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Awesome Games Done Quick

Back in 2012, through Twitter, I got word of an annual event that has ever since been a great buffer in terms of helping me look forward to  something in the short term when it comes to heading into a new year.

Going back into the regular 9-5 grind after a few extra days off after the holidays (knowing no further holidays are in sight for a while), with a side of worrying if the new year ahead will turn out to be a bad one can be a kicker.

Maybe it’s just my brain defaulting into a negative mindset?  Either way, it’s nice to have somethings to look forward too heading into a new year, and whilst video gamers will generally have numerous upcoming new games to be excited for in any given year.  We can be also be a very impatient bunch.  So it’s a gift from the gaming gods that we get treated to “Awesome Games Done Quick” very early into every January…

https://youtu.be/jR-CTqiLaag

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Winter in Gaming – Day 28 // Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

Across the growing number of entries into the coveted Legend of Zelda franchise.  Snow is an environment you’ll rarely find yourself inhabiting.  Ice on the other hand has a little more emphasis through it being a semi recurring dungeon theme, but traversing to these Ice dungeons is not quite the climatic shift that makes a lot of sense (but in a game of such fantasy we can let that fact slide.

An interesting conversation starter to ask any Zelda series fan is what their top 5 or so Zelda games are (don’t ask them to choose just 1 as that’s cruel and the type of thinking I’d expect from Ganon).  So following on from that case study you’ll find that you’ll get different answers when it comes to asking people if they have a particular stand out memory when it comes to snowy experiences across the games.

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