{"id":11751,"date":"2023-10-03T09:37:28","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T07:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/03\/i-cant-kill-a-wolf-but-will-happily-watch-a-sim-drown-murder-and-morality-in-video-games\/"},"modified":"2023-10-03T09:37:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T07:37:28","slug":"i-cant-kill-a-wolf-but-will-happily-watch-a-sim-drown-murder-and-morality-in-video-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/03\/i-cant-kill-a-wolf-but-will-happily-watch-a-sim-drown-murder-and-morality-in-video-games\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I can\u2019t kill a wolf but will happily watch a Sim drown\u2019: murder and morality in video games"},"content":{"rendered":"

From being unable to harvest \u2018little sister\u2019 characters but happy to kill others freely, to playing the Legend of Zelda as a vegan \u2013 gaming ethics are complex and highly personal<\/p>\n

I can kill foxes but I can\u2019t kill wolves. Not in real life, obviously \u2013 in real life I send emails eight hours a day \u2013 but in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, where every animal is an arrow away from becoming a fortifying meal. Shoot a wolf and you\u2019ll be rewarded with a thick red slab of raw prime meat, but I can\u2019t do it, I just can\u2019t do it, even though they often attack me in packs. They look too much like dogs.<\/p>\n

I can kill a fox \u2013 even though they never attack me, and they often let out sad little yelps \u2013 but many other gamers can\u2019t. One post in the Tears of the Kingdom subreddit is entitled, \u201cI can\u2019t shoot the foxes\u201d and has almost 500 upvotes. \u201cThey\u2019re so sweet and nice I can\u2019t bring myself to hurt them,\u201d the original poster wrote.<\/p>\n

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\nFrom being unable to harvest \u2018little sister\u2019 characters but happy to kill others freely, to playing the Legend of Zelda as a vegan \u2013 gaming ethics are complex and highly personal
\nI can kill foxes but I can\u2019t kill wolves. Not in real life, obviously \u2013 in real life I send emails eight hours a day \u2013 but in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, where every animal is an arrow away from becoming a fortifying meal. Shoot a wolf and you\u2019ll be rewarded with a thick red slab of raw prime meat, but I can\u2019t do it, I just can\u2019t do it, even though they often attack me in packs. They look too much like dogs.
\nI can kill a fox \u2013 even though they never attack me, and they often let out sad little yelps \u2013 but many other gamers can\u2019t. One post in the Tears of the Kingdom subreddit is entitled, \u201cI can\u2019t shoot the foxes\u201d and has almost 500 upvotes. \u201cThey\u2019re so sweet and nice I can\u2019t bring myself to hurt them,\u201d the original poster wrote. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From being unable to harvest \u2018little sister\u2019 characters but happy to kill others freely, to playing the Legend of Zelda as a vegan \u2013 gaming ethics are complex and highly personal I can kill foxes but I can\u2019t kill wolves. Not in real life, obviously \u2013 in real life I send emails eight hours a …<\/p>\n

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