Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/Flute Link performs at Otakon 08 with pestering Navihttp://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/16/flute-link-performs-at-otakon-08-with-pestering-navi/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/16/flute-link-performs-at-otakon-08-with-pestering-navi/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/16/flute-link-performs-at-otakon-08-with-pestering-navi/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,

Tossing aside the standard temporal ocarina for something a little more complex, a "Flute Link" cosplayer performed on stage at this year's Masquerade show at the Otakon 2008 in Baltimore, bringing Navi in tow. It's a great performance, although it's hard to tell when she's playing live and when it's pre-recorded (for demonstrationg of her live performance, we also embedded a video of Flute Link performing Tetris with an Otaku band.

And for anyone who ever wished Navi would get her what for, keep watching until about the 4:25 mark. Video embedded after the break.

[Via VG Cats]

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]]>legend-of-zeldalinknavinintendoocarina-of-timeotakonotakon-2008Ross Miller2008-08-16T13:00:00+00:00Readers pick best webcomic: Visceration Stationhttp://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/16/readers-pick-best-webcomic-visceration-station/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/16/readers-pick-best-webcomic-visceration-station/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/16/readers-pick-best-webcomic-visceration-station/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,

Big thanks to Supafine's "Legend of Zelda: Visceration Station" webcomic for finally (and logically) explaining the heart system to us. The least we, as the Joystiq community, can apparently do is bestow you the honor of best game-related webcomic of the week.

Second and third place went to XKCD and College Humor, respectively. Thanks to everyone who voted, and be sure to let us know of any gaming comics you stumble upon this week!

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]]>college-humorlegend-of-zeldalegendofzeldalinksupafinewebcomicxkcdzeldaRoss Miller2008-04-16T15:30:00+00:00Rumor: Legend of Zelda manga coming statesidehttp://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/04/legend-of-zelda-manga-coming-stateside/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/04/legend-of-zelda-manga-coming-stateside/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/04/legend-of-zelda-manga-coming-stateside/#commentsFiled under:

Usually, we don't often partake in "the mangas." Sometimes you have to read them backwards, which makes our heads hurt, and frankly, we don't think our black jeans are comically baggy enough to pull the whole "manga reader" look off. That said, we think we'll be forced to make an exception for a Legend of Zelda manga that's reportedly coming stateside.

In an effort to make no more than one manga-related post per month, we also wanted to let you know that GoNintendo got its hands on the cover for the Phoenix Wright manga headed our way. It's totally uninspiring, save for the presence of Godot, the coolest prosecutor since Sam Waterston. ... Crap, are we going to have to buy two mangas? We're going to have to go get our jeans let out.

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]]>legend-of-zeldamangaphoenix-wrightzeldaJustin McElroy2008-04-04T10:00:00+00:00Today in Joystiq: December 11, 2007http://www.joystiq.com/2007/12/11/today-in-joystiq-december-11-2007/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/12/11/today-in-joystiq-december-11-2007/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/12/11/today-in-joystiq-december-11-2007/#comments Though not as much of a technical achievement as the Pac-Man tree, we love any and all holiday video game references. This picture of a Triforce atop a 50-foot tree was reportedly snapped by Nick and Will from Gnatline podcast. Shall we cry Photoshop? Nah, it's the holiday spirit, we'll let our lingering doubts lie elsewhere for the night. Check out the highlights for today:

Joystiquery
Readers pick best webcomic: Karma
Today's manliest video of manliness: TNA Impact trailer

News
Xbox Live Video Marketplace live in Canada, UK, and elsewhere
Rainbow Six Vegas 2 teaser has glam, forgets gameplay footage
MS explains why you can't use exact change on XBL
Witness Super Mario Galaxy's deepest secrets
Patapon to arrive in U.S. in February 2008
Rock Band Weekly: You're such a punk
Battlefield: Bad Company trailer takes stab at humanity
Reminder: New Halo 3 maps available now
Mass Effect amasses a million in sales
Slot machines to become more like video games
Square wins plagiarism case against Korean music video
Hudson developing games for iPhone and iPod Touch
Stringer: 'Actual innovation' and PSN expansion in Sony's future
GameFly opens Tampa, Florida distribution center
Nvidia drops new GEFORCE 8800 GTS 512 MB
LittleBigPlanet demo not coming this year
Hot Shots Golf 5 swings into US March 2008
EA: European developers more creative than American developers
GameStop opens inaugural tournament center
Rebellion to develop Shellshock sequel for sure
Lost Odyssey gets found in North America Feb. 12; free DLC with pre-order
Passage is a lifetime in five minutes

Rumors & Speculation
Rumor: PSP Silent Hill being ported to PS2
Rumor: Bizarre working on James Bond game
Analysts: Board games are the next big thing

Culture & Community
The Gaming Club sounds off on the year in video games
Gamecock sorry about crashing Ken Levine's VGA speech
Time magazine names Halo 3 game of the year
Rock out with your block out: i am 8-bit guitar straps

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]]>christmaschristmas-treedailyrecapholidaylegend-of-zeldalinkloztreetriforcezeldaRoss Miller2007-12-11T23:59:00+00:00Zero Punctuation hates on Zelda: Phantom Hourglasshttp://www.joystiq.com/2007/11/07/zero-punctuation-hates-on-zelda-phantom-hourglass/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/11/07/zero-punctuation-hates-on-zelda-phantom-hourglass/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/11/07/zero-punctuation-hates-on-zelda-phantom-hourglass/#commentsFiled under: ,


This week on Zero Punctuation, the ornery Yahtzee puts into video form (after the break) the same basic ideas discussed on the last Joystiq podcast regarding Zelda: Phantom Hourglass. Luckily for Yahtzee, he's embedded in Uluru and need not fear reprisals like most members of the gaming press do when speaking ill of Zelda.

Everything he says about the Zelda franchise and Nintendo has pretty much been said before, just not in a sexy, angry, British accent using a grab-bag of verbs and adjectives. The real kudos (you know, for people who don't fear for their life) come at the end of the piece when he implies that the next time Nintendo wants to make another Zelda... they should just make Okami.

[Thanks Sam]

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]]>escapistlegend-of-zeldaphantom-hourglassphantomhourglassyahtzeezeldazero-punctuationzeropunctuationAlexander Sliwinski2007-11-07T15:22:00+00:00Today's most retro montage: Zelda adshttp://www.joystiq.com/2007/11/06/todays-most-retro-montage-zelda-ads/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/11/06/todays-most-retro-montage-zelda-ads/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/11/06/todays-most-retro-montage-zelda-ads/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

Currently popular on GameTrailers, we missed Skullkid700's montage of Zelda commercials from earlier in the year. Since this sort of thing only gets better with age, we're highlighting it here. We've come a long way.

See the montage after the break. Yes, it includes the Zelda rap. You have been warned.

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]]>adcommercialhottest-videohottestvideolegend-of-zeldalegendofzeldalinknintendoretrovideozeldaZack Stern2007-11-06T01:19:00+00:00