The Beauty of Games With Dead Worlds

Calling a world ‘dead’ usually isn’t a compliment. But maybe it should be. A meditation on games with stunning and creative worlds that have, in their own way, died. --- When we think of dead worlds, we typically don’t think of beauty. This is especially true for video games — where the word dead usually implies a setting is lacking in meaningful content. But I want to challenge this assumption, to explore environments that are spectacular and filled with artistic merit, yet are, in their own ways, dead. For sometimes the end of the world is just the beginning… 0:00 Beauty of Dead Worlds 1:16 Shadows of the Colossus 4:17 Desolation of Grief 6:07 A Hollow Knight 8:20 The World Without Us 10:52 Wreckage of the Deep 12:45 The Whalefall 15:19 There Will Come Soft Rains 17:20 On Sable and Hope 19:25 The World Lives On Media Shown: Gris, Starfield, Shadow of the Colossus, Hollow Knight, Cloud Gardens, Abzu, Sable, Horizon: Zero Dawn, There Will Come Soft Rain