10 Big Ethical Issues In Video Games That #GamerGate Won’t Touch — The Internet Made Me Do It — Medium

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This is a thoughtful and wonderful piece. Read it in its entirety here: 10 Big Ethical Issues In Video Games That #GamerGate Won’t Touch — The Internet Made Me Do It — Medium.

The 10 issues are…

1. When you buy games, you don’t necessarily own them—and may not be able to play them in the future.

2. The troubling relationship between video game developers and arms manufacturers.

3. Hiring practices that treat developers as disposable.

4. Publications that brazenly accept payment for advertorial ‘sponsored reviews.’

5. The use of conflict minerals and other ethical violations in the supply chain.

6. ‘Crunch time’ and other exploitative labor practices.

7. Publications hungry for content, eager to pass off promotional material as news, presenting touched up renders as in-game screenshots.

8. There is often no legal recourse for a small developer if a large studio clones a game’s design wholesale.

9. Nothing tells women, “we’re not here to speak to you,” like hosting a networking event at a strip club.

10. App stores discouraging developers who want to make games that deal with politics or sexuality.

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