Game Studies, Law, Ethics | Karma Games & Morality Meters | English Subs

Описание: “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all good avatar wisdom.” - Aristotle, if he had lived in 2022.

Videogames allow us to become someone else. Either a comic-styled vigilante, a new girl in town with special powers or an interstellar explorer in vast planets. And when in these new virtual roles, we need to take moral decisions and measure our own ethics: save or destroy a planet? Lie to someone or be open? Redeem enemies or let the rage taje us? Moral decisions shape our gameplay, the response fom NPCs and even affect the way we see right or wrong. From Karma Games as in Dishonored to Morality Meters in Infamous, we are sorrounded by ethical and moral choices in games.

How do they work, which effect can they have on us players and how can we better understand them to improve our Game Design, decision mechanics, player-avatar relationship and game narrative?
#gamestudies #law #ethics #gaming #detroit #infamous #research
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• 0:00 - Opening
• 0:35 - Intro
• 3:58 - Infamous, dichotomic Law & Morality Meters - Barnett & Sharp, 2015.
• 11:50 - Life is Strange and Virtue Ethics - Naj & Zagal, 2017.
• 20:22 - Player-avatar identification and moral choices - Neely, 2019.
• 26:11 - Closing Discussion

Games I discuss:
► Infamous 2
► Infamous - Second Son
► Infamous: First Light
► Life is Strange: Episode 3
► Life is Strange - Before the Storm
► Life is Strange - True Colors
► Mass Effect Andromeda
► The Walking Dead
► Bioshock Remastered
► Metal Gear Solid 4
► Detroit: Become Human
► Heavy Rain
► Beyond: Two Souls
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I'm Eduardo Esqueche, Master of Arts in Computer Game Studies and Welcome to the first Spanish-spoken YouTube channel exclusive to Game Studies.

Keywords: Game Studies; Morality; Ethics; Law; Virtue; Aristotle; Karma Games; Infamous; Life is Strange; The Walking Dead; Mass Effect; Bioshock
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Academic Sources:
• Barnett, Michael and Sharp, Cassandra E., "The moral choice of inFAMOUS: law and morality in video games" (2015).
• J. Nay and J. Zagal. 2017.Meaning without Consequences: Virtue Ethics and Inconsequential Choices in Games. In Proceedings of FDG’17.
• Neely, Erica. “The Ethics of Choice in Single-Player Video Games.” Themes from IACAP 2016.

Video inserts:
•    • All Good Choices & Ending - Infamous: Seco...  
•    • All Good Choices - Main Story & Side Missi...  
•    • Beyond: Two Souls Alternate Choices gamepl...  
•    • Clementine Kills Sam the Dog vs Let it Suf...  
•    • DETROIT: BECOME HUMAN - Connor and Daniel ...  
•    • inFAMOUS 2: Good Ending with Evil Karma  
•    • inFamous 2: 37 - The Final Decision  
•    • inFAMOUS First Light easy skill points  
•    • Infamous: Second Son Bad Karma Ending 1080...  
•    • inFAMOUS Second Son Good Karma Ending [HD]...  
•    • inFAMOUS Second Son How to Upgrade Your Po...  
•    • Infamous Second Son Part 1 | Good Karma IM...  
•    • Let’s Play Heavy Rain{PS4}#15 Heavy Rain G...  
•    • Видео  
•    • Life is Strange Episode 3 Walkthrough: Bom...  
•    • Life Is Strange:True Colors (Chapter 1) - ...  
•    • Mass Effect 1: Character Creation - Origin...  
•    • MASS EFFECT ANDROMEDA | What To Do With An...  
•    • Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots W...  
•    • To Harvest Souls or Rescue? - BIOSHOCK REM...  

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