Show Notes:

Trigger Warnings: Suicide, Murder

Welcome to our first episode of Mind Controllers! In today’s episode, we chatted about Persona 5 Royal, a JRPG that was released back in 2019 that has made a profound impact on our love for Psychology and Video Games. We gave a bit of description about the game and some of the Psychology concepts within the game, then dove deep into 2 specific characters: Goro Akechi and Takuto Maruki. Side note - we had to record remotely and he had to change microphones towards the end, so the sound is a bit rough at times. Thank you so much for listening!

Things we chatted about:

• Persona 5 Royal, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Sea of Stars, Palworld

Timestamps (some may be off):

• *Spoiler and Content Warning* Persona 5 - 00:13
• Persona 5 Royal Description - 00:48
• Why Persona 5 Royal? - 09:14
• Carl Jung Background - 11:03
• What Happens to the Bosses When You Beat Their Persona? - 18:37
• What Characters Did We Choose? - 20:59
• Case Study Structure and Fictional Diagnosis Reminder - 22:28
• Goro Akechi Case Analysis - 26:47
• Psych Concepts in Goro Akechi's Story - 40:13
• Akechi Case Study - 46:49
• Maruki's Case Analysis - 53:52
• What are Palace Objects? - 1:03:50
• Maruki's Fate - 1:04:42
• Akechi’s Fate - 1:06:13
• Psych Concepts in Maruki's Story - 1:09:07
• Maruki’s Case Study - 1:12:53
• Final Thoughts on Persona 5 - 1:16:52
• What Else We've Been Playing - 1:19:10

Tracks are:

"Screen Saver" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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If you are experiencing any sort of mental health distress, or just need someone to talk to, please contact some of these resources gathered on https://www.nimh.nih.gov/

Resources Used for the Episode:

• Persona 5 Royal wiki site. Has character plot breakdowns of every character that has any effect on the plot
• Wikipedia on Hierarchy of Needs
• Wiki on Maslow
• Wikipedia on Carl Jung
• Old Interview with Persona Creators
• Carl Jung Info 
• Simple Psy Carl Jung
• Prolonged Grief Disorder 
• Pubmed Paper on Catatonia

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