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Ice9ine
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Hello.
I am a gamer. I play games. I play lots of games. I mean games since the Atari console, vector graphics and Commodore Vic 20.
I am forty one years young too. No, I am not a nerd. Do nerds have a wife, child and a professional career?...I dunno anyway, I want to explain my recent revelation to you which is this game known as ......Zelda.
I have had all the consoles over the years, even an N64 with OoT but never really gave it the time of day, even though I remember drooling over the state of the art visuals all those years ago.
I've got a 360,PS3 and high end PC too which plays all the tasty titles (here's looking at you BF3 and Skyrim...4 days and counting). I love serious warefare games...I love uncharted...I love The witcher....God I was even on WOW for years then EVE....maybe I am a nerd?
I suppose in terms of gaming, I have been around the block a few times since my early days playing bat tennis on my Pong machine and putting 20 cents up on the space invaders arcade at the pinnie parlour bagging the next game.
However, whilst fossicking aimlessly through youtube at gaming footage a few nights ago, I stumbled across some N64 footage of Mario 64. It was late, I was delerious and my mind was shot, but I was almost instantly transported back with incredible memories of my N64 days and the incredible fun I had with friends in that era.
This lead to me wanting to relive those days. I knew I would be let down if I somehow tracked down a N64 console and Mario as nothing is as good as we remember it to be..right? Wrong.
My desire to get back to the Nintendo era was almost getting manic. I even went to the local market looking for a console. I went to Ebay and tagged a few sales, watching eagerly as the clock ticked down. I finally stumbled across an emulator (can I talk about those in here?).
Anywayyyyyyyy, Idownloaded all my favourites of the day Turok, goldeneye, Mariokart, you know the drill and of course I got Zelda ocarina of time. I got this thing working quite easily and loaded up OOT. Quite seriously, I was absolutely captivated by the thing. Yes, I had some flashbacks and could almost smell the chips, beer and feel the excitment amongst my group of mates sitting half pissed in front of the CRT with bloodshot eyes but after the walk down memory lane, I genuinely began being engulfed in the gameplay, the story, the characters, the world. The dated graphics didn't scare me, in fact they somehow added to the immersion. The lack of voicing was a pleasant change and I found myself amused and connected with the childish and simple dialogue. The OOT in 2011 with arguably the biggest RPG in history on a technical level graphical and otherwise just around the corner (skyrim) has completely posessed me. Yes, a game that is what, 14 years old has my undivided attention and now I am counting down the days to SS.
My question is why?
What is it about Zelda games. I mean damn, I am now going to buy a wii and my most anticipated GOTY (no pun inteneded) is Skyward Sword. This obsesion has come out of NOWWHERE! There is something completely unique about the Zelda world that is completely captivating. But I am a grown man!!...I should be playing CIV 5 and managing economies...shouldn't I??
Maybe Zelda captures our childhood...memories, fun? The light hearted, colourful graphics are soothing and comforting. I don't know what it is but I know i am obsessed with the Zelda gameplay and universe.
I will end my rant here. I do not mean to say Zelda is a kids game, it is not. I am however finding that the chemisty of stylized graphics, rich colour palette, fascinating gameplay and enchanting quests is feeding my desire for a game that truly, genuinely transports me into a virtual fantasy world that very few games have ever done
Remember when gaming was fun?...really fun?...I do now. Thanks for reading and bring on SS!!
Cheers,
Ice9ine.
I am a gamer. I play games. I play lots of games. I mean games since the Atari console, vector graphics and Commodore Vic 20.
I am forty one years young too. No, I am not a nerd. Do nerds have a wife, child and a professional career?...I dunno anyway, I want to explain my recent revelation to you which is this game known as ......Zelda.
I have had all the consoles over the years, even an N64 with OoT but never really gave it the time of day, even though I remember drooling over the state of the art visuals all those years ago.
I've got a 360,PS3 and high end PC too which plays all the tasty titles (here's looking at you BF3 and Skyrim...4 days and counting). I love serious warefare games...I love uncharted...I love The witcher....God I was even on WOW for years then EVE....maybe I am a nerd?
I suppose in terms of gaming, I have been around the block a few times since my early days playing bat tennis on my Pong machine and putting 20 cents up on the space invaders arcade at the pinnie parlour bagging the next game.
However, whilst fossicking aimlessly through youtube at gaming footage a few nights ago, I stumbled across some N64 footage of Mario 64. It was late, I was delerious and my mind was shot, but I was almost instantly transported back with incredible memories of my N64 days and the incredible fun I had with friends in that era.
This lead to me wanting to relive those days. I knew I would be let down if I somehow tracked down a N64 console and Mario as nothing is as good as we remember it to be..right? Wrong.
My desire to get back to the Nintendo era was almost getting manic. I even went to the local market looking for a console. I went to Ebay and tagged a few sales, watching eagerly as the clock ticked down. I finally stumbled across an emulator (can I talk about those in here?).
Anywayyyyyyyy, Idownloaded all my favourites of the day Turok, goldeneye, Mariokart, you know the drill and of course I got Zelda ocarina of time. I got this thing working quite easily and loaded up OOT. Quite seriously, I was absolutely captivated by the thing. Yes, I had some flashbacks and could almost smell the chips, beer and feel the excitment amongst my group of mates sitting half pissed in front of the CRT with bloodshot eyes but after the walk down memory lane, I genuinely began being engulfed in the gameplay, the story, the characters, the world. The dated graphics didn't scare me, in fact they somehow added to the immersion. The lack of voicing was a pleasant change and I found myself amused and connected with the childish and simple dialogue. The OOT in 2011 with arguably the biggest RPG in history on a technical level graphical and otherwise just around the corner (skyrim) has completely posessed me. Yes, a game that is what, 14 years old has my undivided attention and now I am counting down the days to SS.
My question is why?
What is it about Zelda games. I mean damn, I am now going to buy a wii and my most anticipated GOTY (no pun inteneded) is Skyward Sword. This obsesion has come out of NOWWHERE! There is something completely unique about the Zelda world that is completely captivating. But I am a grown man!!...I should be playing CIV 5 and managing economies...shouldn't I??
Maybe Zelda captures our childhood...memories, fun? The light hearted, colourful graphics are soothing and comforting. I don't know what it is but I know i am obsessed with the Zelda gameplay and universe.
I will end my rant here. I do not mean to say Zelda is a kids game, it is not. I am however finding that the chemisty of stylized graphics, rich colour palette, fascinating gameplay and enchanting quests is feeding my desire for a game that truly, genuinely transports me into a virtual fantasy world that very few games have ever done
Remember when gaming was fun?...really fun?...I do now. Thanks for reading and bring on SS!!
Cheers,
Ice9ine.