As our readers know, this blog was born when we began playing Breath of the Wild in the early days of the pandemic and decided to pair adult beverages with certain types of play, i.e., Legend of Zelda cocktails. Now we’re occasionally asked – particularly by Demelza’s spouse, who wonders how long that bottle of Velvet Falernum willContinue reading “Mixology and Matchology”
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Din’s Power and Eldin Volcano
After fighting the Abyssal Leviathan Tentalus, Link’s sword was upgraded with the Flames of Nayru and transformed into the Goddess White Sword. Among other qualities, the Goddess White Sword has the capacity to dowse for additional items. We dutifully note this enhanced ability, although, truth be told, we dowse only when strictly required. The rest of theContinue reading “Din’s Power and Eldin Volcano”
Shifting Time in the Sandship
We are planners. Whatever we’re doing, we like to have a plan – and usually a list, to boot. And so it was that we planned to complete the Sandship Dungeon in a single visit, then share our escapades with you. Further, we knew the Sandship would be all about Timeshifting, so we chose a cocktail toContinue reading “Shifting Time in the Sandship”
Ah, Sugar, Sugar
Many, many years ago, when we were exceedingly poor and even less worldly, we came of age. Demelza, it must be admitted, came of age some years before Itzal. (We won’t say precisely how many years, because Itzal is a gentleman. Neither will we disclose anyone’s weight in this blog.) Nonetheless, for purposes of this post, weContinue reading “Ah, Sugar, Sugar”
Simply Proceed
Back before Al Gore invented the Internet, Demelza used to buy guidebooks to help us with our travels (and travails) in Hyrule. She still has the books, along with the related game cartridges and various iterations of Nintendo consoles, gathering dust in a storage unit. Indeed, we pulled out the ten-year-old Wii guidebook to Skyward Sword and have foundContinue reading “Simply Proceed”
Witching for Sacred Water
As noted in our previous post, there’s a lot of returning here and there in Skyward Sword. Return to the Sealed Grounds; return to Faron Woods; and return to Lanayru and Eldin at some point, no doubt. In this post, we head to a place to which we hope never to return: the Ancient Cistern. As it happens, we almost didn’tContinue reading “Witching for Sacred Water”