Why Bastion Lies to You
8,746Supergiant's first game, Bastion, deceives the player, but does so carefully and brilliantly. What does it say about our relationships to power, to each other, and to the world that surrounds us?
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Why Bastion Lies to You
Reconstructed # 10
Sources:
https://skyehoppers.wordpress.com/2023/09/13/bibliography-for-why-bastion-lies-to-you/
Voicelines by Neil from @TheLeftistCooks and @VZed , both of whom make excellent videos you should check out!
All music from the OSTs of Bastion and The Stanley Parable
Other cool video essays on Bastion:
Story Beats: Bastion by @InnuendoStudios https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyhrKPLDCyY
What Makes Bastion's Narrative Stand Out? by @Ludiscere https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxC9AjzBjwo
Bastion - A Literary Analysis by @GameProf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc13tjO8oZc
00:00 - Intro
02:20 - Part 1: Proper Story
14:18 - Part 2: Pipe Dreams
31:40 - Part 3: Ol' Unreliable
45:40 - Part 4: The Good Ending
55:15 - Part 5: The Listening
59:07 - Outro
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