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Video Games => Video Game Chat => Topic started by: ShadowBrain on May 12, 2008, 06:52:57 PM
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This is a very intriguing--and obviously well thought-out--article that seeks to tell the backstory of The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. It was already a game with an impressive story to tell, but this piece goes above and beyond to deliver a fairly plausible series of theories that blows all other infamous "Zelda plot explanations" of the water.
http://zelda.vgrc.net/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1210462851
If you're one of those people, though, that doesn't like to read page after page of analyses of the slightest polygonal details, then shy away.
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It's stuff like this that reminds me of how utterly two-dimensional I am. I don't think about themes. I don't interpret fiery fingers. I even always just thought the Mask Salesman was pretty creepy. I just play.
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This thing makes me want to play MM again and actually finish it. How strange.
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This makes me actually want to play MM. Like Bird Person, this made me realize how I often ignore such symbolism. Clearly, I'm no archaeologist or anthropologist.
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As I was reading this, I thought of my Themes in Film teacher from high school, and how he always talked about the same exact things, except touching on movies, rather than a video game.
I liked this a lot.
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I had this game a long time ago. I didn't play it, but instead, had watched my brother play it. I had tried to play it before, but was dumbfounded by many aspects of the game. Later, I had went to go and beat it by myself, but had ignored most, if not all of the sidequests. Because of this, I kind of thought that Majora's Mask was an extremely short game. I never realized that there was this much backstory or morals.
One thing I know for sure about Majora's Mask, is that the Side Quests make up most of the game's backstory and gameplay.
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Those things in the link was a little weird
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As I was reading this, I thought of my Themes in Film teacher from high school, and how he always talked about the same exact things, except touching on movies, rather than a video game.
I liked this a lot.
Yeah, when I watch a movie or read a book I usually keep symbolism in mind. I never think about symbolism in video games because I see them simply as entertainment, not expression. But apparently I'm wrong. This article nipped me in the bud.
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This really makes me want to play Majora's mask. I mean I've wanted to play this game before, but now I REALLY want to play this game (i really like sidequests and backstories for characters).