While it might not take the top spot, The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening is certainly one of the franchise’s weirdest and most out-there game. Opting for a Zelda and Triforce-free tale set on a mysterious island, this particular journey stands out in a post-Breath of the Wild world, where fans have become more accustomed to “open-air” design and freedom of exploration as opposed to the series’ more traditional (and decidedly rigid) progression through dungeons, with enough keys and mini-bosses to make the most nostalgic of fans weep. Honestly, though, the most surprising thing about Link’s Awakening remake on Switch is how fun it still is, even close to 30 years after its original release.
As enamored as I was with the initial reveal a few months back, admittedly, I was a bit worried that some of the charm would be lost when transitioning to the Switch’s more powerful,...
As enamored as I was with the initial reveal a few months back, admittedly, I was a bit worried that some of the charm would be lost when transitioning to the Switch’s more powerful,...
- 9/19/2019
- by Shaan Joshi
- We Got This Covered
Samus Tribute by_Wen Jr.
In his not-quite seminal but still very good 1998 essay “F/X Porn,” David Foster Wallace dissects the lasting legacy of James Cameron’s mega-blockbuster Terminator 2: Judgment Day. (Well, more accurately, he examines the enduring stain left by Cameron’s film on the modern action movie, but whatever.) The essay doesn’t offer much in the way of profundity regarding CGI-addled blockbusters or Arnold Scwarzenegger, though it does have that singular Wallace wit; the appeal of the breezy essay lies within Wallace’s digressive musings on Aliens, Cameron’s previous film, to which the writer dedicates just as many words as he does to the purported subject of the essay.
For the uninitiated, Aliens is Cameron’s lean, mean sequel to Ridley Scott’s body-horror classic Alien. An ostensible testosterone-fueled flick, replete with guns and gear and gruff military types spitting out phrases like, “Stop...
In his not-quite seminal but still very good 1998 essay “F/X Porn,” David Foster Wallace dissects the lasting legacy of James Cameron’s mega-blockbuster Terminator 2: Judgment Day. (Well, more accurately, he examines the enduring stain left by Cameron’s film on the modern action movie, but whatever.) The essay doesn’t offer much in the way of profundity regarding CGI-addled blockbusters or Arnold Scwarzenegger, though it does have that singular Wallace wit; the appeal of the breezy essay lies within Wallace’s digressive musings on Aliens, Cameron’s previous film, to which the writer dedicates just as many words as he does to the purported subject of the essay.
For the uninitiated, Aliens is Cameron’s lean, mean sequel to Ridley Scott’s body-horror classic Alien. An ostensible testosterone-fueled flick, replete with guns and gear and gruff military types spitting out phrases like, “Stop...
- 2/12/2015
- by Greg Cwik
- SoundOnSight
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