DPCameron wrote:Philosophic principles are common in almost every game, just to varying degrees. In this respect, they are similar to films.
Mario has them, Kirby has them.
funk_Farmer wrote:A person could derive philosophy from lots of games. But yea, Mario and Kirby I can't think of anything.
funk_Farmer wrote:I guess the first Harvest Moon had some references to Shinto practices but overall I think it's about transcendentalism. The belief in the importance of the individual, cultivating yourself with nature, using it to understand the deeper workings of the world, and then contributing yourself to the community. Inheriting a run down farm and raising it into a self-sufficient piece of land. Believing in the goodness of people, meeting that special girl. Talking to and brushing cows, deep stuff like that. Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo comes to mind. Invigorating yourself by invigorating nature.
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