A comprehensive analysis / critique / thematic deep-dive of NieR: Automata, one of the best games ever made. What is the meaning of life? And how should we then live, if existence has no innate higher purpose? It sounds unlikely, but this 2017 game about gothic-lolita androids has a very compelling answer: Humanism.
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Sources:
Archipel's documentary of Yoko Taro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3wScHE28K8
Yoko Taro at GDC, "Making Weird Games for Weird People" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO_d3fwTNPo
What is humanism? https://americanhumanist.org/what-is-humanism/definition-of-humanism/