Today we discuss ethics in relation to choice based video games such as The Walking Dead, Life is Strange, and the InFamous series. Hope you enjoy!

Works Cited:

Barnett, Michael, and Cassandra Sharp. “The Moral Choice of InFAMOUS: Law and Morality in Video Games.” Griffith Law Review, vol. 24, no. 3, 2015, pp. 482–499.

Genovesi, Matteo. “Choices and Consequences: The Role of Players in The Walking Dead: A Telltale Game Series.” Open Cultural Studies, vol. 1, no. 1, 2017, pp. 350–358.

InFamous. PS3 Version, Sucker Punch Productions, 2009.

InFamous: Second Son. PS4 Version, Sucker Punch Productions, 2014.

Life is Strange. Windows PC Version, Square Enix, 2015.

Smethurst, Toby, and Steph Craps. “Playing with Trauma: Interreactivity, Empathy, and Complicity in The Walking Dead Video Game.” Games and Culture, vol. 10, no. 3, 2015, pp. 269–290.

The Walking Dead: Season One. Windows PC Version, Telltale Games, 2012.

Irene Blainey