Morality

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New Rainbow 6 Might Be The Most Innovative Shooter In Years

3:00AM June 24, 2011 | Brian Crecente

While Ubisoft’s still-secret, yet-to-be named Rainbow 6 game skipped an E3 appearance this year, it is still very much in the works we’re told. More »


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Good? Bad? He’s The Guy With Electricity-Based Superpowers

5:30AM February 26, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Nothing changes a man like a pair of female embodiments of order and chaos. Check out the changes Cole undergoes in inFamous 2 as his morality gets twisted about, along with a peek at his brand-new ice-based powers. More »


In Real Life

Are Video Games Turning Liberals Into Virtual Conservatives?

7:20AM February 19, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Monica Potts a feminist graduate of an all-girls college that would never take her husband’s name or dream of ending her career to raise children. In the Sims 3 she’s a married mother that stays home with the kids. More »


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How To Switch Sides In City Of Heroes’ Going Rogue

4:30AM July 3, 2010 | Mike Fahey

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In this video documentary for Paragon Studio’s super hero MMO City of Heroes, the team talks us through the morality system that changes your villain into a hero and vice versa in the upcoming Going Rogue expansion. More »


Weighted Morality In Gaming

12:00AM July 1, 2010 | Adam Barenblat

Philosophers and Theologians have been debating the mechanics of moral choice for millennia. More »


In Real Life

Chimpanzees Take Us Beyond Good And Evil

7:20AM June 25, 2010 | Mike Fahey

Annexing territory, sending out scouting groups, beating enemies to death and eating babies. It may sound like a plot to a particularly violent video game, but it’s really just chimpanzees, giving us some serious insight into human nature. More »


In Real Life

Alignment Error: Even Good Games Can Offer Bad Choices

4:00AM September 20, 2009 | Owen Good

Few things mar a game, especially a role-playing game, like being sold on creating a complex, even unique character and then being presented with tendentiously noble or evil choices to build out that role. More »


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Army Of Two Sequel Will Pit Europe Vs. America In Morality Test

11:20AM July 28, 2009 | Michael McWhertor

Army of Two: The 40th Day will expand its cooperative gameplay hook with “Morality Moments,” moral decisions that players will have to make together. An interesting twist on a familiar tactic. What’s interesting is what EA’s doing with that data. More »


Army Of Two’s Smartest Feature Guarantees Arguments

6:00AM June 10, 2009 | Stephen Totilo

Before you roll your eyes at yet another game infused with an innovative morality system, consider the arresting E3 2009 debut of Army of Two’s co-op morality. More »