Intoxication in Video Games: The Best Depictions- Disco Elysium, Cyberpunk 2077, The Witcher 3 - GUI 62

The video game medium is full of amusing and insightful depictions of intoxication. As a literary trope distinct from mere "drunkenness", intoxication refers to a "half-death and resurrection", induced by chemical substances in order to strip away contingent meaning & attain some metaphysical insight. Join us this week for a guided tour of the very best depictions of intoxication in recent years. Includes a description of the trope & a discussion of intoxication in Dune, Disco Elysium, Cyberpunk, AC Valhalla, The Witcher 3.