Clive Thompson on Nostr: npub1275kh…4dgaf (As I recall, a lot of his argument is that games -- and scary ...
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(As I recall, a lot of his argument is that games -- and scary horror movies -- work along the lines of Aristotle's theory of catharsis: i.e. how art lets us experience terrifying and intense emotions in a safe way, or at least in a way that's walled off from everyday life; that has fewer/zero consequences)
(As I recall, a lot of his argument is that games -- and scary horror movies -- work along the lines of Aristotle's theory of catharsis: i.e. how art lets us experience terrifying and intense emotions in a safe way, or at least in a way that's walled off from everyday life; that has fewer/zero consequences)