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All Episodes

Mythic Mind Games — 54 episodes

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52 - Video Games and the Psyche: Agency, Anxiety, and Upbuilding

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51 - Facing Fate in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

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50 - Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Trauma, and Untapped Depth

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49 - Final Fantasy VII Remake: Reimagining, Sequel, and Fate

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48 - Final Fantasy VII: Grief, Consolation, and Recovery

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47 - Outer Wilds: Stories and Music at the End of the Universe

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46 - Final Fantasy Tactics and Demonic Revolutionaries

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45 - Why Video Games Repay Philosophical Attention

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44 - Chrono Trigger: Time Travel, Lavos, and Childlike Wonder

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43 - Red Dead Redemption: Honor, Vengeance & John Marston

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42 - Forgotten City: Truth, Ethics, and Religion

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41 - Expedition 33: Art, Grief, and Sub-Creation

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40 - Skyrim DLC Chat: Dawnguard, Dragonborn, Vampires, Miraak

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39 - The Story of Skyrim: Dawnguard & Dragonborn

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38 - Skyrim Chat: Civil War, Dragonborn, Talos, Northern Mythos

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37 - Oblivion's Shivering Isles: Mantling Sheogorath and Walking Like a God

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36 - Skyrim and the Northern Mythos: Dragon, Doom, and Northern Courage

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35 - The Story of Skyrim: Dragonborn, Civil War, and Destiny

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34 - Oblivion's Sheogorath and Kierkegaard's Sickness unto Death

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33 - The Story of Oblivion: Shivering Isles, Sheogorath, and the Greymarch

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32 - Clair Obscur’s Score Needs Context, Not Just Theory

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31 - Oblivion Chat: Martin Septim, Oblivion Crisis, Mehrunes Dagon

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30 - Oblivion and the Knight of Faith

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29 - The Story of Oblivion: Martin, Mehrunes Dagon, and the Amulet of Kings

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28 - Bloodmoon & Tribunal Chat: Solstheim, Werewolves, Mournhold

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A Look Back and a Look Ahead

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27 - Fallout Prime Conversation: Lucy, Ghoul, Vault Conspiracy

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26 - Fallout 4: Sandbox Freedom vs RPG Meaning

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25 - Forgotten City: Golden Rule, Time Loop, Underworld Justice

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24 - Fallout New Vegas: House, NCR, Legion, and Legitimacy

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23 - Fallout 1-3: Vaults, Mutants, and Civilization's Collapse

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22 - Morrowind Bloodmoon & Tribunal: Hircine's Hunt and the Fall of False Gods

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21 - Final Fantasy VI and the Will to Meaning

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20 - Vivec’s Lessons: Morrowind’s Manifesto of Postmodern Heroism

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19 - Morrowind Philosophy Chat: Vivec, Tribunal, Lorkhan's Heart

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18 - The Story of Morrowind: Nerevarine, Fate, and the Hortator

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17 - Elder Scrolls Creation Myth: Anu, Padomay, and Lorkhan's Sacrifice

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16 - Final Fantasy V: Job System, Friendship, and Fun

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15 - Elder Scrolls Cosmogony Told: Anu, Padomay, and the Making of Mundus

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14 - Final Fantasy IV and Cecil's Dark Knight Redemption

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Bonus - The Elder Scrolls & Philosophy: Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim

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13 - Final Fantasy I-III: Order, Chaos, and Early Storytelling

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12 - Why Final Fantasy Endures: Wonder, Themes, and Philosophy

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11 - Mass Effect 3: Shepard, Reapers, and the Controversial Ending

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10 - Are Video Games a Waste of Time? Art and Upbuilding Value

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9 - Mass Effect 2: Shepard’s Resurrection and the Question of the Soul

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8 - Mass Effect 1: Shepard, the Geth, and Dangerous AI

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7 - Legend of Zelda: Mythopoeia, Tolkien, and the Triforce

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6 - Legend of Zelda: Triforce Virtues and the Cyclical Hero

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5 - Red Dead Redemption 2: Honor, Loyalty & Arthur's Redemption (feat. Master Samwise & Jeremy Kee)

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4 - Red Dead Redemption 2: Arthur Morgan, Ivan Ilyich & Memento Mori

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3 - SWTOR: Jedi, Sith, and the Moral Nature of MMO Gameplay

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2 - KOTOR II: Kreia, the Exile, and Killing the Force

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1 - Video Games as Fairy-Stories: Tolkien and Subcreation