“Making Sense in a Senseless World”: Disco Elysium’s Absurd Hero
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bsmr-2021-0008 | Journal eISSN: 2346-5522
Language: English
Page range: 80 - 89
Published on: Dec 14, 2021
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