{"podcast":{"title":"Mythic Mind Games","slug":"mythic-mind-games-7349259","podcast_index_feed_id":7349259,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6633890/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mythic-mind-games--6633890","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/3588227e4cbf4812925340010110d1e7.jpg","author":"Andrew Snyder","episode_count":55,"summary":"Pursuing wisdom through primary and secondary worlds. Mythic Mind Games is a conversation about video games as secondary worlds. We look at story, design, and the moral imagination of play: what games train us to love, fear, hope for, and become. This is not a review show and not a strategy guide. Episodes sit with particular games and ask what they are doing to the soul. Grief, home, identity, freedom, and wonder show up here as often as bosses and endings. Hosted by Andrew Snyder, Ph.D., alongside friends from the Fellowship. Listen on your own, then continue the discussion at mythicmindfellowship.com.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-28T20:20:56.896254+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mythic-mind-games-7349259"},"episode":{"title":"31 - Oblivion Chat: Martin Septim, Oblivion Crisis, Mehrunes Dagon","slug":"31-oblivion-chat-martin-septim-oblivion-crisis-mehrunes-dagon","published_at":"2026-01-17T01:53:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mythic-mind-games-7349259/31-oblivion-chat-martin-septim-oblivion-crisis-mehrunes-dagon","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mythic-mind-games-7349259","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/31-oblivion-chat-martin-septim-oblivion-crisis-mehrunes-dagon--69476442","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69476442/mux_media_audio_extraction_86890568_b3c3_4773_b5d4_cf49dc108146.mp3","summary":"Watch the video: https://youtu.be/RsFuGgB5FYQ Oblivion's base game puts a prisoner beside Martin Septim as the Oblivion Crisis breaks: Uriel dead, the Amulet of Kings lost, Mythic Dawn gates opening, and Mehrunes Dagon pressing Cyrodiil toward chaos. The Hero of Kvatch is not the chosen one; the story centers Martin, sacrifice, and closing the gates before the Temple of the One. In this Elder Scrolls & Philosophy live conversation (~84 min), Dr. Andrew Snyder and the Mythic Mind Games community dig into the base game of Oblivion together: Martin Septim and empire, the Amulet of Kings, Mehrunes Dagon's invasion, and how the Knight of Faith lecture frames humble service, willing entry into Oblivion, and heroism that is not concerned with being seen as heroic. Related: The Story of Oblivion: Martin, Mehrunes Dagon, and the Amulet of Kings (ep. 29) https://youtu.be/YD3eQI8ZzZk ; Oblivion and the Knight of Faith (ep. 30) https://youtu.be/9XUuJ7vLw1E ; The Story of Oblivion: Shivering Isles, Sheogorath, and the Greymarch (ep. 33) https://youtu.be/96XxCjhOkCQ ; Mantling Sheogorath: Oblivion, Madness, and Becoming the Mad God (ep. 37) https://youtu.be/fns-nZoOs0A.<... /> Join the Mythic Mind Fellowship: https://mythicmindfellowship.c... Listen to/watch the Mythic Mind podcasts: - Mythic Mind - Mythic Mind Games - Mythic Mind Movies","meta_description":"Watch the video: https://youtu.be/RsFuGgB5FYQ Oblivion's base game puts a prisoner beside Martin Septim as the Oblivion Crisis breaks: Uriel dead, the Amu…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5021,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mythic-mind-games-7349259/episodes/31-oblivion-chat-martin-septim-oblivion-crisis-mehrunes-dagon/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mythic-mind-games-7349259/31-oblivion-chat-martin-septim-oblivion-crisis-mehrunes-dagon.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}