morality
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Hidden Data Of Hogwarts Legacy’s Cut Morality System Is Bewildering
This January, Hogwarts Legacy caused a stir when one of its developers said that the game wouldn’t judge you for committing major crimes such as murder. While this was lorebreaking for the Harry Potter novels, it was also very typical of a video game to have NPCs that ignore crimes being committed in front of…
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So Is It OK To Kill A Westworld Robot, Or What?
Dolores seems pretty sure where she stands on the question. The HBO show Westworld is largely focused on a single question: what does it mean for people to kill and abuse robots that look, act, and possibly even feel like humans?
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Players New To Violent Games Feel The Need To Go Wash Away The Moral Distress After
Many years ago, researchers confirmed the existence of the “Lady Macbeth Effect.” The gist of it is that we humans really do associate metaphorical uncleanliness with the more literal sort: if we’ve done or witnessed something immoral or unethical, we are often likely literally to want to go wash or bathe in response. Like Lady…
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Are Video Games Turning Liberals Into Virtual Conservatives?
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.