In mythology and literature, a quest, a journey towards a goal, serves as a plot device and (frequently) as a symbol. Quests appear in the folklore of every nation and also figure prominently in non-national cultures. In literature, the objects of quests require great exertion on the part of the hero, and the overcoming of many obstacles, typically including much travel. The aspect of travel also allows the storyteller to showcase exotic locations and cultures (an objective of the narrator, not of the character).
The hero normally aims to obtain something or someone by the quest, and with this object to return home. The object can be something new, that fulfills a lack in his life, or something that was stolen away from him or someone with authority to dispatch him.
Sometimes the hero has no desire to return. Sir Galahad's quest for the Holy Grail is to find it, not return with it. A return may, indeed, be impossible: Aeneas quests for a homeland, having lost Troy at the beginning of Virgil's Aeneid, and he does not return to Troy to re-found it but settles in Italy (to become an ancestor of the Romans).
Sidney K. "Sid" Meier (born February 24, 1954) is a Canadian-American programmer and designer of several popular strategy video games and simulation video games, most notably Civilization. Meier co-founded MicroProse in 1982 and is a Director of Creative Development for computer game developer Firaxis Games, which he co-founded with Jeff Briggs and Brian Reynolds in 1996. He has won several prestigious accolades for his contributions to the computer games industry.
Sid Meier was born in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. He graduated from the University of Michigan.
Meier founded MicroProse together with Bill Stealey in 1982. MicroProse initially developed flight simulator video games, such as Silent Service and F-19 Stealth Fighter. In 1987, the company released Sid Meier's Pirates!, which also began a trend of placing Meier's name in the titles of his games. Meier later explained that the inclusion of his name was because of the dramatic departure in the design of Pirates! compared to the company's earlier games. Stealey decided that it would improve the company's branding, believing that it would make those who purchased the flight simulators more likely to play Pirates!. After the release of F-19 Stealth Fighter, Meier decided to focus on developing strategy games. He later said, "Everything I thought was cool about a flight simulator had gone into that game." Inspired by SimCity and Empire!, Meier created Railroad Tycoon and later the game series for which he is most widely recognized, Civilization, although he designed only the first installment. Meier eventually left MicroProse and in 1996 founded Firaxis Games along with veteran designer and gaming executive Jeff Briggs. Today Firaxis makes strategy games, many of which are follow-ups to Meier titles, such as Civilization V and Pirates!. In 1996 he was awarded US Patent 5,496,962 for a "System for Real-Time Music Composition and Synthesis" used in a product called "CPU Bach".
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Quest is the city's next up and coming rap star. He has just signed his dream record deal when he is given the unfortunate news that his brother, William, was brutally murdered in his apartment with a mysterious girl named Maria. His brothers former girlfriend, Melinda, has been acting strangely as of late and Quest searches for the truth of what really happened. Meanwhile, Melinda hooks up with Michael who has been swindling money from unsuspecting investors for the past 5 years. Bald Head, a bumbling yet lovable street hustler, is struggling to balance life between Lisa, the girl that he desperately loves, and his drug-lord boss Mike. Johnny Guns, a local arms dealer, is in his own tug of war between Frank from the Giovanni family and a local Dominican gang leader named Julio. At the center of these intricately entwined stories is a common thread known only as the Dark Figure. Each player is faced with the same decision between the darkness and the truth. Can the truth outshine the darkness?
There's Still Hope. Even in the Dark.
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Quinn Becket is a science teacher who is bored with his job and thinks his life is boring. As a result, he takes his family, friends, and girlfriend for granted. Quinn has the heart of an adventurer and he spends his free time dreaming about exploring the galaxy and discovering the unknown. He will soon get more than he bargains for when he meets an android named Quest who claims that he is sent to Earth to learn about humanity. Quinn's mundane life suddenly takes a surprising turn as he is put into the action with the fate of humanity hanging in the balance.
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Turning towards a time so free
Justice has finally escaped
The dripping words of yesterday
Set my feeble mind astray
I yearn to see
The glow of her eyes as I appear
A sign of satisfaction
Could be the sweetest sound
The staircase has one too many steps
I've already started back down
Come on
I love the caterpillars
Munching on the leaves
Pitter patter
Makes me forget my disease
Bugs have feelers just like me
And I'm feelin' oh so lonely
Disturbed in every sense of grace
The lady wouldn't give me a taste
Of the joy that means that much
It lives within her touch
Why won't you be my friend
I would love to hold you tonight
Even if we just pretend
Why won't you be my friend
Why won't you be my friend
I would love to hold you tonight
Even if we just pretend
Why won't you be my friend
Be my friend
I'd love to meet the one
Who broke my heart
I know she'd melt me with her dance
Her subtle colors, her sweet smile
But it's a shame
I picked up the pieces of a tune inside my head
And waited for inspiration to be fed
It seems so long since I felt the need to care
Circumstance often dealt with what we share
If I could find something to make you cry
Test your Iove but there's no need to even try
Let's move forward with our quest
And just ignore the rest
Ito ang alay ko, ito ang istorya mo
Alamat na kailangan makilala ng buong mundo
Isang pagpupugay, kailangan ipagdiwang
Pasasalamat at ika'y isinilang
Di pangkaraniwang para siyang superhero
Hinarap lahat ng pagsubok yung iba hindi biro
Meron siyang misyon kaya walang takot sumabak
Mga buhay na nakasalalay sa kanyang pangarap
Parang pelikula, action, adventure, drama
May konting comedy, love story na pang masa
Galing sa wala akala mo talo na tapos,
Yun pala sya yung bida kaya lahat sila paos
Kasisigaw, kahihiyaw selebrasyon
Buong mundo magtataka, kakaibang okasyon
Itaas ang kamay sumigaw ng hoy (hoy)
Ito ang araw mo, bayaning pinoy
[Chorus]
SALUDO
SA MGA BIDA NA TUNAY NA NAGPAKITA NG HUSAY DITO SA LIGA NG BUHAY
SALUDO
MGA KAMPEON, MGA DAKILANG HINDI SUMUKO, DI NAGPAALILA
SALUDO
SA INSPIRASYON, KARAGDAGANG LAKAS
SALAMAT DUMAAN KAYO SA TAMANG LANDAS
SALUDO
KAMI SA INYO AY SALUDO, SALUDO
Walang balak sumuko, walang planong gumuho
Tagumpay lang, walang iba binigay nya buong puso
Hinarap lahat ng tuso, pati mga abuso
Nanatiling tapat sa pangarap hanggang naging uso
Ang buhay positibo, agresibo mismo
Kaya pinarangalan syang Bayaning Pilipino
Taas noo kahit pango di na bigo di nalito di huminto
Inabot nya ang ginto
Ngayon tahimik na lahat ng kritiko
Bukang bibig na rin nila ang mga hirit mo
Hanggan nag-trending, ang daming likes, di na makalimutan
Front page, headlines, hanggang sa kanto laman ng kwentuhan
Pagasa'y pinagsaluhan, pero di naubusan,
Binigay ng lubusan, hanggang sa huling hantungan
Buhay na buhay, walang humpay
Tagumpay,
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
Sabi daw walang pagasa pero tinapos
Sabi daw imposible pero di pa rin natakot
Sabi nila mahirap pero nag pursige
Kaya ngayon lahat sila sige lang sige
Nung lahat umurong, siya sumugod
Nung lahat lumubog, siya ‘di nalunod
Natutong maglakad sa tubig pananampalataya
Diyos ang kanyang agimat kaya walang hindi kaya
Saludo
Paglaki ko gusto ko maging katulad mo
Saludo
Maipagmamalaki sa buong mundo
Saludo
Ikaw ang dahilan kung bat hindi ako susuko
Saludo
Taus pusong pasasalamat, isa kang alamat
[Chorus]
A fetid, wornout scenery, this cradle of man.
Sucked bonedry, the Ancient Mother at the end of her lifespan.
Craving, ruthless, the child that ate its own womb,
human vermin, abandon this place of doom.
Cosmic winds blow - the surge is powerful,
to the stars the future leads.
Walk away from the battlefields of the old world.
earthling - wipe the blood from your eyes.
Arise...
Distant suns shine over strange horizons,
unknown wars fought on alien land.
Alien eyes look upon mans arrival,
greeted - by fists or with open hand.
The umber sphere of Earth fades into black, Sol astern, swollen in agony,
the last glimpse of home. Ahead - the universe...
It's like a blind man in a dark room
Looking for a black cat that isn't there
It's like a man overboard in the high seas
Swimming for his life to find land anywhere
Everybody knows emptiness
Everywhere they’re all on a quest
But nobody seems to know
The reason for their restlessness
Everybody’s lost in aimlessness
But somebody brought hope (to hopelessness)
Now everybody needs to know
That they can know
The master of the quest
It's like Don Quixote on his journey
Trusty side-kick by his side El Dorado bound
It's all around you could it be you
People searching, are you searching for what I've found?
Don't you know He’s at your door
He is the one you're looking for
Everybody’s lost in aimlessness
But somebody brought hope (to hopelessness)
Now everybody needs to know
That Jesus came to bring them rest
Never quit never ever will I settle up
Half of my ground call mashed on a... bro
Couldn't take a no so I wait hard until I heard yes
That thing closed for days... dirty just to be fresh
Can't be afraid in this... yo
Take it from me cause I got a story to tell yo
Penitentiary chances I'm glad I am not on a jail yo
I could sell rap is I could sell whore
Nothing come overnight it take a long turn
Long journey long quest with a long...
Do a miracle just like the...
Success is a long line
Got a way just move with the crowd
Cause once you are in the club make you feel proud
Be strong be brave
But most of all don't be afraid
[Chorus:]
If you are not good enough to do something else
Why do anything if you can be yourself
Got to lose in time if you wanna win
Better get on your ground get get it in
[Repeats]
How you're gonna win if you still be afraid to lose
Everyone lost is called paying duce
I was making a move just trying to make it through
It was hot in the streets I was playing cool
I met theories of...
That's why you got to be heartless with no feeling
Time... called chilling
And I was rapping before no...
I'm not a lame it just happened... the game
Heard some... tune and wanted to be...
I try to sing like Dre
Man I did my own thing but man is a shame
That this new... to be different
Either I am lost or I just don't get it
Life is real simple
Break it down to de...
... why living?
All beneath a wintering sky
Follow the wastrel butterfly
With vermilion leaf or bronze
Tatters of gorgeous gonfalons
With the winds that always hold
Echo of clarions lost and old
We must hasten, hasten on
Toward the azure world withdrawn.
We must wander, wander so
Where the ruining roses go
Where the poplar's pallid leaves
Drift among the gathered sheaves.
In that harvest none shall glean
Where the twisted willows lean
In their strange, tormented woe
Seeing, on the streamlet's flow
Half their fragile leaves depart
Where the secret pines at heart
High, funereal, vespertine
Guard eternal sorrows green
We shall follow, we shall find
Haply, ere the light is blind
The moulded place where beauty lay
Moon-beheld until the day.
In the woven windlestrae
Or the pool of tourmaline
Rimmed with golden reeds, that was
In the dawn a tiring-glass
For her undelaying mein
Ever wander, wander so
Where the ruining roses go
All beneath a wintering sky
Follow the wastrel butterfly
Follow the wastrel butterfly
All beneath a wintering sky
Ever wander, wander so
Where the ruining roses go.
I will not follow you
I will not believe
I will not bow down to a flag which represents what I most despise
I won't back down, this is my life
I won't stand still, these words are my right
Inspired by our greed, we disregard humanity
Through endless attempts to manipulate, we justify our needs
By placing the dollar above everything else, we have compromised all life
By allowing a corporate infrastructure to define fashion, entertainment and
Diet
We have compromised our minds
Strip the mask of truth from the lie
Strip away the mask
We are raised to believe in false ideas: that money is necessary for
Happiness;
That image is necessary for life; that control is necessary for love.
Questioning these patterns brings on blinding defiance.