All Seasons

Season 1

• S01E01 What is Real? (Plato's Allegory of the Cave)

  • April 27, 2014
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  8-Bit Philosophy, where classic video games introduce famous thinkers, problems, and concepts with quotes, teachings, and more. Watch as Plato’s Allegory of the Cave (presented in The Republic around 380BC) is introduced through The Legend of Zelda.

• S01E02 Does SCIENCE = TRUTH? (Nietzsche + Mega Man)

  • May 4, 2014
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• S01E03 Do Humans Operate Like Computers? (Kant)

  • May 11, 2014
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• S01E04 Can We Be Certain of Anything? (Descartes)

  • May 25, 2014
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• S01E05 Do We Enjoy Being Free? (Final Fantasy + Sartre)

  • June 8, 2014
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• S01E06 Is Change An Illusion?

  • June 22, 2014
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• S01E07 Does Rational Thinking Give Life Meaning? (Kierkegaard)

  • July 6, 2014
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• S01E08 Will History End?

  • July 20, 2014
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• S01E09 What is Marxism? (Karl Marx + Super Mario Bros.)

  • August 3, 2014
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• S01E10 Are You Authentic? (Heidegger + River City Ransom)

  • August 17, 2014
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• S01E11 Why Shouldn't We Commit Suicide? (Camus + Donkey Kong)

  • August 31, 2014
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• S01E12 Time is a Flat Circle? (Nietzsche + Mega Man)

  • September 14, 2014
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• S01E13 What is Woman? (de Beauvoir + Metroid)

  • September 28, 2014
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• S01E14 What If You Could Get Away With Anything? (Plato + Zelda)

  • October 15, 2014
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• S01E15 Are Your Actions Good? (Kant vs. Mill)

  • October 26, 2014
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• S01E16 Is A Cat A Cat? (Derrida + Double Dragon)

  • November 9, 2014
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• S01E17 Who Was Machiavelli? (The Prince)

  • November 23, 2014
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• S01E18 Who Was Socrates?

  • December 7, 2014
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• S01E19 Do We Need Government? (The Social Contract)

  • December 21, 2014
  • YouTube

Season 2

• S02E01 What Is Evil?

  • January 11, 2015
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• S02E02 Does Privilege Matter?

  • January 25, 2015
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• S02E03 Is Capitalism Bad For You?

  • February 8, 2015
  • YouTube

• S02E04 Why Do Haters Hate?

  • February 22, 2015
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• S02E05 Does Christianity Make Us Weak? (Nietzsche)

  • March 8, 2015
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• S02E06 Is The American Dream B.S.?

  • March 22, 2015
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• S02E07 Is God Useful?

  • April 5, 2015
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• S02E08 Can We Trust the Media? (Baudrillard)

  • April 19, 2015
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• S02E09 Do We Crave Fascism? (Freud & Psychoanalysis)

  • May 3, 2015
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• S02E10 Do Animals Deserve Rights? (Pokémon + Speciesism)

  • May 17, 2015
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• S02E11 Is Technology Killing Creativity? (Star Wars + Heidegger)

  • May 31, 2015
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• S02E12 Are Drugs Good For You? (Kirby + Aldous Huxley)

  • June 13, 2015
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• S02E13 Is Gender Real?

  • June 27, 2015
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• S02E14 Is Boredom Worse Than Death? (Kierkegaard)

  • July 28, 2015
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• S02E15 Why Do We Take Selfies?

  • August 11, 2015
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• S02E16 Is Batman Just?

  • August 22, 2015
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• S02E17 Does Money Own You?

  • September 5, 2015
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• S02E18 Is Kanye West Even Human?

  • October 13, 2015
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• S02E19 Why Do We Binge During the Holidays?

  • November 18, 2015
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Season 3

• S03E01 Is Trump the END of Politics?

  • February 20, 2016
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• S03E02 Will Candy Crush Set You Free?

  • April 2, 2016
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• S03E03 Is Tinder KILLING Love?

  • May 28, 2016
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• S03E04 Is Trump REALLY a Fascist?

  • June 25, 2016
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• S03E05 Will Drugs Make You Super-Human? (Adderall, Ritalin & More)

  • July 26, 2016
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• S03E06 Does Political Correctness WORK?

  • August 31, 2016
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• S03E07 Is It WRONG If You Don't Vote (Trump vs. Hillary)

  • October 25, 2016
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• S03E08 Why Do We ❤️ SERIAL KILLERS!?

  • November 29, 2016
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• S03E09 Why Are We So Nostalgic?

  • December 20, 2016
  • YouTube

Season 4

• S04E01 Are We Living in a Simulation?

  • January 31, 2017
  • YouTube