The Outsider from Dishonored levitating in the Void, surrounded by fragments of broken reality.

Why Is the Outsider So Bored? Dishonored and the Hauntology of the Loop

Is the Void just a magical dimension, or a cosmic server room? This essay deconstructs the lore of Dishonored through the lens of Simon Reynolds’s ‘Retromania’ and Mark Fisher’s ‘Hauntology’. We explore why the Outsider is the ultimate curator of a looping past and why Billie Lurk’s [ERASE] was the only way to find a future.

April 11, 2026 · 20 min · Seditious Thoughts
A glitchy spreadsheet overlaying a megabuilding in Night City

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners and the Housing Crisis: Your Home as a Spreadsheet Cell

Why is Night City’s housing crisis so terrifyingly familiar? This Cyberpunk: Edgerunners philosophy analysis uses David Harvey�s ‘accumulation by dispossession’ to expose how corporate logic turns our homes into spreadsheet cells and our lives into subscriptions.

October 11, 2025 · 8 min · Seditious Thoughts
A scenic view of Majula at sunset in Dark Souls II

Why Does Majula Feel Like Home in Dark Souls? - Bachelard's Poetics of Space

Why does the Dark Souls atmosphere haunt us long after we stop playing? Using Gaston Bachelard’s poetics of space, this essay explores the silence of Firelink Shrine and Majula, revealing how these hub worlds function as shelters, memories, and tombs.

September 13, 2025 · 8 min · Seditious Thoughts