If you’re broke from Black Friday shopping like yours truly, that must mean at one point you had at least $10. Now, I don’t know what you purchased on Black Friday, but chances are that whatever it was, it wasn’t as awesome as this threadless t-shirt.
IT’S ONLY TEN DOLLARS. And because I care about you, I thought I’d let you know that LivingSocial is holding a spend-15-bucks-get-30-dollars-to-spend dealio specifically for Threadless. Again: for $15, you get to spend $30. Chyeah.
So my friends, do yourself a favor and purchase this epicism. ‘Tis a fitting time since the recent release of Skyward Sword, no?
A while ago I told the world I wouldn’t be purchasing a 3DS on day one. Simply put, the supporting software did nothing for me. But times change, and I now have a huge red X marked on June 19th. This X marks the day I will gladly waltz into Best Buy and purchase a 3DS.
Now, what on earth would make me purchase a 3DS?
YESSSSSS. It’s coming, baby!
Apparently, and I didn’t know this, Master Quest will be included in the 3DS remake.
Wooo. Emerald City Comicon took place LAST last weekend (Fri-Sun, March 4-6) and I’m just now talking about it. Le sigh. But no worries, I’m going to see if I can temporarily erase PAX East from my mind and re-visit that weekend!
That Friday night Tara, Kristina and I were invited to participate in NERDprov. NERDprov is exactly what it seems; improv, but only dealing with nerdy topics. Kristina and I were invited to be judges, and Tara, being the improv goddess that she is, was invited to be an actual participant.
But you see, before NERDprov started, Kristina and I were hanging out in the theatre’s bar and the bartender was adamant on getting us drunk. SPOILER: HE SUCCEEDED.
The show itself was extremely fun to watch and VERY entertaining to judge. I believe I was the “how funny were you” judge. It was tricky for me because I uh laugh at EVERYTHING. But, I had been told to be a hardass and give lower scores than I wanted to. I was also told to act serious when we (the judges) were introduced, but I’m sure I was giggling and had a shit-eating-grin on my face. I blame the vodka. (THANKS BARTENDER!)
After the show, everyone met up at the bar (once again).
::NOTE: The pictures are kind of small, but if you click on them…BLAMMO! Full size, baby! *snort*::
The guy in the middle was the bartender! Or at least I think he was. Woops.
Drinking a "Zaxy".
Saturday we basically wandered around, ooohing and awwwing at things we couldn’t afford while taking pictures. Below is the only “scenic” photo I took. But every aisle was lined with awesome things to look at and buy (if you had money, unlike me!) ::shakes fists at PAX East plane tickets::
There were so many cool things to look at!
I've never read Bob the Angry Flower, but this guy just made me laugh.
Soon after arriving, we found Pedobear talking to children…no bueno…
I spy Pedobear...
So Tara and I decided that we needed a photo with him.
HE WAS SWEATY.
Tara and I ran into our friend Joe from Microsoft! He’s a very tubular person. Yes, I just used tubular in a sentence. I hope it still means “awesome”. Anywho, he’s the guy that gave us the tour of Microsoft Surface!
Can you tell how tired I was? Ah, hangovers.
And please, do yourself a favor and admire this zombified little girl. If I ever have a daughter, you know what I’m dressing her up as for halloween. Or for her friends’ birthday parties. Either way.
SOOO GOOD!
And because it IS a comic-con, there were butt-tons of Wonder Woman cosplayers. But we found the best one, hands down.
GOOORGEOUS.
These poor dudes kept bumping into me and apologizing 'cuz they didn't have any peripheral vision.
3v2...I think we coulda taken 'em!
I don't know who is cuter!
::fangirl scream::
That night we braced the freezing weather and went to the Hard Rock Cafe and watched that guy Spike from Buffy sing. I dunno anything about him, I never watched the show. There were a few other bands as well.
"Spike" was enjoyable to watch, no matter what!
The best part? This guy had H2 was on his crotch. FOR H2 AWESOME HURRR. Uh, I think that was the name of his band or something.
Seeing as ECCC was my first comic-con ever, I wasn’t sure what to expect, because honestly I know close to nothing about the comic industry. BUT. There was SO much cool stuff to gawk at! Seriously, I could have spent hundreds of dollars on stuff that just LOOKED cool. But, I only had a few dollars to my name ::shakes fists again at PAX plane tickets:: so I had to spend mah moniez wisely.
LOOK AT MY LEWT:
So, by now you should know that I’m a HUGE zombie nut, and one of my favorite authors, Max Brooks (author of World War Z), happened to be at ECCC. Of course I had to get his autograph.
IT'S ME!
Unfortunately I was SUPER awkward when I met Max. I was like. “ohai I love your work.” he said thanks, and that was it, followed by his scribbling on my poster. OH WELL.
Another booth that caught my eye was being run by Chris Furniss. He had all of these adorable video game drawings up for sale. I had no problem plunking down a few bucks for my own, personalized drawing:
Isn't it adorable?!
I recommend that you check out some of his other drawings.
Since I was on a Link-kick, I also asked the guys from Backroom Comics to draw a photo of Link and I getting married on unicorns. It turned out lovely.
IT'S A DREAM COME TRUE.
Bottom line: Emerald City Comicon was an absolute blast. Since it was so much fun, I’m *hoping* to make it out for SDCC this July. Which, of course, means more money spent, but it’s for a worthy cause, amirite?!
Okay guys, I have a confession. Tears actually welded up in my eyes when I saw this, and I blame one of two things: Either it was 15+ years of Zelda franchise loyalty swelling inside of my heart and pouring out of my body via tears, or it was my extremely dusty desk. Your call.
Just sit back and gaze upon this epic Zelda painting. It’s absolutely incredible.
I mean, there’s the seven sages, Malon, Talon, Ingo, Epona, the renditions of the many Great Faries, Link’s grandmother and the pirate gang from Wind Waker, Midna, Ganon, Dark Link…I could go on and on, but I’ll let you soak it up for yourself.
While at PAX, my friend Ryan from the Game Over podcast told me his girlfriend, Emma, was considering getting a Zelda heart container tattooed on her foot.
Like every other highly intelligent person on this planet, my first thought was “PICS OR IT DIDN’T HAPPEN!!11”, but I told him if she did go through with it to send me a picture because I would love to post it on Zaxy.
A few days ago, I received a picture, thus concluding that it did in fact happen.
This is awesome.
Not gonna lie—I’ve been considering getting a “gaming” tattoo for a while now. I have a “normal” tattoo already, but as soon as I saw this it was an immediate reminder of how much I’ve wanted to get something geeky tatted on me. I’m not exactly sure what I want, so I’ll probably be in limbo for a while.
I’m not going to lie and pretend like I have the manly parts to watch this, because frankly I don’t. But I’m more than willing to tell you about it, safe and sound on Word Press.
Someone with mad skillz has made a Majora’s Mask version of The Ring. And from what I’ve heard, it is creepy as hell.
The Ring released in 2002. The film follows journalist Rachel Keller as she investigates the origins of an unmarked videotape that may have killed her niece and three of her niece’s friends seven days after they watched it. Rachel, being a dumbass, decides to watch the videotape herself with no regard for her own life and now must try to uncover the origins of the tape so she doesn’t croak as well.
I personally have seen this film a few dozen times and it never fails to put me on the verge of pant-crapping. I do not do well with creepy little psychotic girls with long black stringy hair. I’ll leave it at that, in case some folks haven’t seen The Ring yet.
Now, Majora’s Mask. Do I really need to tell you what The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask is about? It’s about a boy named Link and a bunch of obnoxious masks.
Okay!
As I stated before, I do not have the required equipment (aka balls) to watch said film at this time. Maybe some liquid courage will help in the future, but I know if I were to watch this film it would forever ruin Majora’s Mask. As in I would be too scared to play it. Yes, I would be too scared to play a Zelda game. That’s just how I work.
So…if you want to watch it and tell me how it is, I would greatly appreciate it. Maybe if I get enough feedback I’ll get +3298329 Courage and see it for myself.
Brief summary of Skyward Sword’s plot: Hmm. He uh, wakes up in a forest, sent on some missions to make a sword that grants access to a cloud castle where bowser is (supposedly) holding captive, the Princess (zelda).
How many dungeons/temples/castles will there be? Be as specific as you want. 400.
Dare to take a guess at the names of said dungeons/temples/castles? Castle Dmitri, Castle Bastille, Castle Hard McCormick, Temple Miyamoto.
Will there be a musical instrument? Yes, a Harp.
What will be the second mode of transportation be (horse, boat, etc)? One of those motorized moving sidewalks, like at the airport.
Will that mother effin’ Triforce be obtainable?! Only as a breakfast cereal.
The thing that is going to piss everyone off about Skyward Sword is: It’s always pointing up (you know, to the sky) :D
Bowser makes a cameo? 400 dungeons? Are you pulling our leg…?
There’s still time to send your own responses to Brittney@zaxy.com for a chance to win some free Zelda crap! Zelda crap is always good!
First, let me say thank you to everyone that has responded thus far with responses to the Skyward Sword contest.
Our first response comes from a guy that may or may not work for IGN. But he’s not part of the videogame editorial pool, so we can make fun of his answers.
Your name: Drewzor!!!
Your favorite Zelda title: Ocarina. Natch.
Brief summary of Skyward Sword’s plot: Link lives in a cloud village where everything is fine but some biz goes on in the planet/world/civ down below and he’s like “oh snap” and has to go save some people or something. Basically the same thing as most Zeldas, but Link lives in the clouds instead of the forest. PLOT TWIST!!!
How many dungeons/temples/castles will there be? Be as specific as you want. – I’m going to go out on a limb here and say 9. Three before you get your key sword/item/tamagotchi and then six after. I’m being real original, aren’t I?
Dare to take a guess at the names of said dungeons/temples/castles? – Names, no, but there will likely be ones based on water, fire, grass/forest/earth, light, dark, spirit… a few more, maybe repeats. I really doubt they miss with this stuff too much.
Will there be a musical instrument? God I hope not, but I doubt they can resist it. Moving the sword was a big enough pain as far as I’m concerned. I’m worried the sword itself is going to be as annoying as sailing in Wind Waker was.
What will be the second mode of transportation be (horse, boat, etc)? Do you know how cool it would be if Link rode a panda? Very cool. So I’m going to go with panda.
Will that mother effin’ Triforce be obtainable?! No way. No more than Twilight Princess.
The thing that is going to piss everyone off about Skyward Sword is: WiiMotion Plus. Hands down. You saw how annoying that was at the show. Fingers crossed they get that fixed up.
Hmm…I want to ride a panda….
Remember, if you haven’t yet, check out the post here if you want some free Zelda stuff!
Skyward Sword. We know close to diddly about this title, with the exception of tidbits dropped here and there that could almost be rendered useless.
So, let’s have some fun before the good stuff starts trickling through.
Below are a series of questions, and I want YOU to use your keen Zelda senses and nerd speculation to answer each question keeping Skyward Sword in mind.
At the begining of the questionnaire, you’ll be asked if you want your answers posted and wish to remain anonymous. Make sure you let me know because during the week I’ll be posting your answers. It’ll be interesting to see what everyone thinks is in store for Skyward Sword!
ALSO! Those that do submit answers will be put in a drawing for free Zelda stuff.
Oooooh.
You can send your answers to Brittney@zaxy.com. If you post them anywhere else I can’t guarantee I’ll see them. If you think none of these will apply to Skyward Sword, just say so. Or if you want to pretend like you know what you’re talking about, state the reason why you don’t think it will be applicable.
Answer only what you want, I’m a full supporter of being lazy.
Your name:
Date:
Your favorite Zelda title:
Do you want your responses posted?
Do you want to remain anonymous?
Brief summary of Skyward Sword’s plot:
How many dungeons/temples/castles will there be? Be as specific as you want.
Dare to take a guess at the names of said dungeons/temples/castles?
Will there be a musical instrument?
What will be the second mode of transportation be (horse, boat, etc)?
Will that mother effin’ Triforce be obtainable?!
The thing that is going to piss everyone off about Skyward Sword is:
