13 November 2026

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time We got to and beat the Fire Temple. I spent some amount of time again, slightly uncertain about which way to go. I knew I needed to go to Death Mountain, so I immediately hauled ass for the top, waved hi to Biggoron, and went in and...well there was nothing. Hm. Eventually I remembered I had to go to Goron City and go blast Goron Link to proceed. The dungeon itself is fine. Again, this is something where streamlining wouldn't bum me out at all, and maybe this is just the fact that I've already done it a bunch and I mostly know how to do this so the joy of discovery is lost on me. It's mostly pretty straightforward as is, but I can see how a player could just get totally lost and why that's a bit of a downside. I wonder if that's a bigger problem today. When I was a kid this was the new game I had and if I got frustrated, well I didn't have another new option to go to, or endless novelty in my pocket via a smartphone/the internet. I wonder if…

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