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Tag: The Legend of Zelda

Forms in Light
Link takes a flying leap of faith from a rock island in the sky in this screenshot from Tears of the Kingdom.

Plumbing the Depths

By Justin Reeve • August 19th, 2025

Suffering is a part of life that we try to avoid, occasionally despite ourselves, often on purpose, frequently to a fault.

Forms in Light
A screenshot from Breath of the Wild shows a wide-angle view of Gerudo Town with several palm trees and market stalls situated around a plaza.

Mastering the Desert

By Justin Reeve • July 15th, 2025

Gerudo Town is noticeably different from the surrounding desert, mostly on account of its urban grid, something which looks notably unnatural.

Forms in Light
A goron from Tears of the Kingdom grimaces as if ready for a fight. His face his painted in electric red designs that seem to glow.

Echoes of the Mountain

By Justin Reeve • June 13th, 2025

Goron City exemplifies how architecture, when viewed from a phenomenological perspective, can truly transcend the limitations of traditional production.

Forms in Light
A "divine beast" from Breath of the Wild, a giant stone bird soars through the sky, illuminated by a mystical blue electricity.

Tears of the Technocracy

By Justin Reeve • May 14th, 2025

The connection between technology and corruption found in Tears of the Kingdom and Breath of the Wild couldn’t be clearer.

Forms in Light
Several stone ruins stand in a sun-drenched Hyrule Field in a screenshot from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

Living Legends Trapped in Time

By Justin Reeve • April 18th, 2025

In Tears of the Kingdom, the ruins of the Zonai are not just forgotten relics but active agents in the story of Hyrule.

A screenshot from Tears of the Kingtom, with a terrifying horned Lynel towering over Link in broad daylight, but Link is wearing a skull and about to swing his rod so maybe it's not that bad just kidding he's a goner

Fudge Around and Find Out: Tears of the Kingdom’s Link to the Childish Past

By Francisco Dominguez • July 14th, 2023

Link may be over 100 years old, but he never truly grows up.

Area of Effect
The adventurer Link standing in a hooded scarf next to a large stone well in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

All’s Well in the Kingdom

By Jay Castello • July 11th, 2023

The wells in Hyrule are incredible. I want someone to talk to me about all the wells in Hyrule, as well.

a screenshot from Final Fantasy VI, a cutscene showing the planet from space with several explosions and an ominous fault line crack

Final Fantasy, Zelda, and Gradients of Apocalypse

By Jonathan Fenn • May 15th, 2023

The act of actually representing the transition between these peace, conflict, disaster, and rebirth in game is a massive challenge.

Another Look
A screenshot from the overworld of The Legend of Zelda showing pixellated brush and the corner of a large blue lake. Several menacing creatures patrol land and water.

End of Zelda

By Yussef Cole • October 7th, 2022

Perhaps in Hyrule, which was apparently inspired by the local woodlands of its designer, Shigeru Miyamoto, we could grasp some of that same fantasy, that escape.

Collision Detection

Open Worlds, Open Minds

By Ben Sailer • August 7th, 2020

While Ben used to hate open-world games, now that life under lockdown has made his surroundings feel more compact than ever though, the promise of exploring their vast landscapes has taken on a different appeal.

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