
- Jordan Erica Webber and Dan Griliopoulos discuss their book Ten Things Video Games Can Teach Us: (about life, philosophy and everything)
- We discuss a variety of ways that video games approach philosophical concepts, such as ethics, the philosophy of mind, and more
- Some games mentioned in this episode:
- Bioshock
- System Shock
- SOMA
- To the Moon
- Papers, Please
- Ultima Underworld – and virtue ethics
- Swapper
- Talos Principle
- Fable 2
- That Dragon, Cancer
- How Edward Snowden derived much of his moral philosophy from video games – specifically Tekken (Read more – https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2014/05/14/how-video-games-prepared-edward-snowden-to-leak-nsa-secrets/?utm_term=.300754d50985 | https://kotaku.com/edward-snowden-sees-himself-as-a-video-game-hero-1575870000)
- What Rust can teach us about forming societies and the idea of a justified revolution
Links
- Jordan Erica Webber
- Jordanwebber.com
- @jawsew
Dan Griliopoulos
- @GriddleOctopus
- https://improbable.io/
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About +7 Intelligence
+7 Intelligence is the podcast about how games impact people.
Each episode explores a different perspective on how games profoundly influence the real world. Interviews with game designers, psychologists, professionals, and everyday players discuss the unique way that games influence their life and work.
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Music by Creo
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