Hello, and welcome to another episode of Talk This! It’s Dangerous to Podcast Alone. This week, we’re talking about stealing mechanics in video games. We’d like to plan more heists, can someone get on that?
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The Topic
What are some of the different ways you can steal in games? How does this express differently depending on the genre? Why might players like or dislike stealing in games? What’s the moral aspect here? Is there even a moral aspect to consider?
The Actual Discussion
We talk about the different ways you can use stealing in games, and what that does to the game itself. We also talk about different punishment systems that games might enact, and why players want to be punished for their crimes at all. As a sidenote, we also talk about stealing in multiplayer games, and the implied consent in entering that play space.
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