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The Little People In Your Games
1up.com's Crucial Classics series has a feature up discussing the little people inside your games. From the article: "...someone realize[d] that it was a niche to be exploited by computers, which up to that point weren't particularly cuddly. To be fair, neither were Little Computer People, confined as they were behind the fourth wall of a monitor. Which was probably for their own safety, as they were just the sort of creatures that might die a horrible smothery death in the arms of a little girl."
Great writeup! After an entire paragraph I have no clue what this story is about, Zonk!
Can't RTFA even if you wanted to on this story. After you click through the advertising, there's no article!
Beware he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master. -Anonymous
I think you are on the tip of an issue that is just starting to develop. Although one is not harming a living thing, or even a thing at all, are we still doing something wrong? Is it a negative on our psyche?
Here's a disturbing question that will take your issue a little further: If one were to use CGI to create photo-realistic child pornography, that was not based on the likeness of actual children, would that be wrong? No child is being exploited, and the veiwer is supposedly getting to see what they desire, no strings attached.
this is NOT an endorsement of such an idea. I'm posing the question as it's relavent to the topic. No flaming intended.