I loved the part where Jonny sounded like he was responding to the voices in his head where he said something, and then he said "Yeah".
When you learn to quiet your mind, you too will be able to hear the ghost of Jon Lindemann (tip: if it tells you to buy a PS3, it's probably Lindy, anything else...maybe consulting a psychiatrist would be in order).
I just got finished with the show last night. I loved it, and I regret that some of the discussions were lost. Hopefully, next time, you guys can use your proton paks on the ghost of Lindemann to capture his dialogue, so the rest of us who aren't so psychically attuned to the spiritual plane can hear him.
Thanks to Greg for a great idea. I love the episodes where you guys have reminisced about old gaming experiences, and if any game deserves a whole episode, OoT is it. As the opportunities present themselves, I'd love to hear more "retrospective" epsiodes in this vein. Maybe I'm so interested in talking about old games, because, I, like others, have been disappointed in Nintendo's Wii software offerings for 2/3 of 2008.
I'm a few years older than most of the guys on the panel (probably significantly older than some of them). I played my first Zelda game when I was in junior high; Ocarina came out when I was in college. In a way, Ocarina of Time was poignant for me because, in a sense, I felt that I had sort of grown up with Link. I'd agree with much of what was said about the console follow-ups to OoT. I'll expand those thoughts in a letter to RFN when I get the time.
I have special memories of all the Zelda games, really. My dad played the original LoZ alongside me during my childhood; though he's never been very good at video games in general, I was able to help guide him through to the end. (We shared a love of anything in the fantasy genre, so playing Zelda together was a lot of fun.) My grandmother also shares that interest; she inherited one of the grandkid's SNESes, and she took an immediate liking to A Link To the Past. I think she still plays it to this day, and she has claimed to be able to beat it in 3 hours. I've never seen her do it, but I don't doubt her. Unfortunately, neither of my previously-mentioned forebears were willing to make the transition to 3-D gaming; so they haven't touched any of the newer Zelda games in the last few years.
On the bright side, I have a young son (though still too young to play games), and another child on the way; I look forward to sharing future Zelda memories with them, hopefully. I do hope we get a few more generations of Zelda before Nintendo decides to retire the series.