Is it wrong to be a bad person in a video game?

About this episode

Dave and Jake discuss the implications of being a bad person in video games.

Join Dave and Jake as they talk about whether it is bad to be bad in this week's episode! SPOILERS: UNDERTALE, Spec Ops: The Line, The Last of US (Part 1-2), Shadow of the Colossus Intro: * George Thorogood & The Destroyers - Bad To The Bone Outro: * FURI - The Toxic Avenger - My Only Chance Thoughts? Comments? Requests for new episodes? Feel free to email them in! SoapstonePodcast@gmail.com Like our podcast? Follow us on Bluesky so you don't miss a post! https://bsky.app/profile/soapstonepodcast.bsky.social

People in this episode

Hosts: Dave, Jake

Topics covered

• video game morality
• bad characters
• game design
• narrative choices
• ethics in gaming

Keywords

• video games
• morality
• UNDERTALE
• Spec Ops: The Line
• The Last of Us
• Shadow of the Colossus
• game ethics

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: UNDERTALE, Spec Ops: The Line, The Last of US (Part 1-2), Shadow of the Colossus, FURI - The Toxic Avenger - My Only Chance

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