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Season 1 Ep 3: Faith in Games
The MindGames Podcast
English - September 02, 2018 11:25 - 1 hour - 114 MBLeisure boardgames games gaming mindgames mindgamespodcast themindgamespodcast tradgaming videogames Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode, we haphazardly grasp our way towards one of the biggest, defining questions of humanity. Today we are hunting for a God between the pixels, with a wide-ranging and slightly shambolic discussion about faith in games.
Today's references (in order of appearance):
Halo (Bungie)
God of War (Santa Monica Studio)
Dante's Inferno (Visceral Games)
Religion in Games (Extra Credits): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBVb2WECSLw
Binding of Isaac (Edmund McMillen & Floriam Himsl)
Far Cry 5 (Ubisoft Montreal & Ubisoft Toronto)
The Birth of Venus (Sandro Botticelli) https://tinyurl.com/nj27wd5
Ominous Horizons: A Paladin's Calling (N'Lightning Software)
Settlers of Canaan (Klaus Teuber)
Crusader Kings II (Paradox Interactive)
Europa Universalis IV (Paradox Interactive)
Civilization IV (Soren Johnson & Firaxis Games)
Civilization V (Firaxis Games)
Dungeons & Dragons (Wizards of the Coast)
Religion in Games - Less a Leap of Faith, More a Suspension of Belief: https://kotaku.com/5509058/religion-in-games-less-a-leap-of-faith-more-a-suspension-of-belief
The Last of Us (Naughty Dog)
Warhammer 40K (Games Workshop)
Psychonauts (Double Fine Productions)
Horizon: Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games)
Song to the Sun - Evening (Jonathan Williams): https://open.spotify.com/track/494SVBiToevMdY5lF5qO7S
Snakes & Ladders
Special thanks to our first ever super special guest, Rachel, for adding much-needed knowledge and experience in the ways of faith.
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