Tag: Sea

The holiday season is coming up fast, and many of us are thinking about what to get each other for Christmas, Hanukkah, or the 10th anniversary of The Wind Waker’s Japanese release (December 13, 2002). And if you’ll be celebrating The Wind Waker’s birthday, what better than to celebrate with a new t-shirt and poster combo? Zac Gorman recently created the two items, and the artwork is both unique and creative, definitely worth a look. Hit the jump for more!

“Goal-oriented gameplay and environmental presence exist in unavoidable tension. In moderation, sense of purpose can make a place come alive. But when we focus on moves, strategy, puzzles, and other performance-oriented tasks, we’re left with little cognitive room to appreciate the surrounding environment.” – Douglas Wilson, “Look Before You Warp”1 The above quote is from a chapter in The Legend of Zelda and Philosophy: I Link Therefore I Am (a collection of essays, edited by Luke Cuddy) in which Wilson…

Much has been made of the “emptiness” of The Wind Waker’s overworld. Sailing requires a significant investment of time, and the player is rarely required to do more than manipulate the camera or change the direction of the wind. Many gamers find this aspect of the gameplay boring, an unnecessary bridge between the much more exciting, enclosed islands located within the 49 squares that make up the overworld. There is some merit to this argument. To call the Great Sea…