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Overthinking Mortal Kombat

The new Mortal Kombat is about nature vs. nurture—which of the villains could have been redeemed in a better life? The next one could go in a lot of different directions, but I think power vs. freedom is promising.

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I finished reading The Erogamer

Okay, everything I know and love about Madoka Magica means I have to clap for this story's ending.

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I’m still playing Pathfinder: Kingmaker

My most useful party member just exploded into bloody chunks, and I feel like I need to talk about it.
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A legitimately clever idea in the game Inversion

Grizzled McManpain* was a pretty good cop. His partner, Softspoken Cynic*, had a juvenile record, and he credits Grizzled with turning his life around. Then Nutjob Invaders attacked, Grizzled’s wife died, and his daughter MacGuffin McManpain went missing. Grizzled has devoted everything he’s got left to tracking down MacGuffin and saving her. Cynic . . . Well, he’s just along to try to keep Grizzled alive.

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*Not their actual names.

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I love the way the new Prey game handles morality

This isn’t gonna be a full Fiction for Utilitarians, because I try to do those for overlooked or forgotten fiction, and Prey is a major new release. I just feel like gushing a little.

The writers of Prey were clearly aware of Utilitarian thought. There are a lot of references to the trolley problem, and the story’s central conflict is very Utilitarian in nature. There are several points where you’re given a moral dilemma and asked to sort it out, and one of your answers is often Utilitarian in nature.

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