The Ethics of Knowledge in Horizon Zero Dawn and Horizon Forbidden West | Essays about Games

I played Horizon Zero Dawn and #HorizonForbiddenWest, and now I'm making it everyone's problem 🐸 In this video, I examine the different perspectives and attitudes characters and groups have towards knowledge and information in the Horizon games series. Note: big, big spoiler warning for both main games and DLC! Due to this essay being written before the announcement and release of Burning Shores, it doesn't cover some of the info we get about the Quen in that add-on. Also, while I usually try to use gameplay capture showcasing exactly what I'm talking about at any time, I decided to make this essay into a video after I'd already completed HFW's main story, of which I recorded very little. I've done my best to add screenshots (of which I did have plenty) for clarity. Just be aware that some of the footage includes somewhat spoiler-y scenes from the Burning Shores DLC. If you'd like to check out the article that's the basis of this video, you can find the blog here: https://ko-fi.com/Post/The-Truth-Is-Forbidden-The-Ethics-of-Knowledge-in-E1E1K0ZZE You can support me by checking out some of these links. Thank you! Discord: https://discord.gg/Cn7YYBn4er Tip: https://ko-fi.com/grumble #horizonzerodawn #videoessay #videosaboutgames 00:00 - Opening 02:07 - Introduction pt 1 02:58 - Plot summary 09:21 - Introduction pt 2 12:39 - APOLLO 21:06 - Ted Faro 25:59 - Sylens 31:49 - Far Zenith 36:19 - The Quen 46:11 - Aloy 55:20 - Closing Citations: [1] The Left Hand of Darkness: https://books.google.de/books?id=MDveDQAAQBAJ [2] Fictions of Knowledg: https://books.google.de/books?id=KZmIDAAAQBAJ [3] Archive Abuse | Horizon Wiki | Fandom: https://horizon.fandom.com/wiki/Archive_Abuse [4] Grigori Fasbach's Journal | Horizon Wiki | Fandom: https://horizon.fandom.com/wiki/Grigori_Fasbach%27s_Journal [5] Nemesis | Horizon Wiki | Fandom: https://horizon.fandom.com/wiki/Nemesis Further Reading (PDF) Of Pregnant Kings and Manly Landladies: Negotiating Intersex in Ursula K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336892722_Of_Pregnant_Kings_and_Manly_Landladies_Negotiating_Intersex_in_Ursula_K_Le_Guin%27s_The_Left_Hand_of_Darkness Review: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin: https://francisbass.com/2018/03/30/review-the-left-hand-of-darkness-by-ursula-k-le-guin/ ‘The Left Hand of Darkness’ at Fifty: https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/03/12/the-left-hand-of-darkness-at-fifty/ Techno-Optimism vs. Pessimism vs. Nihilism — Dark Gray Matters: https://etiennefd.com/dgm/techno-optimism-vs-pessimism-vs-nihilism/ Nihilism and Technology: https://books.google.de/books?id=reTaDwAAQBAJ Nihilism and Technology (review): https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/nihilism-and-technology/ Treating your techno-nihilism — Part 1/2: https://medium.com/@davidgrosfeld/treating-your-techno-nihilism-part-1-2-cbd2f5711492 Treating your techno-nihilism — Part 2/2: https://medium.com/@davidgrosfeld/treating-your-techno-nihilism-part-2-2-efd15fe3ed21