TY - JOUR
T1 - Beyond Choices: A Typology of Ethical Computer Game Designs
AU - Sicart (Vila), Miguel Angel
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - This article presents a typology for classifying computer games designed to create ethical gameplay. Ethical gameplay is the outcome of playing a (computer) game in which the players’ moral values are of relevance for the game experience. The article explores the different types of designs that create these types of experiences, and how they are characterized. The author provides an analytical framework for classifying games according to the experience they create and how they create it. The article is informed by both game design theory and postphenomenological philosophy, and it is intended to provide a theoretical framework for the study of the design of ethical computer game experiences.
AB - This article presents a typology for classifying computer games designed to create ethical gameplay. Ethical gameplay is the outcome of playing a (computer) game in which the players’ moral values are of relevance for the game experience. The article explores the different types of designs that create these types of experiences, and how they are characterized. The author provides an analytical framework for classifying games according to the experience they create and how they create it. The article is informed by both game design theory and postphenomenological philosophy, and it is intended to provide a theoretical framework for the study of the design of ethical computer game experiences.
KW - Typology of computer games
KW - Ethical gameplay
KW - Moral values in games
KW - Ethical game experience
KW - Analytical framework for game design
KW - Typology of computer games
KW - Ethical gameplay
KW - Moral values in games
KW - Ethical game experience
KW - Analytical framework for game design
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1942-3888
VL - 1
SP - 113
JO - International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations
JF - International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations
IS - 3
ER -