We also learned that after a series of tumultuous, passive-aggressive relationships with various women and an assortment of medical and psychological woes, Nathan had finally come to replicate Lonoff's reclusive existence.
Each of these shortcomings is different, but they amount to the same problem: These tools have come to replicate the biases and generic quality of the one-size-fits-all travel guides they were meant to replace.
It uses a new class of advanced solar cells which are the closest we have come to replicating photosynthesis.
Sliding into the slipstream of "The Clock" is the closest I've come to replicating those uncanny moments, in Haruki Murakami's novels, when characters cross over into a parallel universe: "the other side".
It's arguably the closest we've come to replicating the experience of physically being in another place, with other people… when you're actually sitting at home in front of your computer.
"Fashion is probably the most difficult market when it comes to replicating the offline experience," wrote Patricio Robles of the digital marketing Web site econsultancy.com in a blog.
On the evidence of these optional tombs, which are the closest the game comes to replicating the style and satisfaction of historical Tomb Raider, it's clear that developer Crystal Dynamics is a home to masterly designers who would, surely, be able to deliver many games'-worth of memorable and delightful puzzles.
But when it comes to replicating the look and feel of a magazine or book, most digital efforts fall flat.
And there are additional challenges when it comes to replicating fingertips, especially when it comes to mimicking their ability to sense even miniscule changes in texture, says Hyunhyub Ko, a chemical engineer at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea.
