The Moral Responsibility of Game Creators

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday March 1, 2005 @08:41AM from the damned-if-you-do-damned-if-you-don't dept.

Gamasutra.com has reactions from another provocative question of the week. The topic this time was "Do game creators have any moral responsibilities in teaching values to their audience?" There were many responses on both sides of the issue. From the article: "A resounding NO. Do writers have that same responsibility? Actors? What other limitations would we put on them and our freedom of expression, in order to accomplish that lofty goal? Just ask Jerry Falwell, or the embittered ghost of Senator McCarthy for your answer... NO. Leave the morality lessons to the parents and the priests. They are quite good at their jobs. -Anonymous"

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Good question. by jericho4.0 · 2005-03-01 09:00 · Score: 4, Interesting

Yes, to the point that anyone has obligations to society. I would have been proud to have worked on GTA, but not if I knew it was going to be marketed to kids. I know kids will play it, but that shouldn't stop it from being made for adults. Parents have that role.

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