Ep 7 - Free Guy: Living in the Simulation
Updated: Jun 29, 2022
We use the unexpectedly delightful movie Free Guy as a jumping off point to discuss all things video games. How do video games differ from other media and how can we make moral choices in the games we choose to play? We also hit some good points in LDS theology like the idea of life as a test and living in a fallen world.
Our Ratings: Content: Terrestrial Artistic Merit: 4 popcorn balls Gospel Connections: 3 apricots
Best Video Games:
Liz - Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
Laura - Untitled Goose Game
Ben - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Links:
Writers Must Be Paid - about the controversy with Disney not paying royalties to writers of Star Wars novel
“Can I Play This?” Video Game Decisions Made Easy in 4 Quick Steps
Article about Microsoft's AI Twitter bot
Star Trek 25th Anniversary Game
The non-violent D&D campaign Carl mentions is The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
The computer trying to figure out the answer to life, the universe, and everything is a reference to the sci-fi humor classic Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
"Avek, Who Is Distributed" by Steven Peck
"What Have You Against Being Baptized?" by W. O. Hemsath
Related articles:
Every Philosophical Concept in Free Guy Explained
The irony of movies about taking charge of your life
Four Things that Free Guy Says About Free Will (and Other Stuff, Too)
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Carl - Twitter
Ben - Radical Civility & Public Square Magazine; Twitter
Editing by Carl Cranney
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