Disco Elysium | The Ideological Dissection

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We're here again with another video delving into the narrative-rich game - Disco Elysium. While in my last video, I explored the narrative techniques employed to tell the story of Harry du Bois and his journey to rediscover his identity. This time - we're talking about ideology.

For those who've played, Disco Elysium contains four political ideologies: fascism, ultraliberalism, moralism and communism. What does the game have to say about contemporary ideologies? Are they coping mechanisms? Are there new meanings to the existence of each ideology? Let's find out.

If you're wondering why I haven't made a video in a while, here's the reason. The place I live in Melbourne for most of 2021 was in-and-out of lockdown. When this happens, my priorities turn to looking after my family - which means less time to research, write and create videos. I don't do YouTube as a job and have no intention to become a big-and-famous content creator so I'm not at all concerned if I fall out of the algorithm.

I do this stuff cos I love talking about games like Disco Elysium. If you wanna chat with me more about games like Disco Elysium, feel free to ask for an invite to my Discord.

Thanks to all the brilliant people who've watched my Disco Elysium video - or have been with me since the beginning.

Thanks to Bruno Nascimento for the awesome art used in the thumbnail and the wall title card.

Special thanks for Billy Tynan's work with the music.

Resources:

Humankind, Rutger Bregman, 2020.

Materialism, Terry Eagleton, 2017.

Why Marx Was Right, Terry Eagleton, 2018.

Narcissism and entrepreneurship: Evidence from six datasets, Leung et al., https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...