Classic game magazine Nintendo Power is calling it quits. That's the official word from the senior editor and Ars Technica, so break out the schnapps and toast to olden days of Zelda maps and Super Metroid secrets. The magazine has been around since 1988.

Rest In Peace, Nintendo Power. If only you had an extra life.

[joystiq]

Set aside your rupees for the Hyrule Historia, a 248-page tome of all things Zelda, including the coveted official timeline of the series.

Coming in January, the volume has been around in Japan since 2011 and will finally get an English translation. Hyrule Historia has a $34.99 price tag, and a place on the shelf of any self-respecting Zelda fan.

[geekosystem]

These marvelous glowing fairies are just one Etsy click away from becoming yours.

The best part? They don't talk.

[otlgaming]

Nerd Nightly News:

• A joke from every single MST3K episode.
• Don't feel like beating the Deku Tree again? Save the trouble.
• A musical message of haste to George R.R. Martin.
• The Mario theme created by Diablo III.
• A gadget to correct your posture.
• Sigourney Weaver says the next three Avatar movies are filming back-to-back. To back.
• It's RoboCap!

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Cosplayers Spicy-Seasoning and Rikkugrape are picture perfect as princesses Midna and Zelda from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.

[gameranx.]

Hey, listen! to Michigan-based banjo and saw duo Frontier Ruckus plucking and, um, sawing their way through a medley of music from the Zelda series.

If you're just in it to hear the famous overworld theme, skip to around 2:40. There's even a melodica -- aka "that keyboard/harmonica doodad with the tube" -- involved.

[geekologie.]