THE LEGEND OF NEIL

If you haven't seen it yet and you have fond memories of The Legend of Zelda I highly recommend taking a look at Legend of Neil. Much like the song Centerfold by J. Geils Band where his fond childhood memories are striped away, Legend of Neil does the same to Zelda. Created by Sandeep Parikh, better known as Zaboo from The Guild, it is a ribald and ridiculously funny journey of "every-man" Neil as he becomes trapped in Hyrule and must take Link's place in the quest to defeat Ganon. I say it is a must see for anyone who enjoys the unforgiving satirization of pop culture.

My First Dungeon and Borrowing Inspiration

It was the summer of 1988 and I was neck deep in monster guts on my first dungeon crawl. As I mapped it out I noticed that it looked a lot like level one from The Legend of Zelda. Both my DM and I played more video games than RPGs at the time so some bleed over was to be expected. But it was a great dungeon and lots of fun for a newbie. So here are some thoughts for the day. Take any video game/movie/book that uses area maps or descriptions then grab some graph paper and start mapping (With movies just follow the characters). Game designers, set designers and authors get paid to develop interesting areas. Why not borrow them? Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. GAME ON!