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The Meaning of Play
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The Meaning of Play

Jacob Geller
17 Episodes
9h 59m Total Runtime
Documentary Genre
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A philosophical documentary essay series using games, films, and culture to examine fear, loneliness, violence, identity, and what it means to be human.
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Episode 1 · 50 min Fear of Dark Watch now Episode 2 · 34 min Games that Won't Leave the Dark Watch now Episode 3 · 42 min Analyzing Every Torture Scene in Call of Duty — All 46 of Them Watch now Episode 4 · 42 min "The Best Looking Game Ever" Watch now Episode 5 · 30 min What We Don't Talk About in "Spec Ops The Line" Watch now Episode 6 · 33 min Games That Hide Their Own Sequels Watch now Episode 7 · 35 min 11 of the Best Games From a Staggeringly Good Year of Games Watch now Episode 8 · 26 min Humans are Bags of Meat (in Games) Watch now Episode 9 · 28 min Indiana Jones and the Objective Existence of God Watch now Episode 10 · 28 min A Video About Digging A Hole Watch now Episode 11 · 27 min Clair Obscur is an Endless Canvas of Grief Watch now Episode 12 · 49 min Fantasies of Nuremberg Watch now Episode 13 · 30 min How Well Can You Really Know a Game? Watch now Episode 14 · 32 min 3 Games / 3 Hours / 3 Cursed Computers Watch now Episode 15 · 34 min Silksong and the Biblical Apocalypse Watch now Episode 16 · 32 min The Future is an Empty Room Watch now Episode 17 · 45 min Why Does Everyone Think "1984" Agrees With Them? Watch now