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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 I’d try something dif…
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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" side—one we…
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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 might…
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Byte-Sized: SILT Trailer AnalysisWatch now (14 min) | Undersea eldritch goodness from today's Indie World Showcase, to hold you over until Silksong eventually materializes.
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What does your favorite mask from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask say about you?
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Musings on three additional themes from Majora's Mask, for the game theorist in all of us.
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The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, According to Jungian Psychology [A Symbolic and Psychological Analysis]
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How Battlefield 1 Unflinchingly Portrays one of History’s Most Brutal Conflicts [A Historical and Game Design Analysis]
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Video Games, the Human Mind, and Two Great Books on Both!
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Bonus Audio: Pirate Archetypes with Dr. Anthony BeanListen now | A conversation with Geek Therapeutics' Anthony M. Bean, Ph.D., on the psychology behind our collective fascination with pirates.
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Bonus Content: A Conceptual and Societal Analysis of MOTHER 3's Masterful Deconstruction of "Utopia"
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