May 23, 2023
In this episode we explore some of the ethical issues related to kinks in video games – mostly adult ones. How can games allow us to explore kinks? What are some ethical pitfalls designers should consider? How do issues like representation and consent fit in?
May 9, 2023
We’ve rarely discussed the specific category of adult games on this podcast. So, we do so here and now and honestly, with a bit more speculation and off-the-cuff “let’s try this idea out and see if it sticks” mentality. We explore whether adult games should be treated differently than other types of...
Dec 20, 2022
When a player steps into a game, often that game will have a political structure and the player’s choices in that structure may respond to their sense of justice. That sense of justice can also connect us as groups or factions in games. Can these factions engage in unethical in-game political action? Can players in...
Oct 12, 2021
How can you responsibly design a game about an ongoing tragedy like the corona-19 pandemic? How can you make ANY moral decision responsibly? In this episode we introduce a step-by-step approach to think through any ethical decision – using the creation of a game based on the corona pandemic as...
Jul 13, 2021
Asking “Why should you play games?” is very different from asking why you actually play games. It’s an ethical question that also asks an existential question: “what’s the point of playing games?”.
In this episode we explore how the answers we might give to these last two questions relate to the biggest...