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Link As A Projection Canvas
- Link's silence is intentional to encourage player projection and immersion.
- Nintendo designed Link as a blank avatar so players can emotionally inhabit him across games.
Majora's Mask As A Grief Map
- Majora's Mask maps Kubler-Ross grief stages across Termina's regions.
- The game's mechanics (three-day loop, masks) symbolize denial, bargaining, depression and eventual acceptance.
How The Contributors Came Together
- Tony recruited chapter authors by soliciting pitches and short proposals to a publisher.
- Many contributors were strangers at first but formed a close community through the project.