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I wrote about The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening for Polygon's Zeldathon

Yes, it is a fiction craft lesson in the guise of a videogame essay

Grayson Morley

Grayson Morley

22 Feb 2023

For Polygon’s Zeldathon, I wrote about how Link’s Awakening gets away with “It was all a dream” by playing off our accumulated understanding of what is “real” in this storied series, messing with the player from screen one.

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Screenshot of Pokémon Pokopia where a group of Pokémon on a beach watch a rocket take flight.

Against breathlessness

What, to you, are games?

By Grayson Morley 19 Mar 2026
logo and title of "running is a roguelite" on my new blog, one more run

New blog: onemorerun.blog

Hey all! While this is maybe not the 2026 Backlog update you were hoping for, I wanted to let you know that I started a new blog: onemorerun.blog As you might've noticed over the course of 2025, I wrote intermittently about my newfound love of running on

By Grayson Morley 02 Jan 2026
A semi-transparent handheld gaming device with four colorful buttons against a wooden background.

Is it time to quit games?

An honest exploration of attachment, time, and limits

By Grayson Morley 23 Sep 2025
Key art for Kirby™ and the Forgotten Land – Nintendo Switch™ 2 Edition + Star-Crossed World.

Does Kirby have anything to say?

If you’re hungry for dinner, eat dinner

By Grayson Morley 09 Sep 2025
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