Zelda Informer has just begun a series of articles discussing themes from the Zelda series. The articles will be posted every other Tuesday on Zelda Informer. The first article from the series discusses the similarities of the Zelda games and traditional epics. Epic tales include the ever popular Beowulf, Gilgamesh and Odysseus, and this article argues that the Zelda games follow a similar formula. Aside from listing the similarities, the author uses examples from game manuals, in game plot events…