Joshua @ZeldaUniverse
@watcherjoshua.bsky.social
The gaming adventures of a lifelong Zelda fan & video game enthusiast. Follow me for commentary on the games I'm playing & games I'm excited about!
Webmaster at ZeldaUniverse.net.
Writer at RPGFan.com.
Owner of OgreBattle64.net & ZeldaArchive.org.
he/him
Webmaster at ZeldaUniverse.net.
Writer at RPGFan.com.
Owner of OgreBattle64.net & ZeldaArchive.org.
he/him
Folks have made a lot of petty excuses for hating Epic Game Store over the years. I always roll my eyes at gamers arguing that Steam should be the "one store to rule them all".
But this is a legitimate reason to never use Epic Game Store ever again.
But this is a legitimate reason to never use Epic Game Store ever again.
"Why stop at AI use? We could have mandatory disclosures for what shampoo brand the developer uses" — Epic boss Tim Sweeney says Steam should ditch its AI generated content disclosure. https://bit.ly/4a193vt
November 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Folks have made a lot of petty excuses for hating Epic Game Store over the years. I always roll my eyes at gamers arguing that Steam should be the "one store to rule them all".
But this is a legitimate reason to never use Epic Game Store ever again.
But this is a legitimate reason to never use Epic Game Store ever again.
Reposted by Joshua @ZeldaUniverse
Today is Golden Sun: Dark Dawn's NA release date, so I'm here to celebrate with a fanmade zine my friends and I put together.
You can download it for FREE here: 4happydose.itch.io/golden-sun-d...
#GoldenSun
You can download it for FREE here: 4happydose.itch.io/golden-sun-d...
#GoldenSun
November 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Today is Golden Sun: Dark Dawn's NA release date, so I'm here to celebrate with a fanmade zine my friends and I put together.
You can download it for FREE here: 4happydose.itch.io/golden-sun-d...
#GoldenSun
You can download it for FREE here: 4happydose.itch.io/golden-sun-d...
#GoldenSun
Reposted by Joshua @ZeldaUniverse
TWITCH JUST BLEW OUR MINDS, BROKE OUR OVERLAY, AND UNLOCKED SO MANY MORE SEGMENTS TONIGHT!! WE ARE STUNNED!!
twitch.tv/zeldathon #togetherforgood
twitch.tv/zeldathon #togetherforgood
November 30, 2025 at 12:26 AM
TWITCH JUST BLEW OUR MINDS, BROKE OUR OVERLAY, AND UNLOCKED SO MANY MORE SEGMENTS TONIGHT!! WE ARE STUNNED!!
twitch.tv/zeldathon #togetherforgood
twitch.tv/zeldathon #togetherforgood
I haven't done a #RandomGameSaturday in a while.
I choose Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland...which I bought yesterday at a Black Friday sale at one of the local retro shops.
I choose Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland...which I bought yesterday at a Black Friday sale at one of the local retro shops.
November 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I haven't done a #RandomGameSaturday in a while.
I choose Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland...which I bought yesterday at a Black Friday sale at one of the local retro shops.
I choose Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland...which I bought yesterday at a Black Friday sale at one of the local retro shops.
Games I Completed in 2025 #19:
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Another annual replay completed. ♥️
It's still my favorite 3D Zelda game, of course. I do hope for a remaster someday soon.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Another annual replay completed. ♥️
It's still my favorite 3D Zelda game, of course. I do hope for a remaster someday soon.
a video game character is holding a shield with a triforce on it
ALT: a video game character is holding a shield with a triforce on it
media.tenor.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Games I Completed in 2025 #19:
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Another annual replay completed. ♥️
It's still my favorite 3D Zelda game, of course. I do hope for a remaster someday soon.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Another annual replay completed. ♥️
It's still my favorite 3D Zelda game, of course. I do hope for a remaster someday soon.
Reposted by Joshua @ZeldaUniverse
We're going hands-on with the first wave of free updates for Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment!
twitch.tv/Zelda_Wiki
twitch.tv/Zelda_Wiki
November 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
We're going hands-on with the first wave of free updates for Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment!
twitch.tv/Zelda_Wiki
twitch.tv/Zelda_Wiki
November 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I still haven't finished the replay I started early this year. 😅
Master Quest is just not good.
Master Quest is just not good.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Master Quest released in Japan. (November 28, 2002)
Did anyone here overcome this altered version of Ocarina of Time?
Did anyone here overcome this altered version of Ocarina of Time?
November 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I still haven't finished the replay I started early this year. 😅
Master Quest is just not good.
Master Quest is just not good.
Games I Completed in 2025 #18:
Mr. Driller 2
I randomly started this up tonight on NSO. I'm so bad at it; lots of rewinding required on the later stages.
It's a cute game. I appreciate that it only has a few stages and doesn't try to pad out the game with tons of content.
Mr. Driller 2
I randomly started this up tonight on NSO. I'm so bad at it; lots of rewinding required on the later stages.
It's a cute game. I appreciate that it only has a few stages and doesn't try to pad out the game with tons of content.
November 28, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Games I Completed in 2025 #18:
Mr. Driller 2
I randomly started this up tonight on NSO. I'm so bad at it; lots of rewinding required on the later stages.
It's a cute game. I appreciate that it only has a few stages and doesn't try to pad out the game with tons of content.
Mr. Driller 2
I randomly started this up tonight on NSO. I'm so bad at it; lots of rewinding required on the later stages.
It's a cute game. I appreciate that it only has a few stages and doesn't try to pad out the game with tons of content.
Reposted by Joshua @ZeldaUniverse
New* article!
A history of Ocarina of Time's development, with a specific focus on the new game design problems presented by 3D, and how they solved them.
*I wrote this a few years ago for a magazine. I figure it's been long enough, so on my blog now!
Edited by @paigeedits.bsky.social!
#Zelda
A history of Ocarina of Time's development, with a specific focus on the new game design problems presented by 3D, and how they solved them.
*I wrote this a few years ago for a magazine. I figure it's been long enough, so on my blog now!
Edited by @paigeedits.bsky.social!
#Zelda
The Seminal Third-Person Adventure - The Nameless Quality
“The masterpiece that people will still be talking about ten years down the road.”– Gamespot review for Ocarina of Time, 1998 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was a towering achievement, a game th...
namelessquality.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:15 AM
New* article!
A history of Ocarina of Time's development, with a specific focus on the new game design problems presented by 3D, and how they solved them.
*I wrote this a few years ago for a magazine. I figure it's been long enough, so on my blog now!
Edited by @paigeedits.bsky.social!
#Zelda
A history of Ocarina of Time's development, with a specific focus on the new game design problems presented by 3D, and how they solved them.
*I wrote this a few years ago for a magazine. I figure it's been long enough, so on my blog now!
Edited by @paigeedits.bsky.social!
#Zelda
Reposted by Joshua @ZeldaUniverse
I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
November 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
Reposted by Joshua @ZeldaUniverse
32 years ago, Enix's historical-fiction action RPG #IllusionOfGaia was originally launched in Japan on the SNES! Players venture into the unknown and solve ancient mysteries in a fantasy version of Earth. Check out our review below!
Review: www.rpgfan.com/review/illus...
Review: www.rpgfan.com/review/illus...
November 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
32 years ago, Enix's historical-fiction action RPG #IllusionOfGaia was originally launched in Japan on the SNES! Players venture into the unknown and solve ancient mysteries in a fantasy version of Earth. Check out our review below!
Review: www.rpgfan.com/review/illus...
Review: www.rpgfan.com/review/illus...
Reposted by Joshua @ZeldaUniverse
there is almost no feedback I will reflexively ignore as a game developer but “you shouldn’t name something X because people don’t know that word” is one of them. oh no! You might learn a new word! God forbid you take away a piece of knowledge from a game that’s not a brand of gun or some shit lol
November 25, 2025 at 6:52 AM
there is almost no feedback I will reflexively ignore as a game developer but “you shouldn’t name something X because people don’t know that word” is one of them. oh no! You might learn a new word! God forbid you take away a piece of knowledge from a game that’s not a brand of gun or some shit lol
Reposted by Joshua @ZeldaUniverse
A group of four Zelda fan artists are hosting an art charity raffle to help families in need for the 2025 holiday season. All donations benefit No Kid Hungry, a non-profit founded to end child hunger.
zeldauniverse.net/2025/11/18/z...
zeldauniverse.net/2025/11/18/z...
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
A group of four Zelda fan artists are hosting an art charity raffle to help families in need for the 2025 holiday season. All donations benefit No Kid Hungry, a non-profit founded to end child hunger.
zeldauniverse.net/2025/11/18/z...
zeldauniverse.net/2025/11/18/z...
Reposted by Joshua @ZeldaUniverse
I was born ~2 months premature at around 1lb 3ozs and had to spend the first few months of my life in the hospital
After being allowed to come home with my parents I had to wear a heart monitor vest which I would tear off multiple times a day, terrifying my parents
This is why I like Quest 64
After being allowed to come home with my parents I had to wear a heart monitor vest which I would tear off multiple times a day, terrifying my parents
This is why I like Quest 64
November 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I was born ~2 months premature at around 1lb 3ozs and had to spend the first few months of my life in the hospital
After being allowed to come home with my parents I had to wear a heart monitor vest which I would tear off multiple times a day, terrifying my parents
This is why I like Quest 64
After being allowed to come home with my parents I had to wear a heart monitor vest which I would tear off multiple times a day, terrifying my parents
This is why I like Quest 64
I don't share this often. 😆
I made a Zelda fansite on Geocities when I was 14. Soon after, a stranger Kevin (13) helped me make graphics (that I loved).
Then, a stranger named Jason (16) offered to host my site and taught me basic PHP and CSS Absolute Positioning.
I thought "I should learn that."
I made a Zelda fansite on Geocities when I was 14. Soon after, a stranger Kevin (13) helped me make graphics (that I loved).
Then, a stranger named Jason (16) offered to host my site and taught me basic PHP and CSS Absolute Positioning.
I thought "I should learn that."
November 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I don't share this often. 😆
I made a Zelda fansite on Geocities when I was 14. Soon after, a stranger Kevin (13) helped me make graphics (that I loved).
Then, a stranger named Jason (16) offered to host my site and taught me basic PHP and CSS Absolute Positioning.
I thought "I should learn that."
I made a Zelda fansite on Geocities when I was 14. Soon after, a stranger Kevin (13) helped me make graphics (that I loved).
Then, a stranger named Jason (16) offered to host my site and taught me basic PHP and CSS Absolute Positioning.
I thought "I should learn that."
Reposted by Joshua @ZeldaUniverse
I'm just a girl, standing in front of a CMS, asking you to send me assets in 16:9
November 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I'm just a girl, standing in front of a CMS, asking you to send me assets in 16:9
You enter a dance contest, pick your moves
November 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
You enter a dance contest, pick your moves
Reposted by Joshua @ZeldaUniverse
Happy birthday to Final Fantasy VI's greatest thi- treasure hunter, Locke Cole!
Art by Fumio Minagawa for Final Fantasy Trading Card Game.
Art by Fumio Minagawa for Final Fantasy Trading Card Game.
November 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Happy birthday to Final Fantasy VI's greatest thi- treasure hunter, Locke Cole!
Art by Fumio Minagawa for Final Fantasy Trading Card Game.
Art by Fumio Minagawa for Final Fantasy Trading Card Game.
Is there anything more infuriating in the entire universe than having your Air Ride Machine destroyed in the last 10 seconds of a City Trial run?
November 23, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Is there anything more infuriating in the entire universe than having your Air Ride Machine destroyed in the last 10 seconds of a City Trial run?
Reposted by Joshua @ZeldaUniverse
Got my copy @apwot.bsky.social issue 5 featuring my piece on Yoshitaka Murayama. As usual @cazwis.bsky.social and the rest of the team did an incredibly job putting this together 💜
You can get it here: shop.apwot.com/collections/...
You can get it here: shop.apwot.com/collections/...
November 22, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Got my copy @apwot.bsky.social issue 5 featuring my piece on Yoshitaka Murayama. As usual @cazwis.bsky.social and the rest of the team did an incredibly job putting this together 💜
You can get it here: shop.apwot.com/collections/...
You can get it here: shop.apwot.com/collections/...
Games I Completed in 2025 #17:
Kirby Air Riders
I rolled credits on Road Trip this morning. There's lots more to play, but credits are generally how I mark a game like this as "beaten".
Kirby Air Ride is one of my favorite GCN games. I'm really happy with the revival. I'll be playings tons more.
Kirby Air Riders
I rolled credits on Road Trip this morning. There's lots more to play, but credits are generally how I mark a game like this as "beaten".
Kirby Air Ride is one of my favorite GCN games. I'm really happy with the revival. I'll be playings tons more.
a video game character named kirby is driving a white car
ALT: a video game character named kirby is driving a white car
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Games I Completed in 2025 #17:
Kirby Air Riders
I rolled credits on Road Trip this morning. There's lots more to play, but credits are generally how I mark a game like this as "beaten".
Kirby Air Ride is one of my favorite GCN games. I'm really happy with the revival. I'll be playings tons more.
Kirby Air Riders
I rolled credits on Road Trip this morning. There's lots more to play, but credits are generally how I mark a game like this as "beaten".
Kirby Air Ride is one of my favorite GCN games. I'm really happy with the revival. I'll be playings tons more.
I was a diehard Nintendo fanboy when I was younger. The Xbox 360 was the first non-Nintendo console I bought for myself.
A friend showed me Fable 2...and after that night I really wanted to play Fable 2.
I didn't play many games on my 360, but it was also an early Netflix machine for me.
A friend showed me Fable 2...and after that night I really wanted to play Fable 2.
I didn't play many games on my 360, but it was also an early Netflix machine for me.
November 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I was a diehard Nintendo fanboy when I was younger. The Xbox 360 was the first non-Nintendo console I bought for myself.
A friend showed me Fable 2...and after that night I really wanted to play Fable 2.
I didn't play many games on my 360, but it was also an early Netflix machine for me.
A friend showed me Fable 2...and after that night I really wanted to play Fable 2.
I didn't play many games on my 360, but it was also an early Netflix machine for me.
Reposted by Joshua @ZeldaUniverse
