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10 Games, Movies, And Books Like Zelda: Link’s Awakening

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The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening is one of the more unique games in Nintendo’s beloved series. It’s one of the few entries without Princess Zelda, without Hyrule, and without the Triforce. Link’s travels on the mysterious Koholint Island, meeting new people and experiencing unique things make for an adventure that’s as wholesome and comforting as it is strange and unexpected.

There aren’t many games that are quite like Link’s Awakening, even in the Zelda series itself, so we took it upon ourselves to recommend some of our favourite games, books, and movies that fit in with some of its themes and vibes. Whether it’s a story of someone moving to a new town, a Zelda-like adventure you may not have been aware of, or a cute show about animals living in society, we’ve compiled them in this list.

Please take note that the following entries may contain spoilers for Link’s Awakening.

We’ll come back to update this article if we discover any more experiences that we’d recommend to Link’s Awakening fans. For now, we hope you enjoy our suggestions–feel free to drop your own recommendations in the comments below!

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Games like Link’s Awakening

Minecraft’s Nether Update Adds New Biomes, Piglin Beasts and Mobs

Minecraft’s next major game update is called the Nether Update and will add “new biomes, mobs, structures, blocks and visual effects to the Nether to enhance its unique and scary atmosphere.”

Revealed during MINECON Live, the Nether Update will add the new Target block that acts as a projectile hit-detector and the Soulsand Valley and Netherwart Forest biomes.

Also introduced were the Piglin Beasts and Piglin mobs that bring a brand new civilization to the Minecraft universe. The name Piglin may be a temporary one, however, as fans can now vote on a new name.

In addition to the Nether Update, it was also revealed that Bees, Beehives, and the Honey Block will arrive in both Bedrock and Java versions of Minecraft before the holidays.

Netflix’s The Politician: Season 1 Review

This is a mostly spoiler-free review for all eight episodes of The Politician, which premieres Friday, September 27 on Netflix.

As with most hotly-contested races for power, all eyes are on Ryan Murphy’s The Politician, a new series starring Ben Platt (Dear Evan Hansen, Pitch Perfect) in a marvelous turn as a well-meaning sociopath with lofty ambitions of becoming president someday. To do this, Platt’s wealthy Santa Barbarian character, Payton Hobart, simply must – MUST – become student body president of his high school and then go on to Harvard. He has a plan, a loyal team, and a drive to make things better for everyone around him. Payton, as he readily admits himself, isn’t a good person. But he wants to do good things.

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Minecraft Earth Early Access Launching in October

Minecraft Earth, the free-to-play augmented reality mobile game that is more-or-less Minecraft + Pokemon GO, is set to launch in Early Access this October, with a plan to be worldwide by the end of the year.

Revealed during MINECON Live, Minecraft Earth has been in closed beta in five cities over the summer, and the Early Access version will add such features as mob variants, crafting and smelting, and social multiplayer experiences called Adventures.

Adventures are smaller versions of Minecraft worlds that can be played in real life through AR technology. “For example, your sidewalk becomes a mine and there could be diamonds under your feet, or your local park may have Minecraft trees where skeletons lurk and you can fight them, dig down into the ground and discover an abandoned mine with treasures.”

You Can Now Play Cuphead on Your Tesla Car

You can now play Cuphead in your Tesla vehicle. To be more specific, you can play Cuphead on Tesla Arcade, which lets you play games on the screen just to the right of a Tesla’s steering wheel.

The inclusion of the cartoony, insanely difficult platformer/shoot-em-up comes as part of Tesla’s 10.0 software update, which includes a bunch of other features like a Google Maps-style search function, Spotify, Karaoke, and the ability to summon your car from afar because it’s a darn robot. You can check out Tesla’s trailer for the software update here.

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Dwayne Johnson and Vin Diesel Appear to Have Ended Their Fast and Furious Feud

Since 2016, the Fast & the Furious co-stars Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Vin Diesel have been bouncing back and forth in what was infamously dubbed the “Candy-Ass Feud,” reportedly stemming from “differing philosophies” on the production of the action movie franchise. Well, it seems like things have finally chilled out for the two muscle bound stars. The Candy-Ass Feud appears to have been patched up, according to a recent Instagram post from the Rock.

In an Instagram video posted Friday, Johnson took a break from working out to voice his appreciation for the success of Hobbs & Shaw, the Furious spin-off movie starring Johnson’s Luke Hobbs and Jason Statham’s Deckard Shaw. After some pleasantries, Johnson turned the subject to Diesel.

How Minecraft Earth Plans to Reinvent the World Around You

Minecraft Earth is a game of huge ambition. Its creators want nothing less than to bring the creativity and fun of the classic Minecraft experience into the real world, at full scale. The idea is that not only will people get the chance to interact with virtual Minecraft scenarios overlaid on actual locations, but that eventually the game will become a showcase for people’s imaginations; a way to transform hum drum reality into something magical.

Getting there, however, is going to take time and overcoming a whole host of obstacles. Minecraft Earth has been in development for a year and a half at this point, but is still at a relatively formative stage – it boasts some impressive tech, but also has its share of bugs and teething problems. And to truly improve the game, Minecraft Earth needs to go large. It needs an army of people helping to add detail to its OpenStreetMap-based depiction of the world, and it needs to inventory and precisely locate an immense number of real world objects to better anchor virtual play spaces. (More on that in a bit.)

18 Things We Just Learnt About Minecraft and Minecraft Earth

After a couple of months in closed beta, Minecraft Earth is now about to start rolling out in Early Access on Android and iOS, which means millions more people can have a taste of building and adventuring in augmented reality. It’s an important step for the game, given its overworld map is crowdsourced (via OpenStreetMap) as is its ability to accurately place digital play spaces in actual locations (via Azure Spatial Anchors).

Early Access is also exciting because it’s the public debut of Adventures – small slices of Minecraft played solo or with friends in real-world locations. I was actually able to play a couple of these ahead of time and you can read my impressions here. During the same event I also got the chance to chat with Minecraft’s creative director Saxs Persson, who really laid out his vision for not just Minecraft Earth, but for Minecraft too. Here are 18 things you may not know, from Saxs himself…

Daily Deals: Preorder the Death Stranding PS4 Pro, Get Dragon Quest XI S on the Switch for $49 and Much More

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Now up for Preorder: Playstation 4 Pro Death Stranding Limited Edition Themed Bundle

The slick looking bundle is finally up for preorder on Amazon. This is easily one of the nicest PS4 Pro themes I’ve seen, and it even comes with a custom yellow translucent DualShock controller. Of course, the game is included as well. The best thing about this bundle is that it’s no pricier than your standard PS4 Pro without any game. Preorder it now and you’ll only be charged once the PS4 ships out in November.