"Neither need you tell me," said Candide, "that we must take care of our garden.""You are in the right," said Pangloss; "for when man was put into the garden of Eden, it was with an intent to dress it; and this proves that man was not born to be idle."
– From Candide by Voltaire
Caleb received Viva Pinata for Christmas and somehow I got sucked into playing it. It seems to be quite an addictive game. You are given a plot of land on Pinata Island and your sole task is to cultivate the land and the plants on it with the goal of attracting various living animal, insect, amphibian etc. pinata to it. The pinata are kept happy by the state of the garden you maintain. It is incredibly engrossing and you begin to really want these paper mache creatures to do well and even thrive.
So it was as I was playing the game I was reminded of Voltaire’s Candide and the quote above. I think it is apt.
Harnessing Chaos 
We rented the game first, to see if we\’d like it enough to buy it, …..yeah, ….it\’s addictive :|. Very fun game. I love the quote! Very appropriate for that game :).
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