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The Existential in Red Dead Redemption 2
The Art of Manliness
Gameplay Review: Kugard's TB Diagnosis
Arthur Morgan gets a tuberculosis diagnosis in the game. It really puts this amazing note of finitude in the game, which is really quite sort of powerful. TB is such a common way to die in that era. I think there's something like, you know, a fifth or whatever of all humans who have ever lived have probably died of TB. Kugard actually died of a form of tuberculosis. He died not the lung version like Arthur has, but he died of what's called Pots disease,. And it's a very, very common sort of thing. So it's also kind of interesting in that it suddenly introduces into the narrative this really profound awareness of finitude.
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