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The Most Impressive, Wonderful Act of Nerdery I’ve Ever Seen



Jordan Verner recently beat The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time. You might not be initially impressed by this feat, since it’s 2010 and all, but surely this becomes more impressive when you learn that Jordan Verner is also blind, and the way he beat it is by four dedicated nerds writing down every single move a player would need to make in the game, a task that took them over two year and resulting in a (100,000 character) document which Verner’s computer read aloud to him as he played. The CNN report is pretty oblivious, but the actual feat these people have accomplished is simply amazing, and so kind that it actually restores my faith in humanity to a degree. Well done, guys. Thank you for doing something wonderful for a fellow nerd — and Mr. Verner, you have my utmost congratulations. Thanks to Snoodle for the tip.