Cavern of the Evil Wizard

This was inspired by the movie ?Big? with Tom Hanks.

?During the first scene I knew that the PC game [Josh Baskin] was playing [was] a metaphor for the events ? to come. The ice-melting puzzle is a metaphor for Josh being stuck in adolescence and how he wants to break free and become an adult. The Zoltar machine is his gateway into adulthood but is also a representation of childhood and innocence. In the end when Josh goes back to work on the puzzle and finds a way to melt the ice, he has learned that being a kid isn?t so bad and the puzzle has been completed, therefore he can go back to being a child.?

?Kayla Lukacs

Music by the band ?Melt Wizard? ? available here (remove spaces from URL):


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