Should robots be given guns? Should robots be used as sex workers? These are among the many interesting ethical questions raised by Penny Arcade's "Automata: Silverside". While "Automata" may be a...
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PAX East 2013 – Video Games and Ethics: Challenges and Controversies
Video games are the ever-increasing focus for controversial issues such as bullying, misogyny, sexism, as well as depictions of sex and violence. However, as we all know, video games can be a...
Is it truly ethical to design a game to be addictive, or is "addictiveness" simply a sign of good design? Do games change us in more ways than we might realize? Is regulation on the horizon (as we...
Some discussions, important as they may be, require not an entire hour for one to come to a satisfactory conclusion. Your PAX minutes are precious, so take this opportunity to get three panels for...