I grew up on the original SimCity, graduated to 2000, and dabbled in 3000 and Rush Hour for 4. I played A-Train, SimFarm, SimEarth, and ones I can hardly remember the name of. I was and am THE target audience for complex simulation games and SimCity 5 was a total, unfettered let down. I won't reiterate all the flaws as the internet is absolute littered with them, but I will point out the damning ones that convinced me to one-star this versus two-star it:

I just paid $190 for a new Quickbooks Logo. How do I feel about this? lousy. My accountant insisted that I update from 2015...which worked fine. and then I found that when I updated, it is just a new logo that is the difference....OH, and I get a FREE YEAR of their online service! whippee! really? I didn't want a free year or a free day of your online service. I don't want it at all. Is this what I actually paid for? What is happening at Intuit? Are you all on vacation? Did you all go do your jobs at home and are spending your time playing with your kids? I am TRULY DISAPPOINTED. What a waste of money, don't spend your hard earned $ on this update.

After struggling with back problems and insomnia, I've finally found a solution. The Purple mattress has helped me in so many ways, after the first night sleeping on it I was telling anyone who would listen to buy one. The first day it arrived, I laid it out on the bed frame, laid down on it for the first time and fell asleep within minutes. Slept for 4 hours. Woke up, put sheets and blanket on, laid back down and slept an additional 8 hours! Woke up with NO back pain what so ever. It's simply the best matters I've ever had. Unless I'm willing to go to sleep, I won't lay down on it or its lights out. It really does put me to sleep.

While it was wonderful to read so much on Freemasons, and to learn about how they were involved in worldwide and American development, much of the information is repetitive. There were many thought-provoking opinions and facts on this group, and on occult worship which opened my eyes and made me a little paranoid. In the closing section of the book, suggesting an American Mormon may be the Antichrist of Revelation, I had to do a thought-check. It's easy to become wrapped up in theories like this, but it seems arrogant to think America has a prominent place in the end times. (Though that is My thought.) I can't say I know more than the author, but at the very least, this should put us on guard against false Christianity by understanding who Jesus really IS, and who some groups claim He is.

For those of you who struggle with knowing the benefits of meditation and calming the mind, this might just be the book for you. This book explains the science of humanity. For me meditation, calm, always stirred the need to quiet the mind and thoughts. When I couldn't I pictured myself in a monastery getting hit with a stick by some monk. But this book made me understand that trying to do something versus nothing was really the problem. What a great book for achieving peace and universal love. Doing nothing really has an amazing effect, who would have known. A must read for those on the journey to peace and a fulfilling life. Thanks for a great read and a book you will keep as your life manual.