The ethical in game making

Oubaas · 01-25-23, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

^ Sales managers will hate you for your suggestions.

Military recruiters, too!

When playing my military games and sims, I'm far more concerned with technical and historical accuracy than I am with ethical questions. But I do think that if they're going to depict war in a game or sim, they should depict it as it truly is, not all neat and tidy.

Platapus · 01-25-23, 05:01 PM

For that matter, is there anything ethical about unrestricted submarine warfare? But we seem to like that here.

Ethics and rules of war only work when both sides abide by them and when was the last time (first time?) that has ever happened.

mapuc · 01-25-23, 06:51 PM

Thank you for your input. It wasn't so much on the player, but the game developer.

Do they have an ethical limit-saying we will never produce a game where you player has to hurt a slave or games where players has to do ugly thing in a concentration camp.

I'm pretty sure they have such a limit.

As Mel Brooks once said in an interview on Swedish tv.

I like to make fun of historical things, however there are things which you do not make fun of-Like what happened to the Jews during WWII.

Markus

Oubaas · 01-25-23, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by mapuc

Thank you for your input. It wasn't so much on the player, but the game developer.

Do they have an ethical limit-saying we will never produce a game where you player has to hurt a slave or games where players has to do ugly thing in a concentration camp.

I'm pretty sure they have such a limit.

As Mel Brooks once said in an interview on Swedish tv.

I like to make fun of historical things, however there are things which you do not make fun of-Like what happened to the Jews during WWII.

Markus

Well, I hope that they have the decency to refrain from creating anything atrocious. But these days, I am not confident.

I think major studios would stay away from such subjects. But I've seen some offerings from independent developers on Steam that stray over the line, in my opinion.

But I'm old, and spent my life in a different world than the one that we have today. I was raised with strict ideas of right and wrong, and with notions such as that we should treat others as we would wish to be treated.

So here's hoping that we never see games of the sort that you cited as examples. But I'm not optimistic.

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,386 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	For that matter, is there anything ethical about unrestricted submarine warfare? But we seem to like that here. Ethics and rules of war only work when both sides abide by them and when was the last time (first time?) that has ever happened. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,543 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	Thank you for your input. It wasn't so much on the player, but the game developer. Do they have an ethical limit-saying we will never produce a game where you player has to hurt a slave or games where players has to do ugly thing in a concentration camp. I'm pretty sure they have such a limit. As Mel Brooks once said in an interview on Swedish tv. I like to make fun of historical things, however there are things which you do not make fun of-Like what happened to the Jews during WWII. Markus __________________ My little lovely female cat