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Vernacademia S02 - 13 - Engendering Emotional Engagement

By Vernacular Games
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In this cast we talk about the idea of creating emotional investment in game concepts and how to do so well and poorly. 00:04 Introduction 00:17 Spoilers 00:33 Through the Lens of Loss 00:53 Emotion and Thematic Dissonance 01:27 Prince Rurik and Dissonant Emotional Investment 02:58 Star Fox and Dissonant Emotional Investment 04:23 Escort Quests and Mechanical Dissonance 05:00 Dad of Boy and Good Escort Quests 06:26 Producing Congruent Emotional Response 06:44 Pre-Searing Ascalon's Congruent Emotional Response 07:55 Final Fantasy 7 and Effective Loss 09:14 Tales of Symphonia, Kratos and Zelos 10:23 Tales of Symphonia, First and Second Act Characters 11:15 Fire Emblem Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn 12:13 Recap and Investment Cash In 13:00 Narvisaud Build Up to Mechanical Cash In 14:06 Give the player a Functional Reason to care 14:35 But Don't forget the Narvisaud Identity 14:56 Wrap Up and Sign Off

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Released 4/4/25, 15m 16s