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Sean Farrell (9 KP) rated The Meaning of Human Existence in Books

Mar 15, 2018

This book may not be very long, but it does leave you with a lot to think about. The title is somewhat misleading, as of course that answer isn't really provided. I can't say I expected it would be as that is possibly something we can't ever really "know". That being said, the essays within leave you with a lot of pieces of the puzzle to help you piece it together as best as possible for yourself. Much of the book focuses on the scientific reasons for our existence, meaning evolution, but not just of the physical variety, but also the sociological, which provided for many of the book's most fascinating moments. I don't know that I feel all that much closer to understanding the meaning of human existence, but I do feel I learned some interesting things about the very nature of humanity, and that's something.

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Michael Packner (32 KP) rated The Legend of Zelda in Video Games

Jun 21, 2019

The Legend of Zelda

1986 | Action/Adventure

8.8

(38 Ratings)

Video Game Rating

Absolutely innovative (5 more)

Free roam exploration

A variety of dungeons

A variety of enemies

A variety of items needed to progress on your quest.

Puzzle solving

Extremely difficult (1 more)

Map can be difficult to navigate

This game was absolutely legendary in helping to shape the course of video games. The ability to free roam the land of Hyrule was absolutely unheard of. The variety of enemies to fight and dungeons to explore were ahead of its time. The need to find items to be able to progress on your quest was absolutely innovative, but where the game suffers is the extremely high difficulty and the overall barrenness of the world. That is most definitely due to the limitations of the time, but the fact still remains that the majority of the map was pretty much the same. Overall its still a good game and an integral part of gaming history.