A comprehensive analysis / critique / thematic deepdive of NieR: Automata, one of the best games ever made. What is the meaning of life? And how should we then live, if existence has no innate higher purpose? It sounds unlikely, but this 2017 game about gothiclolita androids has a very compelling answer: Humanism.

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Sources:
Archipel's documentary of Yoko Taro:    • Yoko Taro, directing NieR: Automata  

Yoko Taro at GDC, "Making Weird Games for Weird People"    • Video  

What is humanism? https://americanhumanist.org/whatis...