40 - Skyrim DLC Chat: Dawnguard, Dragonborn, Vampires, Miraak

About this episode

The episode discusses the DLCs Dawnguard and Dragonborn for Skyrim, exploring various philosophical themes and plot elements.

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/BRyGEMc2I58 Skyrim's Dawnguard pits rebuilt vampire hunters against Harkon's Volkihar clan and the Tyranny of the Sun, while Dragonborn sends you to Solstheim against Miraak: All-Maker thralls, Apocrypha's Black Books, and Hermaeus Mora's bargain. Across both DLCs the chat turns to vampires, Boethius, and Faustian bargains: what power costs when immortality, knowledge, or domination is the price. In this Elder Scrolls & Philosophy live conversation (~104 min), Dr. Andrew Snyder and the Mythic Mind Games community dig into Skyrim's expansions together: Dawnguard and Dragonborn plots, vampire ethics, Miraak's false prophecy, and where the Games podcast goes next after this final (for now) Elder Scrolls unit. Related: Skyrim Chat: Civil War, Dragonborn, Talos, Northern Mythos (ep. 38) https://youtu.be/JKbtu8VYciE ; The Story of Skyrim: Dawnguard, Vampires, and Tyranny of the Sun (ep. 39) https://youtu.be/k-FEFvAcT44 ; The Story of Skyrim: Dragonborn, Miraak, and Solstheim (ep. 39 twin) https://youtu.be/3wKIrE8yjLU ; Skyrim and the Northern Mythos: Dragon, Doom, and Northern Courage (ep. 36) https://youtu.be/C907wJJN8l8 ; The Story of Skyrim…

People in this episode

Host: Andrew Snyder

Topics covered

• Skyrim
• Dawnguard
• Dragonborn
• philosophy
• vampires
• Faustian bargains

Keywords

• Skyrim
• Dawnguard
• Dragonborn
• philosophy
• vampires
• Boethius
• Faustian bargains

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Skyrim, Dawnguard, Dragonborn

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