New (Well, old...) Zelda is first-person game.

What's this? An exclusive scoop on the new Wii Zelda game? Information you can't possibly find anywhere else, which I have somehow inexplicably managed to stumble across and report on my niche, mostly unread Zelda blog? YES! ...NO!

Of course it isn't. What it IS, is a home-made recreation of the first Zelda game, from a first-person perspective. There's only a demo right now, and it's just a little bit buggy, but it's a fun little experiment and worth trying out if you've got nothing else to do. You can get the demo here.

Mildly disturbing, vaguely interesting pictorial insight into the life of a production line worker: For the sake of Zelda

Y'know when you're SUCH a big fan of something, that you start thinking "Hey, as long as my job somehow involved me being around my hobby/infatuation/object of my desire, I'd quite happily get up at 7 every morning to go and do it"? Yeah, I wouldn't.

I mean alright, it's probably easy money, putting together FIFTY BAJILLION action figures/statues every day, but as cool as I think Link is, I don't think I could spend all day staring at five dozen copies of his blank, featureless face, especially when it appears that if they had eyes, they'd all be looking right at me.

Scarier than the bottom of the well? Possibly.

How to shamelessly cash in on a popular gaming series

Well, one method, anyway.

Yes, these peripherals were actually released to coincide with the release of Twilight Princess and the Nintendo Wii, priced at $29.99. Even I, the guy who'd probably bid on an auction for a stick with the word 'Zelda' carved on it (and spelt wrong), didn't buy these. If reading this blog only ever teaches you one thing, let it be this - Never buy this useless, cheap crap.

This has been a public service announcement on behalf of 231, funded by the Society Against Crap Companies Releasing Even Crappier Crap To Cash In On Popular Stuff (SACCRECCTCIOPS).

Stunning Tribute to Zelda II - 'The Legend of Princess'

Joakim 'Noitu Love' Sandberg, indie master of gorgeous sprite-art and fun as hell game design, has created 'The Legend of Princess', a single level 2D platformer, dedicated to everyone's favourite game series.

In his own words: "It is a kind of love letter to Zelda, my personal favorite game series, both from nostalgia and its often great design."

Now how can you argue with that?

Download here.
Visit Joakim's home page here.