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16 - Final Fantasy V: Job System, Friendship, and Fun
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https://youtu.be/p8r9agrl9k4
Final Fantasy V is the series' playful job-system peak and a transition nexus in the early crystal era. W…
1 year ago
15 - Elder Scrolls Cosmogony Told: Anu, Padomay, and the Making of Mundus
Based on in-game texts, this is my presentation of the Elder Scrolls creation myth: Anu and Padomay, emanation, Lorkhan, and the making of Mundus.
For…
1 year ago
14 - Final Fantasy IV and Cecil's Dark Knight Redemption
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https://youtu.be/GWG5SSAieWY
Final Fantasy IV is the series' storytelling leap: the first entry with a fully meaningful character-driv…
1 year ago
Bonus - The Elder Scrolls & Philosophy: Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim
This is the introductory video for my course on The Elder Scrolls and Philosophy, which begins the week of 10/19.
To enroll, take the course with a My…
1 year, 1 month ago
13 - Final Fantasy I-III: Order, Chaos, and Early Storytelling
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https://youtu.be/jdX_JULD2aQ
Final Fantasy I, II, and III are the franchise's early laboratory: light on character drama by later stan…
1 year, 1 month ago
12 - Why Final Fantasy Endures: Wonder, Themes, and Philosophy
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https://youtu.be/mXSP_TWbMdA
Final Fantasy has nearly four decades of staying power because its JRPG stories keep doing something real…
1 year, 1 month ago
Chat Invitation!
Join us for our first Final Fantasy chat on 9/2 at 9:00PM EST. Paid and free patrons are welcome to participate in this one!
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1 year, 1 month ago
11 - Mass Effect 3: Shepard, Reapers, and the Controversial Ending
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https://youtu.be/mFuOGnRpbX4
Mass Effect 3 closes the trilogy under Reaper invasion: genophage and Quarian-Geth reckonings, war readin…
1 year, 2 months ago
10 - Are Video Games a Waste of Time? Art and Upbuilding Value
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https://youtu.be/C7g7z-PmVwU
Are video games just a waste of time, or can they carry real artistic and upbuilding value? Dr. Andrew S…
1 year, 2 months ago
9 - Mass Effect 2: Shepard’s Resurrection and the Question of the Soul
Join Andrew Snyder, David Rutledge, Kit Callis, Ian Miller, and guests Megan Maldonado and Michael Kane for Mythic Mind Games ep. 9 on Mass Effect 2.…
1 year, 3 months ago