Videogames
It'sa me
Linkfest 2022-04-08: The Lonely Fight
I recently saw a re-post of Katsuya Terada’s Legend of Zelda illustrations, and it sent me searching for more. Here is a gallery of many of the images Terada created for Nintendo Power magazine. In later years, much would be made of the concept of “multimedia”, using the power
Linkfest 2022-03-04: Peter the Aleut
A great Twitter thread from the author of the Grey Goose Chronicles Substack, on Russian Orthodox missions in Alaska. I thought the story of Saint Peter the Aleut was a bit out of character for the Franciscan missions in California, and sure enough down thread Stone Age Herbalist agrees with
The Woodcutter's Shack
I saw this Swedish painting of a birch grove at The Daily Timewaster, and it immediately struck me as a location in the Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
Part of my enjoyment of that game was the visual variety of the settings, many places such as this could
Linkfest 2022-01-14: Muppet Christmas
I had originally intended this linkfest to come out at the end of 2021, but things have been busy around here!
GQ: Michael Caine Loves The Muppet Christmas Carol as Much as You Do
The family watched The Muppet Christmas Carol this week[3 weeks ago now], and Michael Caine’
Linkfest 2021-08-06: Twilight of Democracy
The Long View: The Twilight of Democracy
John J. Reilly’s 1997 review of Patrick E. Kennon’s The Twilight of Democracy is a fascinating read twenty four years later. Some version of Kennon’s point of view is still hugely important in how the United States is run, and