The Legend of Zelda and Philosophy I Link

Like novels, operas, and epic poems before them, videogames have transcended their early outcast status, surviving the sneers of the ignorant and the slings and arrows of self-appointed culture-bosses. Videogames now boldly claim recognition as the fulfillment of Richard Wagner's dream: The Work of Art of the Future.

Acknowledgments	p. x
Setting Up the Game	p. xi
Emotion, Experience, and Thought	p. 1
Why Do We Care Whether Link Saves the Princess?	p. 3
Look Before You Warp	p. 17
Legend and Logic: Critical Thinking in the Gaming and Real Worlds	p. 29
Dodongo and Death	p. 43
Link's Search for Meaning	p. 45
The Hero with a Thousand Hearts: Death in Zelda	p. 55
Don't Get Manhandled by Manhandla-or ... Mind-Handled?	p. 63
Slave Morality and Master Swords: Ludus and Paidia in Zelda	p. 65
Shape Shifting and Time Traveling: Link's Identity Issues	p. 75
The CDi Games Don't Count! Timelines and Miyamoto	p. 83
The Hero of Timelines	p. 85
Linking to the Past: Zelda Is a Communication Game	p. 103
Time and Space in Hyrule	p. 119
Three Days in Termina: Zelda and Temporality	p. 121
Constructing NESpace in Zelda	p. 133
Treasures of the Hyrulopolis	p. 151
Zelda as Art	p. 153
Hyrule's Green and Pleasant Land: The Minish Cap as Utopian Ideal	p. 165
You Are Nearing the End of Your Quest ... Grumble, Grumble ...	p. 177
I Am Link's Transcendental Will: Freedom from Hyrule to Earth	p. 179
Zeldathustra	p. 191
The Triforce-Need I Say More?	p. 201
A Link to The Triforce: Miyamoto, Lacan, and You	p. 203
The Triforce and the Doctrine of the Mean	p. 211
Don't Patra-nize Me!	p. 221
How Can There Be Evil in Hyrule?	p. 223
The Legend of Feminism	p. 233
It's a Secret to Everybody	p. 245
Getting to Know the World Next Door	p. 247
Heroes of Hyrule	p. 251
Index	p. 257
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