Lecture 33: Ethics in Games

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Description: Mia Consalvo asks students for examples illustrating how game designers construct ethical systems, how users act within those systems, and the role of community norms. How do players connect behavioral standards inside and outside the game world?

Instructors/speakers: Philip Tan, Jason Begy, Mia Consalvo (Comparative Media Studies)

Related Resources

Amazon logo Sicart, Miguel. "The Ethics of Game Design." Chapter 7 in The Ethics of Computer Games. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2009. ISBN: 9780262012652.

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