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26 - Fallout 4: Sandbox Freedom vs RPG Meaning
We continue our Fallout series with a critical (although still appreciative) look at Fallout 4 to discuss its philosophy and gameplay.
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10 months, 1 week ago
25 - Forgotten City: Golden Rule, Time Loop, Underworld Justice
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https://youtu.be/GSfW2U4V7Q0
The Forgotten City stages philosophy as play: a Golden Rule so extreme that one sin golden-statues the w…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
24 - Fallout New Vegas: House, NCR, Legion, and Legitimacy
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Fallout: New Vegas stages four claims to rule the Mojave: Mr. House's technocratic Strip, the NCR's stret…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
23 - Fallout 1-3: Vaults, Mutants, and Civilization's Collapse
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https://youtu.be/vms-WX1euM8
Fallout 1 through 3 open the Mythic Mind Games Fallout series: Vault life, the Master and the mutant thre…
10 months, 4 weeks ago
22 - Morrowind Bloodmoon & Tribunal: Hircine's Hunt and the Fall of False Gods
Two Morrowind expansion stories. Bloodmoon takes the Nerevarine to Solstheim: East Empire Company chaos, Skaal faith in the All-Maker, and Hircine's …
11 months ago
21 - Final Fantasy VI and the Will to Meaning
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https://youtu.be/3d44YewC12w
Final Fantasy VI asks whether a will to meaning can stand against nihilism after the world is ruined. Kef…
11 months, 1 week ago
20 - Vivec’s Lessons: Morrowind’s Manifesto of Postmodern Heroism
As part of the Elder Scrolls and Philosophy study, I frame Morrowind’s 36 Lessons of Vivec as a manifesto of postmodern heroism.
We look at:
• Who Vive…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
19 - Morrowind Philosophy Chat: Vivec, Tribunal, Lorkhan's Heart
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https://youtu.be/XhwZUSxHhZ8
Morrowind's main quest puts an Outlander on the path of the Nerevarine: Azura's prophecy, the Sixth Hous…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
18 - The Story of Morrowind: Nerevarine, Fate, and the Hortator
Morrowind's main story runs from Lorkhan's Heart under Red Mountain to an Outlander who may be Nerevar reborn. Prophecy, Hortator legitimacy before t…
1 year ago
17 - Elder Scrolls Creation Myth: Anu, Padomay, and Lorkhan's Sacrifice
The Elder Scrolls creation myth begins with Anu and Padomay (order and chaos, form and void) and cascades through emanation, limitation, and the cost…
1 year ago