Read Graves; Yogscast Games; Windows
Presenting a series of impossible choices, this darkly comedic game stretches the player’s moral scaffolding to its limits
Should a hospital introduce a mandatory vaccination programme to stop a breakout of infant disease when one of five children will become ill from the vaccine? Should an AI company programme a self-driving car to save its passengers at any cost? Should a government torture a prisoner to extract information that is certain to save many lives? In Trolley Problem, Inc – a game named after the well-known philosophical dilemma by which an onlooker can choose to divert a runaway trolley to kill one person instead of five – you have 40 seconds to answer these and scores of other ethical quandaries. As the timer drains, a well-spoken, gently sarcastic female commentator articulates the counterargument to your intended choice.
The game begins with decades-old dilemmas drawn from philosophical papers, and pleasingly includes references and a reading list for those who want to locate the sources. These scenarios are then escalated to comic effect. After each choice you’re presented with a growing receipt that details the cost of your choices: the cumulative number of people killed, jobs lost, innocents imprisoned, children infected, and so on. The game also indicates whether you have sided with most other players, or whether yours is a minority verdict. Continue reading...
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