• nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.org
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    10 months ago

    I agree with the last commentor in this old tumblr screen. I don’t enjoy being cruel to others, even just video game characters. I made myself once for Dragon Empire and just felt bad since I’m neither a sadist nor a massochist.

    Yes, they are not real and I’m not judging those that do evil runs. My brain isn’t wired that way, however, and is prone to feeling empathy, even towards the non-sentient, scripted bundles of pixels and data.

    • barrbaric [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      10 months ago

      It turns out when the options are Comically Evil and Generally Decent, most people will choose the latter. The Mass Effect devs reported that 90% of people chose the “good” route in that game.