Mythic Mind Games

The Mythic Mind Fellowship is discussing some of our favorite games from a Christian humanities perspective.

Episodes

11 - Mass Effect 3

August 22, 2025 • 107 mins

Join Andrew Snyder, David Rutledge, Kit Callis, Ian Miller, and special guests Megan Maldonado and Michael Kane for our discussion of Mass Effect 3!

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10 - The Value of Video Games

August 8, 2025 • 91 mins

Today I am joined by Master Samwise and Josh Traylor to discuss the potential value of video games, as well as some of our favorite titles.

Note: I said that this conversation was originally part of Mythic Mind episode 80, but it was actually 78.

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9 - Mass Effect 2

July 25, 2025 • 96 mins

Join Andrew Snyder, David Rutledge, Kit Callis, Ian Miller, and special guests Megan Maldonado and Michael Kane for our discussion of Mass Effect 2!

Note: After this episode, we are going back to an episode every other week for the time being.

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8 - Mass Effect 1

July 18, 2025 • 92 mins

Join an all-star cast of Andrew Snyder, David Rutledge, Kit Callis, Ian Miller, and special guests Megan Maldonado and Michael Kane for the first episode in our three-part Mass Effect series!

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7 - Mythopoeic Narrative in The Legend of Zelda (feat. Anthony Cirilla)

July 11, 2025 • 67 mins

I am joined by Joshua Traylor to speak with Anthony Cirilla, a medievalist and co-editor of Mythopoeic Narrative in The Legend of Zelda

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6 - The Legend of Zelda

July 5, 2025 • 80 mins

I am joined by Josh Traylor and David Rutledge for a general discussion of the philosophy and mythology of The Legend of Zelda.

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5 - Red Dead Redemption 2 (feat. Master Samwise & Jeremy Kee)

June 27, 2025 • 82 mins

I am joined by Master Samwise and Jeremy Kee to discuss the world, story, and philosophy found in the incredible 2018 game, Red Dead Redemption 2.

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4 - Arthur Morgan and Ivan Ilyich

June 13, 2025 • 36 mins

In this episode, I discuss the memento mori wisdom of Red Dead Redemption 2's Arthur Morgan and Tolstoy's Ivan Ilyich.

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3 - Star Wars The Old Republic

June 6, 2025 • 48 mins

We conclude our Old Republic mini-series with SWTOR (the mmo) for a broad-level discussion of themes, stories, and the moral nature of gameplay.

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2 - Knights of the Old Republic 2

May 26, 2025 • 74 mins

We continue our KOTOR mini-series with Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords. You can find our conversation on the first KOTOR in episode 93 of the main Mythic Mind podcast

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1 - Video Games and Fairy-Stories

May 25, 2025 • 19 mins

Welcome to the Mythic Mind Games podcast! In this introductory episode, I discuss how video games might play a positive role in the pursuit of wisdom. In particular, I discuss their position as sub-creation with reference to J.R.R. Tolkien's essay, "On Fairy-Stories."

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