![]() You can listen to the podcast to discover how Darren ended up working with SuperGiant games and haphazardly ended up voicing Zagreus, who he affectionately calls “Zags.” The game design team did extensive research while creating the characters, all driven by an intense passion for myth that made Darren’s interaction with the other characters something that he thoroughly enjoyed and he hopes the audience does as well. This gruesome origin stands in stark contrast to that of Darren’s experience with the reimagined character. ![]() In this primary source, he is also killed by being ripped to shreds by titans who act upon Hera’s wrath and jealousy, his heart later being used in the creation of Dionysus and in some literature, his strewn apart body becoming mankind. Image of Zagreus, courtesy of SuperGiant Games’ website ( )Īccording to Book 6 of the Dionnysiaca, Zagreus was the son of Zeus and Persephone, but within the game, he is depicted as the son of Hades and Persephone. Specifically, we discuss how myths surrounding the main character Zagreus, who Darren Korb voices, were made to reimagine the Greek pantheon as more human, relatable, and almost like a dysfunctional family of sorts. ![]() We, the hosts and students at the College of Charleston (Adyson Kurtz, Kinsley Dickerson, and Jay Gulick), were given the opportunity to discuss this concept of contemporary myth making with composer and voice actor Darren Korb in his relation to the videogame Hades by SuperGiant Games. Image of the Supergiant Team, courtesy of the Supergiant Games’ website ( ) Darren Korb second from the left The podcast Zig-Zagreus is a single podcast episode analyzing the portrayal of myth in modern media and how that media can breathe new life into old myth through the efforts of members of contemporary society.
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