42 - Forgotten City: Truth, Ethics, and Religion

About this episode

David and Andrew discuss the philosophical themes in the game The Forgotten City.

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/Er726BVgQ5M David and Andrew dig into The Forgotten City beyond the first-pass Golden Rule underworld: ethics, truth, and whether religious claims can be real when the game's "god" is only a superhuman power play. Spoilers for the full game. In this Mythic Mind Games conversation, they praise the Socratic form and time-loop intrigue while pressing where the philosophy goes soft: relativism, absolute morality, and what happens when the underworld's ruler is not the prime mover. Related: Forgotten City initial thoughts (Mythic Mind Games, ep. 25) https://youtu.be/GSfW2U4V7Q0.<... /> Join the Mythic Mind Fellowship: https://mythicmindfellowship.c... Listen to/watch the Mythic Mind podcasts: - Mythic Mind - Mythic Mind Games - Mythic Mind Movies #MythicMind #MythicMindGames #ForgottenCity #Ethics #Truth #Religion #GoldenRule #Philosophy #Underworld

People in this episode

Host: Andrew Snyder

Guest: David

Topics covered

• philosophy
• ethics
• truth
• religion
• video games

Keywords

• The Forgotten City
• philosophy
• ethics
• truth
• religion
• video games

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: YouTube, patreon.com/mythicmind

Books & works: The Forgotten City

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