<p>We venture into the dusty dungeons of the Zelda series’ history, discussing how it evolved from The Legend of Zelda through Link’s Awakening, then comparing it with the most recent entry Echoes of Wisdom. Plus State of Play announcements, adventure game books and more.</p><p><strong>Topics Discussed</strong></p><p>IFComp, Adventure Game Books, No ICE in Minnesota Bundle, Kena: Scars of Kosmoro, Castlevania: Belmont&#39;s Curse, Legacy of Kain: Ascendence, The Legend of Zelda, Zelda II - The Adventure of Link, A Link to the Past, Link’s Awakening, Echoes of Wisdom, The Great Race, Songlines magazine, Qobuz.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Timestamps</strong></p><ul><li>Start: 0:00:00 </li><li>Appetizer 1, IFComp: 0:02:39</li><li>Appetizer 2, Adventure Game Books: 0:05:21</li><li>Appetizer 3, No ICE in Minnesota Bundle: 0:08:13</li><li>Appetizer 4, Sony State of Play: 0:11:06</li><li>Main 1, The Legend of Zelda Series Intro: 0:17:05</li><li>Main 2, Zelda 1: 0:20:31</li><li>Main 3, Zelda 2: 0:26:24</li><li>Main 4, A Link to the Past: 0:30:20</li><li>Main 5, Link&#39;s Awakening: 0:37:45</li><li>Main 6, Echoes of Wisdom: 0:54:11</li><li>Dessert 1, The Great Race (Movie): 1:11:32</li><li>Dessert 2,  Songlines magazine, Qobuz (Music Resourcest): 1:15:27</li><li>Outro: 1:23:55</li></ul><p><strong>Links</strong></p><p>IFComp Bans AI</p><p><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/2/blog/post/edit/6947932115050618226/4524047697747327331#">https://www.tumblr.com/ifcomp/807273791356010496/ifcomp-2026-generative-ai-policy-update</a></p><p>LLM Slop Will Make Us Antisocial - Ruminations on IFComp 2025</p><p><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/2/blog/post/edit/6947932115050618226/4524047697747327331#">https://mimidoshima.neocities.org/main/posts/2026/llm/</a></p><p>No ICE in Minnesota</p><p><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/2/blog/post/edit/6947932115050618226/4524047697747327331#">https://itch.io/b/3484/no-ice-in-minnesota</a></p><p>Filtering the No ICE Bundle</p><p><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/2/blog/post/edit/6947932115050618226/4524047697747327331#">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dUcIzgk8FRYqIGcq9652MkO-QomGFNHRi9tJw0gyB9w/edit?usp=drivesdk</a></p><p>Watch the podcast on Youtube</p><p><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/2/blog/post/edit/6947932115050618226/4524047697747327331#">https://youtu.be/pX1abyR-L7s</a></p><p>Get updates on Bluesky</p><p><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/2/blog/post/edit/6947932115050618226/7632847178052271813#">https://bsky.app/profile/omnigamers.bsky.social</a></p><p>Follow Daniel</p><p><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/2/blog/post/edit/6947932115050618226/7632847178052271813#">https://bsky.app/profile/boardgamefeast.bsky.social</a></p><p>Follow Mark</p><p><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/2/blog/post/edit/6947932115050618226/7632847178052271813#">https://bsky.app/profile/markyuasa.bsky.social</a></p><p>Send your questions, feedback and comments to</p><p><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/2/blog/post/edit/6947932115050618226/7632847178052271813#">[email protected]</a>. </p><p><br></p>