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...Those who enjoyed "Myst" for its emphasis on exploration and lack of explicit instruction will thrill to "Ico." After a long, wordless introductory movie about a boy taken to a crumbling, empty castle and imprisoned there, you find yourself as the boy, Ico, suddenly escaped from his cell. What to do? You start by looking around. This game rewards observation and logic far more than rapid hand-eye coordination. Unlike "Myst" it is 3-D, giving you a gods-eye view of Ico and his surroundings. Unlike the usual saucer-eyed, cutesy, whey-faced characters of Japanese-created games...
...finds cigar shops to be a lot of fun. “They’re so masculine, so you feel like a little rebel. [Cigar smoking] is definitely a traditionally male activity. If it weren’t, there wouldn’t be so much of a thrill,” she says. “It’s not very ladylike. It’s an assertion of strength...
...making lists is that we lose our spontaneity, that we focus too intently on well-formed plans and thereby miss the opportunities that never could have been anticipated—the detour down the side street in Porter Square, the directionless walk that leads to unseen vistas, the thrill of surfacing at the least familiar T stop just to see what’s there. By focusing on what we ought to do, we allow tradition to dictate what should give our college experience meaning instead of setting out to inhere meaning on our own. We underestimate the significance...
Look, no one expects Summers to turn Harvard into a commune. In fact, I’ve spoken to many people—otherwise meek progressive types—who get a secret thrill at the prospect of Summers aggressively wielding tyrannical authority, and who relish the thought of Summers, say, sitting down with law school administrators and telling them to pack their bags for Allston. Such scenarios are appealing because there is a real need for greater centralization, a real need to end the chaos that masquerades as a “philosophy” of decentralization. It hinders...
...reading last week, Junger said he had originally hoped the book would portray real heroes and discount the harrowing tales of thrill-seekers and those who participate in extreme sports. “The fact that someone can free-solo a rock face or balloon half-way around the world is immensely impressive, but it’s not strictly necessary. And because it’s not necessary, it’s not heroic. Society would continue to function quite well if no one ever climbed another mountain,” he writes...