Continuing against the backdrop of a dystopian world where human beings have become extinct, this piece sheds further light on the way a video game explores the pillars of existential philosophy and brings them to their conclusion in a real world scenario, all in order to interrogate the very essence of human conscience and being.
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“What makes us human or creates a conscience?” “What is the meaning of life?” Can medium like video games compel us on a quest to find answers to these big philosophical questions? This piece penned by Yasharth Tandon describes how a video game explores these existentially nauseating questions in a way that could be best narrated only against the backdrop of a fictional gaming world.
