All Episodes
Mythic Mind Games — 54 episodes
52 - Video Games and the Psyche: Agency, Anxiety, and Upbuilding
51 - Facing Fate in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
50 - Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Trauma, and Untapped Depth
49 - Final Fantasy VII Remake: Reimagining, Sequel, and Fate
48 - Final Fantasy VII: Grief, Consolation, and Recovery
47 - Outer Wilds: Stories and Music at the End of the Universe
46 - Final Fantasy Tactics and Demonic Revolutionaries
45 - Why Video Games Repay Philosophical Attention
44 - Chrono Trigger: Time Travel, Lavos, and Childlike Wonder
43 - Red Dead Redemption: Honor, Vengeance & John Marston
42 - Forgotten City: Truth, Ethics, and Religion
41 - Expedition 33: Art, Grief, and Sub-Creation
40 - Skyrim DLC Chat: Dawnguard, Dragonborn, Vampires, Miraak
39 - The Story of Skyrim: Dawnguard & Dragonborn
38 - Skyrim Chat: Civil War, Dragonborn, Talos, Northern Mythos
37 - Oblivion's Shivering Isles: Mantling Sheogorath and Walking Like a God
36 - Skyrim and the Northern Mythos: Dragon, Doom, and Northern Courage
35 - The Story of Skyrim: Dragonborn, Civil War, and Destiny
34 - Oblivion's Sheogorath and Kierkegaard's Sickness unto Death
33 - The Story of Oblivion: Shivering Isles, Sheogorath, and the Greymarch
32 - Clair Obscur’s Score Needs Context, Not Just Theory
31 - Oblivion Chat: Martin Septim, Oblivion Crisis, Mehrunes Dagon
30 - Oblivion and the Knight of Faith
29 - The Story of Oblivion: Martin, Mehrunes Dagon, and the Amulet of Kings
28 - Bloodmoon & Tribunal Chat: Solstheim, Werewolves, Mournhold
A Look Back and a Look Ahead
27 - Fallout Prime Conversation: Lucy, Ghoul, Vault Conspiracy
26 - Fallout 4: Sandbox Freedom vs RPG Meaning
25 - Forgotten City: Golden Rule, Time Loop, Underworld Justice
24 - Fallout New Vegas: House, NCR, Legion, and Legitimacy
23 - Fallout 1-3: Vaults, Mutants, and Civilization's Collapse
22 - Morrowind Bloodmoon & Tribunal: Hircine's Hunt and the Fall of False Gods
21 - Final Fantasy VI and the Will to Meaning
20 - Vivec’s Lessons: Morrowind’s Manifesto of Postmodern Heroism
19 - Morrowind Philosophy Chat: Vivec, Tribunal, Lorkhan's Heart
18 - The Story of Morrowind: Nerevarine, Fate, and the Hortator
17 - Elder Scrolls Creation Myth: Anu, Padomay, and Lorkhan's Sacrifice
16 - Final Fantasy V: Job System, Friendship, and Fun
15 - Elder Scrolls Cosmogony Told: Anu, Padomay, and the Making of Mundus
14 - Final Fantasy IV and Cecil's Dark Knight Redemption
Bonus - The Elder Scrolls & Philosophy: Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim
13 - Final Fantasy I-III: Order, Chaos, and Early Storytelling
12 - Why Final Fantasy Endures: Wonder, Themes, and Philosophy
11 - Mass Effect 3: Shepard, Reapers, and the Controversial Ending
10 - Are Video Games a Waste of Time? Art and Upbuilding Value
9 - Mass Effect 2: Shepard’s Resurrection and the Question of the Soul
8 - Mass Effect 1: Shepard, the Geth, and Dangerous AI
7 - Legend of Zelda: Mythopoeia, Tolkien, and the Triforce
6 - Legend of Zelda: Triforce Virtues and the Cyclical Hero
5 - Red Dead Redemption 2: Honor, Loyalty & Arthur's Redemption (feat. Master Samwise & Jeremy Kee)
4 - Red Dead Redemption 2: Arthur Morgan, Ivan Ilyich & Memento Mori
3 - SWTOR: Jedi, Sith, and the Moral Nature of MMO Gameplay
2 - KOTOR II: Kreia, the Exile, and Killing the Force
1 - Video Games as Fairy-Stories: Tolkien and Subcreation