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Ethics and Video Games Podcast

Mar 27, 2023

Games are supposed to be fun and playing in a historical setting or replaying historical events can be really fun.  But when does the use of history become morally problematic by misrepresenting that history, leaving out alternative perspectives, or failing to communicate to the player when the game is or is not meant...


Mar 14, 2023

The monsters we see in video games are usually antagonists that we destroy without remorse.  But what is a monster and are there ethical questions that arise in relation to how they’re represented?  In what ways can monsters utilize racist and sexist tropes in harmful ways?  Can we treat a type of monsters as a race...