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Making Nice with the Twilight Princess: Update #1

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Early last month, I made a promise to myself, and all of you, that this year I would complete The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. Bolstered by my previous success with Xenoblade Chronicles, and with a new entry into the Zelda franchise on the way, it seemed like as good a time as any to actually play and finish Twilight Princess. (Plus, it would give our poor ol’ Wii something to do.) I started but stopped the game many years ago, and last month, I started up the game again. How has it been going? In short: great! The long version of that follows.

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Gamer's Life, Getting Back To It

A New Gaming Challenge: Making Nice With The Twilight Princess

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Image from Flickr user Thiago Borbolla (CC)
Image from Flickr user Thiago Borbolla (CC)

Since giving up on not beating Metroid Prime, I’ve been wary of challenging myself to complete old, unfinished (or never started) games in my backlog.  Or, I should say, wary of challenging myself and then making myself accountable by documenting the process in writing, i.e. blogging about it.  But even though my Metroid Prime challenge didn’t have the best ending, from the experience came a number of thought-provoking…err…thoughts that I hadn’t considered when I first played it. Plus, sharing the game here provided much needed support that helped propel me to its almost-end, for which I remain grateful. And since it’s the start of a new year, why not resolve now to work through a game that’s been itching at the back of my skull for several months now…

…The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.

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