Ep. 29 "There's a She-Wolf In the Twilight" (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)

~Awooo! Hi heroes, this week we're travelling back to Hyrule, joined by our show artist and bestie NICK ADAMS to revisit his (& Eric's) favorite Zelda adventure: 2006's The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess  for the Nintendo Gamecube/Wii! We discuss the game's beautiful, melancholic world-building, queer-coded characters, Link's masculinity (not to mention his sexy sumo wrestling scene), take an unhinged tangent on the Zelda-timeline after promising ourselves not to, and we attempt to answer the question every Zelda-fan must ask themselves- Water Temples: flops or no?

We also talk more about the ongoing discussion of sexism and harassment in the videogame industry, following up on the latest news from the Activision-Blizzard lawsuit, as well as the recent news about the toxic work culture at Fullbright Studios, creators of Gone Home & Tacoma (as reported on in this exposé by Polygon's Nicole Carpenter).

PLUS! We discuss Paper Mario, Hollow Knight, queer representation on TV, and so much more!

Find more of Nick's work on his art Instagram, @nickadams.art

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Intro and outro music by Connor Marsh (@connorjmarshmallow)

Show art by Nick Adams (@nickadams.art)

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MUSIC THIS WEEK:
"Title Theme" by Toru Minegishi, Asuka Ota, Koji Kondo
"Midna's Lament" by Toru Minegishi, Asuka Ota, Koji Kondo
"Malo Mart" by Toru Minegishi, Asuka Ota, Koji Kondo