Supergiant'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

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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 (feel free to ask if you'd like to know a particular song)

Other cool video essays on Bastion:
Story Beats: Bastion by ‪@InnuendoStudios‬    • Story Beats: Bastion  
What Makes Bastion's Narrative Stand Out? by ‪@Ludiscere‬    • What Makes Bastion's Narrative Stand ...  
Bastion A Literary Analysis by ‪@GameProf‬    • Bastion  A Literary Analysis  

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

Bastion Video Essay
Bastion Analysis
Bastion Retrospective

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