Is Life Truly Worth Fighting For?

‘Endwalker’ dives into the philosophical boundaries of JRPG’s greatest trope

Brandon R. Chinn
Published in
10 min readDec 13, 2021

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At some point during the JRPG you’re playing, a character is going to make an impassioned play for all of existence. They are going to turn to the beleaguered protagonist (or, in some games, the protagonist is the one making the speech) and tell you — the player — that all of

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Brandon R. Chinn

Author of the Kognition Cycle. Works featured in Hawk & Cleaver, Twist in Time, Selene Quarterly. For inquiries contact brandonrchinn@gmail.com.