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More Thoughts on a More Complex Form of Moral Choice in Video Games
External Sources Posted on: June 24, 2014May 8, 2025

More Thoughts on a More Complex Form of Moral Choice in Video Games

I felt I needed to pick up on a thread regarding video game morality and clarify some things from last week’s PopMatters column. For some reason when I was expressing my love […]

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The Morality of inFamous
Game Essays / Recent Posts Posted on: June 19, 2010May 4, 2025

The Morality of inFamous

Probably the most talked about part of inFamous is the moral choice mechanic. The idea is to split the choice between good and evil options, which can be interesting, but […]

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The Propaganda of inFamous
Game Essays / Recent Posts Posted on: June 18, 2010May 4, 2025

The Propaganda of inFamous

(*minor spoilers*) While the story of inFamous is told through the standard methods of cutscenes, found messages and calls from allies and mission handlers, it adds aftermath commentary. In the […]

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The Milieu of inFamous
Game Essays / Recent Posts Posted on: June 14, 2010May 4, 2025

The Milieu of inFamous

I would place the introduction of inFamous as one of the better opening levels in open world gaming. I say this because it sets the stage to not just for […]

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