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Monday, 23 February 2026

My Top Eight Favourite Zelda Games

My Top Eight Favourite Zelda Games.

To celebrate 40 years of Zelda, here are my top 8 Zelda games. I will be honest: two of them I never beat; I just watched them being beaten. Still, I have fond memories of playing these games, and here are my top 8 favourite Zelda games.

It's hard to believe it's been forty years of Zelda, and next year is the film, and let's hope it delivers. Here is my top eight favourite Zelda games.

8. Four Swords Adventures

Now, Four Swords was a fun game, but I always wanted to play it with other people. You need a Game Boy Advance and a cable to play it with others. You couldn't even use a GameCube controller for multiplayer. Still, Four Swords Adventures lets you play as four Links, which is fun because you make up how each has their personality. For me, Green was the leader and the voice of reason; Red was tough and had a bad-boy attitude; Blue was the nice guy of the group, didn't like fighting but wouldn't cower from foes; and Purple was the cool and the brains of the group. Still, Four Swords was a fun game from childhood. It would have been cooler if it were 3D instead of 2D.

7. Major's Mask

Now, to be honest, I never did beat Majora's Mask, and the reason is its water temple, which lots of people agree with me on. Still, Major's Mask was a fun game, and I love the different versions of Link like Korki, Goron, and Zoro Link as well. I love Firece Denity Link, but it's way too overpowered. However, Major's Mask was one thing I did find annoying, and it had a time limit because a big moon was going to crash due to Major's Mask, which Skull Kid was possessed by. Overall, I had some fun moments with the game, but it was annoying that I had to save rupees at a bank when I had to reset.

6. A Link to the Past

Now, A Link to the Past: I played the game, but, like Majora's Mask, I never beat it. However, I really enjoy the store of this game because A Link to the Past has some of the best gameplay and storytelling. Plus, this game has a great thrill of adventure to it, the idea of exploring a big world, and you, the player, going on a quest to save Hyrule from Ganon. That's what makes this game great because of the thrill of adventure and being the hero of your own story.

5. Wind Waker

Wind Waker was another favourite of my childhood, but god damn was this game frustrating, especially during the Triforce of Courage quest, like oh my god it took a year to beat that quest. Hell, we didn't have YouTube back then to help us, only guidebooks. I will give Nintendo credit for changing the Triforce quest in the remake, because they saw how much fans hated the game. I finally beat the game, and I love Wind Waker's storytelling, its graphics, the dungeons were challenging and fun, and its music was amazing.

This is a great game from childhood, and it holds up because it continues the Adult timeline from Ocarina of Time.

4. Twilight Princess

I love Twilight Princess because it is one of my favourite Zelda games, but it's also very dark: you learn that the ancient hero is Ocarina of Time Link, who died a sad death, and the Link we play is his reincarnation. Personally, I always consider Twilight Princess Link to be a direct descendant of Link and Malon, since he has an Epona, to be honest. Still, one of the things I loved about Twilight Princess was the wolf transformation. As someone who loves wolves, I love this game for this one reason. As well, the final battle against Ganondorf was epic, and most of the temples and dungeons were pretty hard. Also, Minda was both annoying and a cool companion in the game. I also like how this is set in the Child Timeline after Major’s Mask. I love this game, and I once beat it within two days.

3. Breath of the Wild

Now, Breath of the Wild, this game was the shit like the moment I played, and I saw all of Hyrule in its glory. I shed a tear. I was like, " It's so beautiful, like I could hear the Jurassic Park music playing in the background. Breath of the Wild was something new we got from a Zelda game, like we can explore any place, even go to the final boss without any build-up to it. We could finally claim that they gave Link a stamina bar because they wanted it to be more realistic as well. When Link is in a snowy area or lava, he either freezes or burns alive. Also, this was the first Zelda game that had voice acting, and I've met the voice actress of Zelda in this game. This game has great graphics, and the combat is good. My only problem was the weapons breaking after so many hits, which was annoying. They should have blacksmiths in the game that could fix your weapons for you. As well, I love how you can just beat the bosses with any weapon, not a specific weapon. Breath of the Wild is a great Zelda game.

2. Ocarina of Time

Now, this is the game of all our childhoods; we all played it, and Ocirana of Time is a favourite of mine from my childhood. Now, when I played this game, I loved it, but like everyone else, I hated that Water Temple. So many sympathize with me on how brutal that temple was. I finally beat it with the help of one of my friends. Still, despite that, I love Ocriana of Time, and like my favourite temples were the forest temple, fire temple, spirit temple, but water temple, you know how I feel about that, and the shadow temple was nightmare fuel. Overall, I love this game and the chest-opening moments. If you look at them now, it ruins the fun of the player seeing what they got from the chest because they want Link to be more amazed. This game is great, and Ocarina of Time is also the Zelda Game that set the timelines of the Adult, Child, and Hero Failed. Ocarina of Time was the definitive Zelda game that set the stage for future games, and I will be honest. Depending on how the movie is made, adapting Ocarina of Time is the right Zelda game to adapt, but they are likely writing an original story.

and my favourite Zelda Game of all time is...

1. Tears of the Kingdom

Yes, I know, but Tears of the Kingdom was such a great game, and it was epic. Like, I loved this version of Ganondorf, like his laugh and voice were incredible. Now, this game was hard, like I struggled with the game, and I had to power up like crazy in the game, but I love Tears of the Kingdom. I also love how this game hints that Link and Zelda are romantically involved.

Seriously, this game is hinting at romance.

I also love how you create things in this game and use them to destroy or help you fly. As well the companions in the game were great a lot better than Navi.

There were some hard bosses, shrines, and sidequests that were really hard to beat. Overall, Tears of the Kingdom is my favourite Zelda game of all time.

It's dangerous to go alone! Take this.

So that's my top eight favourite Zelda Games. I love the Legend of Zelda and I always will. My late grandpa loved it too, and so does the rest of my family. Here's to celebrating 40 years of The Legend of Zelda, and thank you, Nintendo, for giving us this franchise that has kept us entertained and inspired us.

So that's my top eight favourite Zelda Games. Let me know what you think and tell me what are your top favourite Zelda Games.

But Courage need not be remembered...

For it is never forgotten.

Saturday, 21 February 2026

Wuthering Heights Review

So I saw Wuthering Heights, and here is my review...It was okay. The film had some good moments, but it dragged on like it was too long. Still, the film had some moments that were hard to watch, and I want to say that not everyone in this film is a good person, except for Edger Linton, who is the only good person/normal person, while everyone is messed up. The film's cast does a great job, and it's a sad story, so you feel bad at the end because it doesn't end on a happy note. Overall, I give this film a 5 out of 10, and my girlfriend gives it a 7 out of 10.

Thursday, 19 February 2026

Why you should watch a Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.

So lately I've been watching A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, and it is by far one of the best fantasy shows and Game of Thrones Prequels I have watched in a long time. The story feels like something we never get nowadays, a story of a hero saving the day and showing true honor as a knight. We rarely get stories like these nowadays. We are rooting for our hero, and we see the struggles he faces and how he learns to overcome them. I mean, the first two episode openings are weird, but overall it's a great show. I have read the Dunk and Egg series by GRRM, and I really enjoy it.

We have Duncan, a hedge knight, and Egg is the youngest of his family; his father is Prince Maekar, the youngest son of King Daeron the Good. Dunk and Egg meet, and two of them form a brotherly bond unlike Egg’s relationship with his other brothers, like Aerion, you will hate that guy.

Also, one scene that I love is when Duncan saves Tanselle a woman he loves from Aerion, and we rarely get a knight saving a damsel in distress because in this day and age, you can’t have that. I’m so glad this show has that scene because saving a life is saving a life, doesn’t matter who does it. Duncan's love her is powerful because it's a love we all have for a special someone in our lives.

Also Lionel Baratheon the Laughing Storm he is one of funniest characters and he's best Baratheon in Game of Thrones. Daniel Ings was perfect casting for this character.

Egg would become King Aegon the Unlikely and great-grandfather to Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen.

The Cast of the show did a great job like Peter Claffey and Dexter Sol Ansell did a great job playing Dunk and Egg. Everyone else did a great job too espeically Betrie Carvel as Baelor Breakspear and Maekar.

This show is brilliantly made; it redeems Game of Thrones and feels like a reboot of the series. I love this show, and honestly, a good fantasy show to watch that's faithful, inspiring, and doesn't push any agendas or pandering, this is it. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms delivers. I give this show a 10 out of 10. Watch this show, it's incredible.

Thursday, 12 February 2026

My thoughts on the Spider-Noir trailer

My thoughts on the Spider-Noir trailer.

So I recently saw the Spider-Noir trailer, and I got to tell ya. I'm excited to see this show, I mean, it looks so good, and you got Nicolas Cage as Spider-Man Noir. This show looks so promising because you got the Spider-Verse writers on it, and let's face it, as I said before, this is what Sony's Spider-Man Cinematic Universe should have been! I mean, the trailer is great, I love the noir feel it gets, and it's cool that we are going to see more of Spider-Man classic villains like Sandman, Electro, Molten Man, and Silvermane, who will be the main villain of the show, played by Mad Eye Moody. As well, Black Cat or Cat Hardy will be in the show, played by Li Jun Li, and Lamorne Morris is the new Robbie Robertson.

It's also interesting to know that Ben Reilly will be Spider-Noir. This is the first time Ben Reilly will be adapted on screen, and I know it's not Scarlet Spider, but hey, if this show is a big hit, who knows, maybe we will see Scarlet Spider, but it will likely be Kaine Parker.

Overall, I'm excited for this show, and I hope it's good. Also, if you watch this show, watch it in black and white, not colour, because it will ruin the noir jazz mystery vibe.

Let me know what you think?

Wednesday, 11 February 2026

Should Kevin Feige step down as MCU President?

So it was recently announced online that Kevin Feige will remain with the MCU, unlike Kathleen Kennedy and Bob Iger. Now, many fans like myself have loved what Kevin Feige has done. He has launched a fantastic cinematic universe that, sadly, has fallen from grace after Phase 4, but with a few diamonds in the rough. Now I respect Kevin Feige, and I loved his work, but lately I have disagreed with him on what he did after Phase 3 because he clearly didn't have a good plan. He adapted all-new, all-different Marvel, and that backfired on him. He did a good job with Deadpool and Wolverine, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (Because he give James Gunn full creative control after he was unjustly fired), Spider-Man: No Way Home (Bringing back Tobey and Andrew was a great idea), and Thunderbolts, which I will admit I was shocked was good. He did give us a good Fantastic 4 film, and I know people are still mixed about that film.

I get it, but I still like it despite some of my criticisms. Now I've become more excited Gunn's DCU than Marvel now a days because they have made so many bad choices and stuff that I don't agree with like good examples are not recasting T'Challa you already know how I feel about this, as well other bad ideas were forced co-leads like Katy, pandering with agendas, quantity over quality, downgrading legacy characters like Thor, Hulk, Scarlet Witch, and many more, giving us unlikeable characters like Iron Heart and She Hulk (Which is sad because I love that character but the show made her so unlikeable), hiring writers who never read the comics because according Nate Moore that's a red flag to hire a fan but hey jokes on them Gunn is hiring writers who are fans of these characters and giving them full creative control. At one point, they were almost considering renaming the X-Men because former Marvel producer Victoria Alonso thought the name was outdated. Still, jokes on her X-Men is not an outdated name.

Now, these have been issues with the MCU lately, and to be fair, I do have my issues with the DCU, but overall, I've been happy about it, except for the direction they are going with Brave and the Bold. Now I can understand why Kevin wants to stay on board after Secret Wars, which will be the MCU's reset button, because they want to do a full reset, bring back characters like Captain America, Iron Man, Black Panther, and Black Widow, and focus on the X-Men.

Kevin has always said that X-Men was the one Marvel project he wanted to make for years, but, as you know, Fox had the film rights and he couldn't use the X-Men, nor could he make a deal like he did with Sony for Spider-Man. So I do understand why he wants to make an X-Men film. This has been a dream for a long time, and it's finally happening. Hell, Deadpool and Wolverine were the first X-Men film, and he said the one thing he wanted Hugh Jackman to do to come back as Wolverine was put on the yellow suit with the mask, and I can't blame him, that suit delivered. Kevin knew that's what Wolverine fans had wanted to see for years was Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine wearing the comic-accurate suit, and we are getting that with Cyclops in Doomsday.

I really hope they do Cyclops justice in Doomsday.

However, Feige does need to step down and let someone have a crack at rebooting the MCU. Now, if they did that, would the person they hired do a good job, or might they do a bad job, or even worse? We don't know. Kevin needs to step down, give this to someone new, but it really all depends on whether Doomsday or Secret Wars flops. I wouldn't be surprised if he announces he is stepping down and that they are going forward with a full reset of the MCU. Or if the films turn out great and are box-office hits, then he will remain, and maybe he will acknowledge many of the mistakes made in the past couple of years.

Still, I admire Kevin Feige. This guy created one of the best cinematic universes, and some people say he should have retired after Phase 3 because it had such a good ending of a ten-year plan. Still, we shall see what the future holds for us, and I have to ask: Do you think Kevin Feige should stay as President of Marvel, or should he step down? Let me know.

Monday, 9 February 2026

The Stormlight Archive Fan Cast

Stormlight Archive Fan Cast

So I've been reading the Stormlight Archive books so far I'm on the first Way of the Kings and I'm liking it. Brandon Sanderson is working a tv series for it on Apple TV and I'm looking forward to seeing it. I hope it's better than Wheel of Time because Brandon has full creative control over the show.