I’m not terribly mindful about my generational membership, but I’m pretty sure that being 30 makes me an apathetic gen X. I say this by way of explanation for why I find it embarrassing to admit that I have a blogging hero. Jeremy Parish is an editor at 1up and maintains gamespite.net (and bakespite.net, though it’s more foodie-oriented). He produces more words in a day than I do in a week, and I aspire to his standards for quality. So I’m a bit worried by the fact that I completely disagree with his position on the role of money in game reviews. Still, If I don’t hold my ground on this one, I may as well hang up one of my favorite review tools.

I normally shy away from plugging blogs lest the site collapse into gaming cultural ephemera, but 1up writer and editor Jeremy Parish has posted a killer Zelda retrospective at gamespite.net. It’s not particularly notable as a look at the game itself, but rather as an insight into how The Legend of Zelda bridged the gap [...]