArticleWindwaker for the Wii U
GUESS WHAT GUESS WHAT GUESS WHAT! The Legend of Zelda: The Windwaker is coming to the Wii U, and a brand-new Zelda game has been announced for the console. In other Zelda news, who’s excited for the...
View ArticleWhat game should you play on Valentine’s Day?
If you are single and long for a romantic connection: Play Dragon Age: Origins. There’s no better setting for falling in love than an archdemon-instigated darkspawn Blight, and Alistair, Morrigan,...
View ArticleFavorite Weirdos: Agitha
I’ve been sporadically replaying Twilight Princess for some time now and thus becoming reacquainted with its characters, and I’ve come to a conclusion. If I had to switch lives with a Twilight Princess...
View ArticleGet Your Game Face On! The Great Fairy
I’mm’a teach you how to attract little stray fairies to your person wherever you go, so you can capture them in bottles and keep them there until you’re almost dead! (Yeah, yeah, I borrowed the makeup...
View ArticleSome Reasons Why My Boyfriend Needs to Finish Playing A Link Between Worlds
To be clear, playing video games on a tiny screen is not something I normally do. “Go big or go home, am I right?” is a thing I frequently shout to my personal squire, Jacobson, as I play games on my...
View ArticleLet’s Make Rupee Bonbons!
I’ve been wanting to contribute to Gamervescent without having to write much. I just suck at writing, and I don’t enjoy it much. So I thought, “I can make some game-related food items and take lots of...
View ArticleFavorite Fairies: The Great Fairy
Previous favorites: Agitha, Helena Harper I have been sitting here, staring at this picture, for a solid fifteen minutes, trying to come up with the right words to even begin to describe my feelings...
View ArticleSix Sages Stained Glass
Here’s a little pretty for your Friday! Check out the designs for the stained glass windows of Hyrule Castle in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, as seen in the Hyrule Historia. Six sages, one...
View ArticleTingly Trivia
Have you been thinking about Tingle, special guest star of the Legend of Zelda series, all day? Have you found it difficult to banish him from your waking mind? Does he come to you in dreams, as a...
View ArticleMy Boyfriend Finished His First Zelda Game
THE END On Saturday, a momentous thing happened. My boyfriend finished a video game for the first time. Oh, he’s played a lot of video games, but he’s bad about finishing them. I’d like to take credit...
View ArticleInktober Part Deux
Here’s the second and final part of my video game-related Inktober sketches! Be sure to go to my website (or art Tumblr if you’re nasty) and check out the rest! A good friend of mine requested a sketch...
View ArticleTop Ten Insults to Use on Link
#HURTFEELINGS I get very shouty when I play Zelda games. Probably because, let’s face it, Link is a frustrating guy. Especially when he jumps weird and falls into a chasm or blows himself up LIKE A...
View ArticleI’ve Finally Found the Cutest Thing in Wind Waker
Why didn’t anyone warn me that I would not be able to stop giggling over Makar? The twitchy little walk, his leaf copter, his musical prowess. He’s the cutest little guy ever. The post I’ve Finally...
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