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45 - Why Video Games Repay Philosophical Attention
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https://youtu.be/LaDAEZcs1AU
Outer Wilds had to wait. Nearly a year into Mythic Mind Games, Dr. Andrew Snyder instead looks back: why …
6 months ago
44 - Chrono Trigger: Time Travel, Lavos, and Childlike Wonder
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https://youtu.be/FZ0OQjWFkb4
Chrono Trigger is the SNES all-star package: Toriyama's designs, Mitsuda's melodies, and a time-travel s…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
43 - Red Dead Redemption: Honor, Vengeance & John Marston
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https://youtu.be/cqrr3_p1hmw
Red Dead Redemption (the original) is a focused modernist tragedy: John Marston's shorter path toward an …
6 months, 4 weeks ago
42 - Forgotten City: Truth, Ethics, and Religion
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https://youtu.be/Er726BVgQ5M
David and Andrew dig into The Forgotten City beyond the first-pass Golden Rule underworld: ethics, truth,…
7 months, 1 week ago
41 - Expedition 33: Art, Grief, and Sub-Creation
As we discuss Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, we touch on various topics, including:
- What is the artistic value of video games?
- What is the artisti…
7 months, 4 weeks ago
40 - Skyrim DLC Chat: Dawnguard, Dragonborn, Vampires, Miraak
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https://youtu.be/BRyGEMc2I58
Skyrim's Dawnguard pits rebuilt vampire hunters against Harkon's Volkihar clan and the Tyranny of the Sun…
8 months ago
39 - The Story of Skyrim: Dawnguard & Dragonborn
Two Skyrim expansion story overviews in one episode.
Watch Dawnguard: https://youtu.be/k-FEFvAcT44
Watch Dragonborn: https://youtu.be/3wKIrE8yjLU
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8 months ago
38 - Skyrim Chat: Civil War, Dragonborn, Talos, Northern Mythos
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https://youtu.be/JKbtu8VYciE
Skyrim's base game puts a prisoner on the path of the Dragonborn amid Imperial-Stormcloak civil war: Talo…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
37 - Oblivion's Shivering Isles: Mantling Sheogorath and Walking Like a God
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https://youtu.be/fns-nZoOs0A
In Oblivion's Shivering Isles, mantling Sheogorath means walking like the Mad God until you become him. T…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
36 - Skyrim and the Northern Mythos: Dragon, Doom, and Northern Courage
In this presentation, originally made for my Elder Scrolls & Philosophy study, I discuss some of the northern mythological inspirations for Skyrim.
Wa…
8 months, 3 weeks ago