Category: Randomizer Thoughts

Hello and welcome to another installment of Randomizer Thoughts! Where we unravel the mysteries and complexities of Zelda randomizers and discuss what’s new in the world of randomizers. This week, we’re doing an expose on shortcuts to shorten your trips as you scour for items! We also have the match-up for the Link to the Past Randomizer league final, an interview with two different randomizer streamers, and a Majora’s Mask Randomizer seed to try out! If you’re new to Randomizer…

Hello and welcome to another installment of Randomizer Thoughts! Where we unravel the mysteries and complexities of Zelda randomizers and discuss what’s new in the world of randomizers. This week, we’re talking about the biggest tool in any competitive Randomizer runners toolkit, Trackers! We also have the final four competitors for the Link to the Past Randomizer Invitational for you and a new race seed to try out! If you’re new to Randomizer Thoughts, check out our FAQ for a…

Hello and welcome to another installment of Randomizer Thoughts! Where we unravel the mysteries and complexities of Zelda randomizers and discuss what’s new in the world of randomizers. This week, we’ll be talking about the major part of cutting time in Randomizer runs: Programming flags. We also have the first results of the finale matches of the A Link to the Past Randomizer League 2020 Invitational! We also have a Wind Waker Blind seed that’ll see you scouring the Great…

Hello and welcome to another installment of Randomizer Thoughts! Where we unravel the mysteries and complexities of Zelda randomizers and discuss what’s new in the world of randomizers. This week, we’ll be talking about the two different approaches to Randomizers, Blind and Routed approach. We also have some updates on the randomizer leagues including the results of the first length of the A Link to the Past Randomizer League 2020 Invitational and news on qualifiers for the Ocarina of Time…

Hello, randomizer fans! It’s not entirely too often that we report on randomizer news outside of our Randomizer Thoughts series, but here we are! A new randomizer by developer Garret Bright has been released for the original Legend of Zelda for NES. The randomizer focuses on creating brand new, procedurally generated overworlds for the NES classic, essentially allowing for an “Infinite Hyrule,” which is fittingly what the randomizer is titled. Given the rare opportunity to speak about a new Randomizer…

Hello and welcome to the first new installment of Randomizer Thoughts! Where we unravel the mysteries and complexities of Zelda randomizers and discuss what’s new in the world of randomizers. This week, we’re diving in to the first thing most people will see when they begin their randomizer journey: the settings menu. From there, we also have an update on Season 3 of SpeedGaming‘s Link to the Past Randomizer Invitational, and our first ever official Zelda Dungeon Randomizer seed! A…

From their inception, video games have always had a little bit of a relationship with chaos. Many games of the earlier eras of gaming were often pieced together with metaphorical duct tape and dreams. While some might turn their nose up to these things as relics of their time, they’ve given birth to the wild world of speedrunning. At this point, you’d be hard pressed to find someone who doesn’t know about the existence of speedrunning, but speedrunning has a…

Welcome back, randomizer enthusiasts! We’re going to continue our dive into the world of randomizers, specifically those in the Legend of Zelda community. For those new to randomizers, the long and the short is this: a randomizer is a game in which treasures are shuffled and scattered all over the world, game goals are changed, and everything is much more open. For an in-depth analysis, be sure to check out this article. In the last couple weeks, a couple tournaments…

Welcome to Randomizer Thoughts, where we dig deep into the world of Legend of Zelda Randomizers. I am Doug Kwiecinski, your host through this journey. With this column, I aim to do three things: Introduce the idea of the various Zelda Randomizers, highlight several notable leagues, and offer tips and strategies for getting started with a randomized game.   For the better part of the last year, I have run countless seeds in A Link to the Past Randomizer, while…