54 - Why We Grieve Characters Who Never Lived
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Video games do not merely distract from sorrow. Through time spent with characters, player agency, and participation in sub-creation, they can become a unique art form for facing grief, mortality, and what loss teaches the soul.
In this fellowship conversation, Dr. Andrew Snyder and guests ask why games are especially suited to sorrow: long attachment to characters, choices that feel like your own, and stories that turn grief toward wisdom rather than mere amusement. The panel moves through Ocarina…
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