Lucas Blogs About Books

  Hmm, it's sort of book-shaped. Lucas, did you play video games all weekend instead of getting anything ready to post today? Maybe, why do you ask? You seem to have deployed the inOpportune cOntent rePlacement proceSs . Oh, yeah, see I picked up Hades on Friday and I've been spending a lot of free time trying to escape from the Underworld. Sorry. I guess the Dionysian impulse won out over the Apollonian. You're the worst, Lucas. ‾\_(ツ)_/‾.

Oh, so that's what Link was saying. That's it, I'm at my limit! What is it this time, Hypothetical Reader? A kids' book was one thing, but the manga adaptation of a v ideo game ? Have you no shame? You know, even for a rhetorical device intended to give voice to my own anxieties about how others perceive me, you sure can be judgmental. Okay, okay, I have my guilty pleasures, too. Guilty pleasures? Who has time for that, enjoy what you enjoy, HR. Fine. So, what's this book's deal? You ever play Ocarina of Time on the N64? Of course. It's like that. You're the wors- JK LOL!!!! So, it has the same basic plot as the game, Link has to leave his home in the Kokiri Forest to meet Princess Zelda and fulfill his destiny as the Hero of Time. There are a few tweaks here and there, but no real surprises. The main difference is that instead of being the strong, silent type he is in the game, Link is quite talkative. This makes him more of a...