As you no doubt know (but I need an intro), idle animations have always served as fun little Easter eggs in select games. In platformers in particular (but not always), I’ve always enjoyed just standing still and watching what my characters do when they’re bored. Honestly, they’re a great way to add extra personality to…
Tag: the legend of zelda
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening is Nintendo at Their Best!
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening has finally made it to Switch, and it’s just about everything a old Zelda fan like myself could want! They’ve kept just about everything that made the game what it was, while also seamlessly weaving-in a few modern conveniences and features. It’s actually kind of strange to play: I…
Favorite Nintendo Characters: Link and Samus
As was the case with choosing my favorite Nintendo song, choosing my favorite Nintendo character is also a bit of an overwhelming feat. With no shortage of wonderful and charming characters at my disposal, I finally decided on two characters in particular that I would call my favorite. The first one, Link, should come as…
Favorite Nintendo Music: Song of Storms
When I tried to decide on my favorite Nintendo song, I came up with a long list of examples spanning various decades and countless games. There are, in fact, dozens and dozens of songs from Nintendo that I really enjoy, leading me to realize that I might need to look at things from a different…
Favorite Nintendo Game: Majora’s Mask
Our first topic celebrating 130 years of, quite possibly, THE greatest video game company of all time is our favorite Nintendo game. Nintendo is such an influential part in the world of gaming that I think the majority of gamers simply must have a favorite from their vast gaming library. If you’ve been following along…
A Few Times When Wii Motion Controls Were Actually Good
Like many of us, the Wii motion controls were something special when I first purchased the Wii and got to witness the Wiimote and nunchuck in action. But, as my gaming library grew, I quickly began to realize that…motion controls, more often than not, meant little more than having to shake the controller in order…
Day 20: Favorite Video Game Genre
Okay, so we’re two-thirds of the way through the 30 days’ worth of video game posts. And I still haven’t found a more eloquent way of describing that. Anyway, we’ve got another “what’s your favorite something-or-other” topic to discuss, my favorite game genre. As usual, I find this to be a pretty difficult question indeed…
The Duck’s Top 10 Video Game Songs
While we have discussed often songs that have resonated with us (and the Duck has frequently listed top 5’s and 10’s from various games over on my own blog), we have yet to compile a list of our top songs from video games in general. Today, I am going to right this wrong with a…