Posts by _LS_

    Well, I haven't had regular contact with the TSR gang since 2010, so it's been about 5 years. Though you and I bumped into each other on Twitter and g+ a time or two.

    I confess I don't think about Zelda much these days, aside from replaying A Link to the Past every few years. But I've been missing hanging out on forums, and I've been missing my old friends. So when I saw your post about this place over on ToH, I figured I'd pop in and see how things are in Kaynilville.

    There really weren't that many adults who played video games in the 80s/90s. At least there weren't any in my life. But my Uncle is only 10 years older than I am. So while he was an "adult" to me, he was actually just a teenager himself at the time.

    I do have fond memories of the original LoZ. There was a certain magic to the shiny gold cartridge. It was obviously special. The gold cart Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask weren't quite the same. They were more of a matte dark yellow. The LoZ cart had a different kind of finish. Very shiney and glittery. I think a lot of us at that age played it just to find out why it deserved to have such a special case.

    I'd spend hours in the basement during the hot summer months. Hiding away from the sun and playing on that NES. Good times.

    My parents didn't like video games much, so I never actually owned anything myself until I was much older. However, my uncle let me borrow his NES when he got an SNES, and a buddy of mine let me borrow his shiny gold Legend of Zelda cart. So I did actually play LoZ way back in the days.

    I never really figured out how to progress very far in the game, but I loved playing it. Every time I loaded it up I explored the world and fought the monsters for hours, without any kind of direction. Eventually I got one of the best pieces of equipment in the game without ever beating the first dungeon. I just kept killing monsters until I had hundreds of rupees, then bought the magic ring from the vendor beneath the Armos statue.

    It wasn't until I was in my twenties that I gave the game a serious try. But it is difficult as all hell, with next to no direction for where you're supposed to go next.

    My name is LS. I'm a huge fan of the Zelda games up through Majora's Mask, after which I think the series started to go pretty far downhill.

    I'm a working writer. I spend most of my time working on Dungeons & Dragons stuff, though I've written some fiction here and there. I also write porn pretty regularly. None of my work really makes me very much money, but it makes me happy.

    I mostly play indie video games these days. Though for the last few weeks I've been playing a lot of Civilization V. I've got some friends I want to play it with, but they're pretty good, so I'm trying to get my skills up so I don't hold them back.

    I'm a big fan of the old Star Wars EU. It peaked in the '90s before Episode 1 came out. It slowly declined until Disney bought it, after which Star Wars became dead to me.

    I've spent a whole lot of my life and career working with computers without learning much, though I do know a lot about water cooling. I don't get along with my parents, I do get along very well with my siblings.

    Up until my 27th birthday I was a casual teetotaler. Now I drink quite often.

    Picture of myself is attached.