File:Spec Ops- The Line - A Literary Analysis-2

A deep dive into one of the medium's most divisive and evocative games to date.

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Introduction - 00:00 Summary - 03:17 Some Asides - 21:54 Adaptation - 27:12 Shooter History - 44:45 Do You Feel Like A Hero Yet? - 50:46 Credits: 1:11:15

Extracurricular Reading: The Full Story of Spec Ops The Line: https://www.polygon.com/2012/11/14/3590430/dont-be-a-hero-the-full-story-behind-spec-ops-the-line Spec Ops The Line... Five Years Later: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dzstxE_5Rc Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare... Five Years Later: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgrnLDYRPgk How Call of Duty Lost Its Identity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwxKOcteZlw&t=380s We Are Not Heroes (GDC talk by Walt Williams): https://archive.org/details/GDC2013Williams Journey Into the Heart of Darkness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_hF0xurPqg Behind the AI and Storytelling of Spec Ops The Line: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y--BgBOPduE How Spec Ops The Line Communicates Meaning Through Its Visuals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HcJz4gV0yM Max Derrat's series on Heart of Darkness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkoB-hS1sts

Music: Arcade Academy, by Pixel Head - https://soundcloud.com/pixel-head/arcade-acadmey

Art: Jimi Bonogofsky-Gronseth - http://www.jkbono.com/

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