With both young and adult gamers as loyal fans, The Legend of Zelda is one of the most beloved video game series ever created. The contributors to this volume consider the following questions and more: What is the nature of the gamer’s connection to Link? Does Link have a will, or do gamers project their wills onto him? How does the gamer experience the game? Do the rules of logic apply in the game world? How is space created and distributed in Hyrule (the fictional land in which the game takes place)? How does time function? Is Zelda art? Can Hyrule be seen as an ideal society? Can the game be enjoyable without winning? The Legend of Zelda and Philosophy not only appeals to Zelda fans and philosophers but also puts video games on the philosophical map as a serious area of study.

《塞爾達傳說和哲學》(The Legend of Zelda and Philosophy)是一本以任天堂著名遊戲“塞爾達傳說”係列作為主題的哲學書籍，近日國外Ripten網站采訪瞭該書的作者Luke Cuddy，他談到瞭自己創作此書的靈感：

“我已經玩瞭一輩子的遊戲，無論我是在打《威浮球》，《英雄傳奇》還是《塞爾達》，我一直都是一個善於深入思考的人，所以遊戲帶給我的樂趣能比一般人更甚一層。遊戲創造的世界是一個與現實完全不一樣的世界，它們是係統透過化身與我們的互動。此外，所有玩傢都知道，一個好的遊戲可以是一個輝煌人類的創造結晶。”