EPISODE · Apr 21, 2021 · 1H 24M
2.20. Blackadder Special, "Blackadder's Christmas Carol"
from Starship Podcast Warlock · host Drew Simchik & Jeff Lampert
With our special guest Jeremy, we tackle the problem of evil...in video games, RPGs, onstage, and other fictional scenarios. In games, making the evil choice or playing the evil character is harmless to the real world, but can we bring ourselves to do it for "fun," and under what circumstances? This philosophical conundrum is paired up with the thematically related "Blackadder's Christmas Carol," in which yet another Edmund in the Blackadder family line is visited by...well, just one ghost, but with three or four visions...and his outlook on the world is decisively changed by what he sees in his past and future.
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With our special guest Jeremy, we tackle the problem of evil...in video games, RPGs, onstage, and other fictional scenarios. In games, making the evil choice or playing the evil character is harmless to the real world, but can we bring ourselves to do it for "fun," and under what circumstances? This philosophical conundrum is paired up with the thematically related "Blackadder's Christmas Carol," in which yet another Edmund in the Blackadder family line is visited by...well, just one ghost, but with three or four visions...and his outlook on the world is decisively changed by what he sees in his past and future.
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2.20. Blackadder Special, "Blackadder's Christmas Carol"
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