In the ultimate sense, it is impossible to avoid all prewritten scripts. What does this mean for our agency? Does generative AI promote or inhibit freedom? Listen to the latest from the Mythic Mind Games podcast or join us below for our discussion of The Stanley Parable.

I recently posted a short Skyrim video that crossed 1 million views, and people didn’t just watch, they felt something. Video games can be powerful art. In this episode we make the case for their power as places we practice grief. Listen to Mythic Mind Games ep. 54 or watch ⬇️

Skyrim really does have unmatched aura.

I still do not play a lot of video games these days, but I am convinced that they can be treated as a serious medium of art alongside literature and film while contributing unique dimensions of storytelling. I advance this argument in the season opener of Mythic Mind games. 👇

“Every time you make a choice you are turning the central part of you, the part of you that chooses, into something a little different than it was before" (C.S. Lewis). In September, we kick off the @Mythic_Mind season of "Exploring the Psyche." Here is a teaser from ep. 1:

It is not a trite or shameful thing to become attached to fictional characters. Whether we’re talking about a book or a story-rich video game, a good character is a fragment of reality, clarified and brought to a point. They speak to our loves, our longings, our fears, and our connections to the world. Good characters make our own character stronger.