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The process of facing, acknowledging, and accepting the parts of ourselves we don't like (our "Shadow Self") is called "individuation." Today, we'llโ€ฆ
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Bonus Analysis: Magicant is a visual metaphor for Ness' coming of age in EarthBound; that much is obvious. But this particular rabbit hole goes MUCHโ€ฆ
Video: A Psychological Analysis of MagicantWatch now (78 min) | A Jungian Deep Dive with Threshold Games' Mistress Astra Ebonwing
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Chat: A Different, Non-Cringe Vision for the "Metaverse"Good afternoon, my esteemed paid subscribers! This week, instead of yapping on and on and merely talking to you, I figured Iโ€™d try something difโ€ฆ
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An in-depth psychological and narrative analysis of the Shadow Archetype in video games. Every human has a violent, antisocial, and "dark" sideโ€”one weโ€ฆ
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Podcast: All Masked Up and Nowhere to Go, with Jared HansenListen Now [Early Access] | A conversation with author and video game scholar Jared Hansen on Majora's Mask, symbolism, and game academics.
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Join us as we dive into the inner mental worlds that Psychonauts and EarthBound's characters construct. But beware, for the mind holds secrets one mightโ€ฆ
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