Spec Ops: The Line - A Literary Analysis

A deep dive into one of the medium's most divisive and evocative games to date.

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Introduction - 00:00
Summary - 03:17
Some Asides - 21:54
Adaptation - 27:12
Shooter History - 44:45
Do You Feel Like A Hero Yet? - 50:46
Credits: 1:11:15

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Extracurricular Reading:
The Full Story of Spec Ops The Line: https://www.polygon.com/2012/11/14/35...
Spec Ops The Line... Five Years Later:    • Spec Ops The Line... 5 Years Later  
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare... Five Years Later:    • Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare... 12 ...  
How Call of Duty Lost Its Identity:    • How Call of Duty Lost Its Identity  
We Are Not Heroes (GDC talk by Walt Williams): https://archive.org/details/GDC2013Wi...
Journey Into the Heart of Darkness:    • Journey into the Heart of Darkness - ...  
Behind the AI and Storytelling of Spec Ops The Line:    • Behind the AI and Storytelling of Spe...  
How Spec Ops The Line Communicates Meaning Through Its Visuals:    • How Spec Ops: The Line Conveys Meanin...  
Max Derrat's series on Heart of Darkness:    • What is the Heart of Darkness?  

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Music:
Arcade Academy, by Pixel Head -
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Art:
Jimi Bonogofsky-Gronseth - http://www.jkbono.com/

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