Personal Philosophical Thought
Origional ideas that are related to philosophy
MMORPGs and Existentialism: What online gaming can teach you about Philosophy
Jan 10th
Whether your game is Final Fantasy XI (or XIV), World of Warcraft, Eve Online, or any one of a number of growing massive-multiplayer-online-role-playing-games, then you know how enjoyable these games can be. For those who don’t play these games, the idea of spending hours, upon days, upon months in front of a computer monitor or laptop screen presents itself as murky at best. Like it or not though, these games have made bank on their aptitude of capturing the human condition in their own respective worlds. Tapping into the core of the human condition, they provide the user with all More >
Duty to Survive
Feb 16th
I’ve often noticed the contempt people express for those who kill themselves, but have been struck by its restriction to the abstract. In other words, you hear people condemning “people who commit suicide”, but rarely do you hear them condemn a particular person for the act. Perhaps this is merely a reflection of social tact, but I am inclined to think otherwise. I am, in fact, more inclined to think there is something fundamental that people tend to leave out of their considerations of the matter, which becomes inseparable from this fundamental element when engaged in the particular. Thus, I More >
Death Note and Philosophy: Light Yagami and The Will To Power
Jan 24th
Death Note is an astounding anime overflowing with moral controversy and existential ambiance. It follows the story of an incredibly intelligent, disinterested young man known as Light Yagami, who I will talk about almost exclusively (at least on this post ). Light receives a power that gives him the ability to kill people using a notebook. The more he kills though, the more he begins to lose himself to his lustful appetite to become God.
Background Information (If you are familiar with the story you may skip this part)
As Light sits in class assessing his boring and exceptionally monotonous lifestyle he More >
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