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FTF Free Talk Friday - October 02, 2026

Welcome to the Free Talk Friday post. This is a place where you can talk about dumb off-topic (or on-topic) bullshit with other Zaibatsu fans.

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u/FMV_Hell_0 4d ago

It's interesting that I have almost zero cultural osmosis for Ocarina of Time. One of the most popular games of the 20th century, top 1 in many Best Games of All Time lists, and all I’ve got is “Hey Listen”, Water Temple, and a mechanic from Brawl. I can appreciate the day/night mechanic for what it was at the time, even if it does lock you out of the mandatory stealth sequence depending on when you get to Hyrule Castle. For how open the game is it's actually a very linear sequence of events; "go here, do this", someone shows up to tell you "go there, do that", at least early on. You guys should’ve talked more shit about the owl. Navi at least tells you how to deal with enemies but this fuckass owl stops you in your tracks to explain things that you’ve intuited 20 minutes ago by just playing the game.

Leaving me in charge of any regular media viewing long enough ultimately turns it into Anime Night. Once or twice a week my siblings and I get together to watch TV shows and anime. As it is now officially Spooky Month we loaded up two episodes of Zom 100 - Bucket List of the Dead. It's such an upbeat view of a zombie apocalypse, and because of personal context, reminds me of the vibes of early Covid. There's so much Sauce on this show, it's so bright and colorful, which is a really welcome visual from the more muted palettes I expect from zombie media. It's fun to note that Zeno Robinson also voices the hopecore anime protagonist in this as well.

Speaking of Sauce, we also watched the first two episodes of The Ghost In The Shell. It's a different type of cool compared to Stand Alone Complex. The soundtrack's jazzy, the animation is stellar, they added in film grain and frame jutter to evoke an older show, which I really appreciate. It's nice to have the manga vibe of GitS no longer limited to the PS1 game. They really thought we'd have way more wires and use way more payphones in 1989.