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The Zelda archetype will outlive us all
In games, we face strange questions that don’t tend to come up in other mediums. Here’s one. When did The Legend of Zelda become a genre? Hack ’n’ Slash is a rather blatant homage to the series starring a stubby elf in the green tunic who’s saved the world with a bow, boomerang, and hookshot on numerous occasions—but there’s a twist. Instead of the normal stockpile of bombs and arrows, your very familiar-looking lad and his fairy-friend will deconstruct the dungeons using computer skills, namely hacks, cracks, and cheating. Thus, Hack ’n’ Slash, get it? The concept is definitely inventive,…