Pandemic

• Two-four players
• Cooperative play
• A truly cooperative game where you all win or you all lose
• Tons of replay value
• Takes 45-60 minutes to play

Four diseases have broken out in the world and it is up to a team of specialists in various fields to find cures for these diseases before mankind is wiped out.

Players must work together, playing to their characters' strengths and planning their strategy of eradication before the diseases overwhelm the world with ever-increasing outbreaks.

A truly cooperative game where you all win or you all lose.
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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Interpretation

“You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings” (Shelley 1).

What an ironic statement for Robert Walton to make in the very first line of Frankenstein, and moreover, it is the means by which Mary Shelley introduces a major purpose which she maintains throughout the text. In reference to the aforementioned quote, the word “enterprise” refers to Walton’s desire for exploration and discovery within the polar ice caps, and that which is “regarded with such evil forebodings” of this enterprise is the aspiration to transgress the understandings and experiences of humanity, or as Walton himself describes, “the acquirement of knowledge which [he] sought for dominion” (11). The hubris that Walton exercises a propos to his enterprise is pitiful, for the perspective that he implicitly denounces (the first line of the book shows that Walton thinks it silly for the person to whom he is writing to disparage his enterprise) is in fact sustained by Mary Shelley; Shelley suggests that the concept of “transgressing” to a higher understanding is not only misguided, but also unnecessary. It is not uncommon for individuals to try and conceive incomprehensible understanding, and sometimes these individuals are perceived to be heroic in the sense that the pursuit of something unreachable seems attractive, and yet Shelley opposes this. The imperfection of humanity is enough justification to disregard the “shame” of society staying within its intellectual bounds, for Shelley argues that there are consequences in doing so.

One foundation that Shelley creates in order to facilitate the conception of human transgression is the various character levels. Two types of characters can easily be distinguished: there are the ones who seek transgression such as Victor Frankenstein, and Robert Walton, and there are the third person characters that surround them. An interaction between two such characters is shown in the first sentence of the book (You will rejoice to hear…), where Walton writes to his sister Margaret Saville. As it was already mentioned, it was the precautions of this third person that was supported by Shelley, but looking at another example of interaction between these two types of characters will illustrate more clearly how Shelley uses various character levels to draw out her ideas. When Victor Frankenstein was young he had a brief introduction to alchemy and became immediately interested. He took the subject to his father who responded, “My dear Victor, do not waste your time upon this; it is sad trash” (20). Victor did not adhere to his father’s suggestion because he did not feel passion in his father’s voice. He perceived that his father nonchalantly waved it off and wasn’t satisfied. He explains that “the cursory glance my father…by no means assured me that he was acquainted with its contents…” (21). Victor’s interaction with his father yielded two purposes of Shelley. The first purpose was to provide another instance in which transgression of human bounds is denigrated by yet another third person. The second purpose was to demonstrate the fault of “transgression.” Here, it is Victor who is seeking to transgress to a higher level by wanting to imitate a work of God, but in the eyes of the readers, Victor is already at a higher level simply by being a main character. He is transgressed but only in a slightly different way. Victor’s father on the other hand, is only a third person character and is only described briefly. That being said, Victor, who has developed a passionate enterprise, is clouded by his own pursuit and thus disregards the forewarning of his father, the lesser character who does not understand his pursuit. Isn’t it true however, that in the eyes of every individual, everyone else is a “lesser” character? And thus for one to try and transgress to a higher level on the terms that others cannot comprehend one’s enterprise is misguided. In this way, rather than transgressing human bounds, Shelley offers staying on the level of humanity, for it is more practical and rewarding than placing oneself above others.

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