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Fresh off of the Ocarina of Time it’s time to enter the uncanny, Lynchian, and freaky sister-world of Majora’s Mask.

For this, the first episode in the series, Alon and Dugan played through the Woodfall Temple. For the next episode Alon and Hayden (HAC) are playing through the Great Bay Temple and it’s aftermath.

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Title sequence

00:50 - Podcast intro

02:59 - Intro to the game vs. Ocarina

08:53 - Nightmare version of Ocarina

13:01 - Leveraging the two main characters from Ocarina

15:50 - First time playing the game

17:20 - Pressure, narrative, and environment created by the timer

20:03 - What is the loop

22:53 - The first cycle

29:57 - New kit

34:28 - Termina Field

40:23 - Woodfall area

45:30 - Alon’s “Zelda logic”

47:56 - Not enough time to stop bad things / Deku Palace

51:48 - Woodfall Temple

57:23 - Respecting your time

58:57 - Is golf a roguelike?

01:01:08 - Back to Woodfall Temple

01:06:58 - Odolwa (boss fight)

01:10:16 - Going back to the fairies

01:12:02 - Woodfall aftermath

01:17:52 - You gotta get all the masks

01:20:48 - Upcoming episodes and goodbye

Alon’s joined by Teddy and Madeline talking about two games we’re playing in the saaaaameish genre: Slay the Spire and Balatro. Comparison may be the thief of joy but also it’s really fun to do bad things (like being really greedy in card games). Let’s dive in.

The next episode will be the first in our Majora’s Mask Gameclub! Play along!

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Show Notes:


Often mentioned Eggplant episode with LocalThunk (creator of Balatro): https://eggplant.show/136-going-in-blind-with-balatro
Slay the Spire Discord: https://discord.com/invite/slaythespire

The game is over and the credits are rolling! This is the grand finale episode of the Ocarina of Time Gameclub and for this one we played from the Fire Temple through beating the entire game. There are a lot of spoilers in this episode, and this game is kinda unhinged.

Did we get every heart piece? No. Did we get every skulltula? No. But we had a fun time playing through a great journey and a great game.

Not sure yet what’s next, but it might be Majora’s Mask. Stay tuned.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro and how we felt completing the game.

02:16 - What did we remember and game manuals.

05:04 - Fire Temple

11:39 - Volvagia fight and boss fights in general

15:14 - Ice Cavern

19:04 - Water Temple; actually good?

30:25 - Water Temple could have been the first temple

32:20 - Morpha fight

33:48 - Z-targeting and projectile speed

36:43 - Alon got stuck again

38:25 - I’m not supposed to be here yet

40:41 - Coddle me or don’t, time travel paradox, and under the well

44:32 - Iron Boots vs Lens of Truth

47:35 - Shadow Temple

51:20 - Hover boots / worst item in the game

58:06 - Gerudo Valley, Desert Colossus, and Spirit Temple

01:04:32 - Could have been more time travel stuff

01:12:12 - Sheik is Zelda???

01:19:06 - Secrets (unless it’s mandatory) and exploring

01:25:54 - Ganon’s Castle and boss fights

01:39:05 - Outro

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Thumbnail art from Tom Garden: https://www.artstation.com/tomgardenart

Is this game good or stale or dated? No, it turns out this game still rules.

We played all the way through the Forest Temple for this episode and talked about solving the puzzles, the combat, being a kid, the music, time, Navi, technology, and more. Hey, listen!

Next episode we’re recording after beating the whole damn game.


Dan Bruno article: https://danbruno.net/writing/ocarina/

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How many episodes will there be? Time will tell. We're going with the flow.

For this episode Dugan and Alon are a couple of hours into Ocarina of Time and we’re talking about our progress so far, Dark Souls, the difficulty, the vibes, the nostalgia, and more.

Next episode we’re recording after the first three dungeons.

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"What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make and end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from" – T. S. Eliot