Philosophiraga: Episode Six – Interview with The Well-Red Mage

“One good conversation can shift the direction of change forever.”

– Linda Lambert

It’s another episode of Philosophiraga, the podcast all about gaming and philosophy! This one’s a special one because it’s my first time ever hosting an interview. My guest, fortunately, happens to be an extremely good conversation partner: Moses Norton, the Well-Red Mage himself.

In this episode, we discuss right and wrong using The Last of Us and Chrono Trigger as jumping-off points. Is Joel a moral terror? Are Magus’ actions justified? And which Batman was the best Batman and why was it definitely Adam West?

We also talk about how to have good conversations with pretty much anyone and why video games are so good at provoking discussion.

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Though he’s been known by many names across the vast and peculiar landscape of the Internet, every iteration of The Sometimes Vaguely Philosophical Mage has shared an urge to look far too closely at tiny details and extrapolate huge, important-seeming conclusions. He now hosts Philosophiraga, the video games and philosophy podcast, for The Well-Red Mage, and can be found rambling about it and his other creative endeavours on Twitter.

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