45th: Painful Realizations

We talk about some cool old 80's movies. And some bad.

Paul played Zelda! The original, like for the NES. What was that like, and how much did he rely on the walkthrough guides to find that one secret entrance hidden in the woods? This allows us to discuss some of the virtues of Zelda as well.

Sean touches on Zelda II, and how it captures the fun sense of exploration that the original had. Of course, Sean played that one because it was the Zelda he had as a child. That touches on our childhood experience versus our adult experience. Now, entertainment is so easy to get, we are certainly spoiled.

We come to the painful realization that our experience isn't necessarily the best experience, and there are many other great experiences out there. For Paul, Ninja Turtles has shown this to Paul. For Sean, it is Star Wars.

Finally, Sean read Transmetropolitan again, which was really good. He has also been reading a lot of Isaac Asimov, which is really good. Both of them, however, value truth and logic quite highly, in such a way that it points out how much our current society does not value truth and logic. It makes us sad.