How NieR: Automata Tells the Ultimate Humanist Fable

At long last, here is my comprehensive analysis / critique / thematic deep-dive of NieR: Automata, one of the best games ever made. What is the meaning of life? And how should we then live, if existence has no innate higher purpose? It sounds unlikely, but this 2017 game about gothic-lolita androids has a very compelling answer: Humanism. This video essay is the pilot of ’Even Deeper’, a forthcoming series of super-in-depth analyses of iconic works of pop-culture.