Yourself

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

When all’s said and done, the ethics of a virtual world reflect those of its designer. If you don’t think about how to behave, about what’s right and wrong, about responsibility, about rights, then why should your players? If you think ethics are other people’s responsibility, so will your players. Your beliefs, your attitudes, your personality—they’re all reflected in your virtual world. You have to take responsibility, because (at least initially) you are the world.

Coda: Ethical Considerations on Designing Virtual Worlds

Yourself