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You can't keep a good dog down. More anticipated than the return of Dave Chappelle's Show, the Old Man returns for a second season. This time he's not limiting himself to responding to reader questions. This time...it's personal. Just watch your way out of the cave...and check your pockets...

The waiting game... It's a bit of a boring time in the Zelda community at this moment. Most of us are still a bit bummed that Twilight Princess isn't coming for another six months, especially now that we're just about into November, the supposed original release date. Not much new info has surfaced, and the only thing we've gotten was a screen shot and tentative title for Zelda DS. After most fans thought Nintendo had exercised its obsession with Tingle, they go ahead and bring him back for his own game apparently. Though nothing major, it still is all we've had for months now, and it isn't the news most fans were looking forward to.
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The other thing that complicates this matter is we don't have any clear understanding of when breaking news about Twilight Princess will be revealed. Are we going to have to wait until GDC 2006? Or perhaps E3 2006? I seriously doubt it will be that long, but it is disappointing to not know for sure. There isn't much to look forward to these days.

Better late than never... Sure, Shout Factory released the Zelda Cartoons on DVD so we could finally own them all without using illegal means, but most of us already experienced them through various mediums, mostly Yahooligans! or video downloads from a fan site. Tokyo Game Show unveiled the Revolution's controller, and Iwata hinted with the demo video that there may be consideration of using the "remote" to control Link's sword...or at least go fishing.

What's going on in Hyrule... As for Zelda sites, not much is going on there. It seems like ever since Anakin left Zelda Universe, it's been nothing but downhill. It's partially due to the lack of updates thanks to the lack of new info. Davogones finally popped back into existence after MIA for some time now, and there have been a few updates their on the front of new manga and textual resources. Zelda-Infinite is also bringing the manga chapters to fans as well. Louisa finally got her PC back at Indie Zelda, and now she can resume her wonderful work there with Dryth (who I haven't seen for awhile now). The Missing Link has started up Zelda Blog along with Archaic Sage of Rauru's Return and Goddess Rinoa of Zelda-Infinite.

Putting Out An APB For ... Mak and Zethar. Mak, webmaster of the currently on-hiatus "The Adventure of Hyrule", and Zethar, resident translation guru, haven't really been around much. I used to talk to Zethar frequently before he began college, and Mak seems to have become a more infrequent poster in these parts, albeit I chat with him sometimes on AIM.

Webmaster who gets to ride Epona to work... The Missing Link, for launching Zelda Blog, an attempt to get prominent Zelda community members to band together to cover aspects of Zelda.

Webmaster who should hide out in the Evil Jar... Khuffie of Zelda Legends, for not posting an update himself for a month and for being so grumpy this week.

Letters... None yet, this is the first installment!

Closing thoughts... It gets old when people simply are out to get you. It's a fact of life that people will not like you, but there comes a point when you just want to throw in the towel. But true fans keep on doing what they do because of the love. So the next time you are getting ready to personally attack another fan, think about the fact you both are fans of the same thing, and fighting is just plain stupid and a waste. Everyone has differences, just try to accept it.

Did you know... After leaving ZHQ in 2000, TSA was actually a staff member for various Zelda sites, including Zelda-Infinite, Ganon's Tower, Zelda Games, ZLDA and Zelda Classic, before trying to revive ZHQ in 2002.

Want to drop the Old Man a line... then go ahead and e-mail him.