Ethics and Addiction in Games
The danger here is that you don’t want to fall into the trap of feeling you have to play, you should only play a game if you want to! The feeling of having to play can be very disruptive, impacting relationships with friends and family as well as your professional life. tv as our marketing monster).
Industry veterans Rick Davidson & Tim Ruswick get together to chat about ethics and addiction in video games.
We, like many of you, LOVE playing video games. We’re also super aware of the importance of balance!
In this devology livecast, Rick Davidson & Tim Ruswick* talk about wanting to play vs needing to play, season models and much more.
(*Rick has more than 14 years experience in the game dev industry, working on IP's that include Mario, Transformers, Captain America and Mortal Kombat. He's done it all, from Game Designer, Producer, Creative Director and Executive Producer to GameDev.tv's very own Instructor extraordinaire. Tim Ruswick is a successful YouTuber and indie dev, who's created more than 30 games in the last 5 years (wow!), and joined GameDev.tv as our marketing monster).
Listen to the whole chat here: https://www.gamedev.tv/courses/devology/lectures/38637359
Our 'AHA' moments
- Some countries say addicting, others say addictive.
- Some games can be too addictive and cause personal problems
- You should never be addicted to anything, don’t let something take control of you
- Should you be playing your Switch while grocery shopping?
- Don’t allow yourself to spend $$$ on microtransactions
- Life may be a ‘simulation’…
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