The Beauty of Magical Realist Games
Magical Realist fiction is a genre most associated with novels, but it's permeated the world so deeply at this point that games can't help but take influence, even unknowingly. I think we can find a unique perspective on the genre, one that shows a lot of beauty, by examining the way it manifests in video games. MY PATREON: If you feel like buying me a beer, you can use this link / ephemeraessays SPECIAL THANKS TO IAN LANDUYT: For letting me use his fantastic Sweden/Pink Floyd cover Youtube: • "Sweden" from Minecraft but it's actually ... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2J4tIr... ENDING THEME: Bioshock Infinite - Will The Circle Be Unbroken ALL MUSIC (Chronologically): The Long Dark - It's Getting Dark BioShock Infinite - Will The Circle Be Unbroken (Choir) BioShock Infinite - Welcome to Columbia Kentucky Route Zero - The Clearing Minecraft - Sweden Ian Landuyt - Sweden But It's Pink Floyd Jazzpunk - Main Menu Far Cry 3 - I'm Sorry Far Cry 5 - Now That This World Is Ending Dear Esther - Remember (Jakobson) Kentucky Route Zero - Dark Rum Noir Road 96 - Raindrops On A Car Window Kentucky Route Zero - Too Late To Love You Far Cry 5 - We Will Rise Again (Choir Version) BioShock Infinite - Baptism The Long Dark - It's Getting Dark Gloomwood - Phonogram Music BioShock - La Mer Dear Esther - Golden Ratio Red Dead Redemption 2 - Mountain Hymn Road 96 - Raindrops on a Car Window BioShock - Lighter Than Air ALL MEDIA (Chronologically): Kentucky Route Zero One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez) Midjourney One Hundred Years of Solitude (Netflix Trailer) Red Dead Redemption 2 Disco Elysium One Hundred Years of Solitude (Ted-Ed Lecture) Control Peter Pan (1953) The Art of Piotr Jabłoński (Dishonored's Void) BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea Babel (Cildo Meireles) It's Winter CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Remedios the Beauty 00:44 - One Hundred Years of Solitude 01:37 - Magical Realism 02:44 - Control 03:31 - The Soviet Floppy Disc 04:35 - Oceanview Motel & Casino 06:04 - Kentucky Route Zero 07:15 - Too Late To Love You 08:40 - The Zero 10:47 - Disco Elysium 11:40 - The Paledriver 13:28 - Conclusion 14:28 - An Anecdote 16:05 - 5 Dogwood Drive 17:09 - The End #KentuckyRouteZero #DiscoElysium #Control #OneHundredYearsOfSolitude #MagicalRealism #MagicRealism
