Do you have way too much spare time and not enough friends? Then Papercraft Museum has a solution for you. Why don’t you make a life-sized paper statue of Link?

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Ever felt like you needed more Tingle in your life? Well, Japanese clothing company King of Games has released a Tingle t-shirt based on his newest game, Tingle’s Balloon Trip of Love.

Unfortunately, it comes at a high price. Excluding shipping, the shirt costs 4800 Yen, or about $52 US. It’s a nice design, but for that kind of price I’d rather just ship the new game itself over.

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It is with a lugubrious and hefty heart that I come with such a report today. I have been informed, and feel it right to inform everyone on ZU, that long-time and cherished staff member, Duncan, also known as Hylie, passed away two days ago on March 7th due to complications from cancer.

Although Duncan has had cancer complications in the past, this is more sudden to many of us than it sounds – not long ago, after a successful cancer treatment, Duncan had complained about a lump in his skin, and had been on his way to recovery after doctors discovered that it was simply an abscess. Not long after, he developed more serious cancer in his skin. Duncan was a father to four children; his fourth child is due to be born in just a few weeks.

More recently, Duncan had begun, and possibly finished his work on his own Zelda fansite, Zelda in my Pocket, a tribute to the handheld Zelda canon. The site was meant to launch on February 1st, with great fanfare, but Duncan was mysteriously absent and the site did not launch as scheduled. A collective of Zelda fansite webmasters, including myself, had been closely following his developments with Zelda in my Pocket, and had been wondering why the launch was so delayed. It seems we won’t ever see Zelda in my Pocket – but that Duncan had begun, and in all probability finished, development on a project of such grand scale portrays the dedication that he has shown to all of us in his life – working with ZU staff, being a friend to all of us on the ZU forums, living with his wife and children – he has shown dedication and determination that none of us will forget.

In the many years I’ve been working for and running ZU, Duncan is the only staff member I felt was dedicated and hard-working enough to be able to successfully build up his own Zelda site from scratch. Even in death, he deserves nothing but praise for his efforts. Zelda in my Pocket, with time, would have become a rich site filled with life and vigor that only Duncan could have provided, and I was both proud and excited to see him “graduate,” if you will, from the ZU staff.

If you would like to discuss this on the forums, a eulogy thread has been created by Aeffles, one of our super moderators on the forums. Please refrain from posting rude comments; many of us in the Zelda community are hit hard by this news, including myself, and really would rather not see inappropriate behavior.

The clock with the Triforce pieces.

As Zelda fans, we often discuss, debate about the series and so on. As fans we can become very excited over news, whether it be a new game annoucement or something such as competitions and the like. In this case, people becoming excited over a possible new game is very much true. On January 14th, 2008, fellow ZU member TourianTourist had discovered a countdown page for a new game on Marvelous Entertainment’s website. As everyone has probably known by now, it depicts a triangle-shaped clock floating above the countdown. The hands on this clock did not point to numbers, but rather pieces of what appears to be the Triforce. A triangle shaped clock, Triforce pieces instead of numbers… the first thing to pop into your mind would probably be a new Zelda title being announced.

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Retrospective Remembrance: The Ocarina of Time

10th Anniversary Special Extravaganza
By Power Shot

Link decides to reveal a surprising retro look for the decade celebration.

So I’ve been asked to do this now. I’ll be writing this in a completely different format from my usual reviews, partially because of the significance of the game I’m being asked to review, and partially because I only have two days to get this out. In case you couldn’t tell, November 21st is the tenth anniversary of the release of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Regarded as one of the finest games ever designed, it has sold 7.6 million copies of its original N64 release, and has spawned almost half a dozen re-releases. It was also the first game to ever receive a perfect score from Famitsu, which in itself is regarded as the most respected video game reviewing magazine available. Yes, even I liked this game as a child, and I still do as an adult, so it’s incredibly difficult for me to say anything negative about this game. So, instead of all of that, we’re going to take a look at this juggernaut of gaming and see exactly what made it tick back then, what makes us remember it now, and how it came to be classified as one of the greatest, if not the greatest games ever made.

Incidentally, this remembrance will contain more spoilers than a review of the new Saw film. But if you’re wary of spoilers of this game, then you clearly have no idea what I’m talking about, so give this review to someone who does.

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First of all, a big thanks to all the people willing to help out this site as a Content Manager. We’ve gone through the applications, and the winners are…

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Poor Link everyone can talk except him…

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