It’s not the teacher’s wisdom, but his failure, that drives the protagonist to his destiny.
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Patrick Fiorilli is a Chicago-based writer, critic, and scholar exploring the intersections of games and literature. He holds a Ph.D. in Digital Media from the Georgia Institute of Technology and teaches in the Media Arts and Design Program at the University of Chicago. His work is featured or forthcoming in Game Studies, The Los Angeles Review of Books, and Angelaki. You can follow him on Bluesky @patfio.bsky.social, and you can find more of his work alongside his newsletter, Critical Theorycraft, at www.patf.io.