ethics
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Consent And Compassion: How Devs Are Reshaping The Conversation Around Content Warnings
It should be no surprise to anyone that the very mention of “trigger/content warnings” is likely to spark politically driven, reactionary rejections that whine about “snowflakes” and spoiled experiences. Years of poisoning the well in this area have made the terms frustratingly charged. But if we move on from the now-tired knee-jerk rejection of discussing…
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Metal Men Artist Shane Davis Reflects On The Lies That Make Heroes Tick
Writer Dan DiDio and artist Shane Davis’ new Metal Men series, out this week, is drenched in bright splashes of gleaming colour that hide a dark, human truth. It binds the comic’s team of heroes and their creator together in ways that devastate them all. The book still features the Metal Men series’ signature camp…
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Video Game Helps People Forge Stronger Relationships… With Pigs
We breed them, kill them, cook them. Millions of man-hours have been spent flinging Angry Birds at them, but has anyone ever tried playing video games with them? A team of livestock ethics researchers and game designers in the Netherlands is doing just that with Pig Chase.
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The Case Of The Identical Rabbit Games
There are two ways to buy a game about a violent rabbit on Apple’s Mac store. You could pay the game’s creators $US10 or you could buy the version that is making them angry. That one costs two bucks.