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Re:Life is a game, this is your strategy guide by hawkharris on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @09:55AM (#7184016)
One of the philosophy scholars you mention, Alain De Botton, wrote an entertaining and insightful book called How Proust Will Change Your Life (or something along those lines).

His goal was to make notoriously dense writings accessible to everyday people who are interested in literature.

I think this piece about life as a video game has a similar goal. Just as I would rather learn about Proust through Alain De Botton, I would rather learn about philosophy through the contemporary vehicle of video games.

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Re:Life is a game, this is your strategy guide by Quetzalcatalyst on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @10:00AM (#7184045)
Just to add, Alain De Botton also has several documentaries exploring philosophical ideas at a layman's level.
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