Jul 27, 2021
Trolls are the jerks of the gaming world. They provoke, they insult, they disrupt, they get their gaming pleasure from messing with other players emotions and messing up their games. It’s not hard to say that trolling it typically immoral, but are all trolls the same and is trolling ever justified?
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Jul 20, 2021
When it comes to the possibility that video games might harm kids, a common and classic position is that game companies aren’t the ones responsible here. It’s the parents job to make good decisions on behalf of their children, and to protect them as necessary. If children do get harmed, the problem is lazy...
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...
Jul 6, 2021
Gamers and non-gamers alike have plenty of complaints about the ways game companies supposedly act irresponsibly. But in this episode, we’re going BIGGER than that!
We’re going to look at 4 ideas about what any corporation is responsible for and apply these to today’s game companies. Which idea is right and how...