With Nintendo preparing to knock our collective socks off at E3 with the new GameCube Legend of Zelda title perhaps it's a fitting time to take a look back at the games in the series that stole far too many late nights from a generation of gamers.  The gang over at Everything2 has written a lot of material on the subject.  The entire series is covered in some form or another, but what follows is the best of the best; part encyclopedia entry and part personal reflection, these entries in the E2 database represent far too much time lost in the land of Hyrule.

• The Legend of Zelda by TheBooBooKitty
• The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past by hramyaegr
• The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening by TehBesto
• The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask by MightyMooquack