Kat asks why games don't make death more meaningful, and looks at two games that do.

No story spoilers, some mid-game footage used from Pathologic 2
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Correction: Existential psychology wasn't founded by Viktor Frankl (he just contributed his version which has been hugely influential for the last 70-80 years). Swiss psychiatrist Ludwig Binswanger is probably the founder of the field of existential psychology. Thanks to commenter Kasper Fabricius Laursen for the correction.

All game footage recorded by me, except for:
The Binding of Isaac – provided by Collin Hill
Resident Evil – provided by Game Show Matty
SOMA – provided by BuddingBasil

Thank you to Pim “Pims Crypt” and Sid “Leonardo Da Sidci” for lending their voices to this video. Give their channels a visit!

Music used in this video:
You Aren’t Welcome Here - Vasiliy Kashnikov (Pathologic 2 OST)
Into the Unknown - Simon Chylinski (Subnautica OST)
God Rays - Simon Chylinski (Subnautica OST)
Darkness Falls - Cris Velasco/Sascha Dikiciyan (The Long Dark OST)
Rust and Blood – Vasiliy Kashnikov (Pathologic 2 OST)
Twyrin – Vasiliy Kashnikov (Pathologic 2 OST)
You and Everybody That You Love Will One Day Die – Slime City [https://slimecity568491172.wordpress....]

Quotes taken from:
Man’s Search for Meaning – Viktor Frankl (1946)
Three Discourses on Imagined Occasions - Søren Kierkegaard (1845)

Preamble: (0:00​)
Intro: (1:09​)
Title screen, roguelikes: (3:05​)
The Long Dark: (7:42​)
Pathologic 2: (12:21​)
Conclusion: (18:12)