Scarlet Nexus

With a Terrible Fate

What happens when the cosmic proportions of a Bandai Namco JRPG collide with the intimate, personal storytelling of deep character study? Join us this week as Aaron begins an analysis of Scarlet Nexus, the "brain punk" video game that's equal parts psychology of the self and psychology of the Other.

In side quests, Stefan continues his Yakuza: Like a Dragon diary, Dan reflects on what the Japanese language illuminates about The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and Aaron considers the dynamics of gaming in the company of "uninvited onlookers."

(Correction: three characters not mentioned in the conversation can use a Brain Field, but one is unable to maintain his sanity thereafter and the other two can only use one when working in tandem with one another, so the point about the set of characters to which Brain Fields are available stands.)

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• Side Quests
  • 00:03:39 Uninvited Onlookers
    • "Why Games Matter, and What Jane Austen Has To Do with It" (Aaron Suduiko)
  • 00:13:50 Ocarina of Time – Japanese Original vs. English Translation
  • 00:21:50 Yakuza: Like a Dragon Diary
• Main Story
  • 00:26:39 Scarlet Nexus
    • "The Tragic Irony of Final Fantasy XIII-2" (Aaron Suduiko)
    • "Understanding Xemnas in Kingdom Hearts II" (Dan Hughes)
    • "The Horror of Code Vein is You" (Aaron Suduiko)

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