Ethics of Computer Gaming

Ulbricht, Samuel

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“…As digital games expanded from a marginal phenomenon to a widespread (and socially accepted) leisure-time activity 8 , their influence on doing and teaching philosophy increased. Be it that they became a recognised topic of philosophical research when for example the moral status of actions in games is examined (Ulbricht 2022). Or that their usage in philosophical learning contexts is reflected on, which is the focus of this contribution.…”

Section: Problems Of Interaction Motivation and Immersion -Games And ...mentioning

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On the Use of YouTube, Digital Games, Argument Maps, and Digital Feedback in Teaching Philosophy

Bohlmann

Lanius²,

Maisenhölder³

et al. 2023

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We give an overview of the methodological possibilities of some important digital tools for teaching philosophy. Several didactically applicable methods have evolved in digital culture, including their implicit methodologies, theories about how these methods may be used. These methodologies are already applied by philosophers today and have their benefits and justifications in philosophy classes as well. They can help to solve known problems of philosophy education. We discuss problems of incomprehensibility and their possible solutions through digital explanations in pod- and videocasts such as YouTube; problems of interaction, motivation, and immersion that digital games and gamification may solve; problems of the complexity of philosophical content and digital concept- and argument-maps to deal with these; problems of implicitness and the possibility to make implicit things in philosophy class explicit through indirect feedback tools.

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Section: Problems Of Interaction Motivation and Immersion -Games And ...mentioning

confidence: 99%

On the Use of YouTube, Digital Games, Argument Maps, and Digital Feedback in Teaching Philosophy

Bohlmann

Lanius²,

Maisenhölder³

et al. 2023

JDPh

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“…Flight times at measuring points with random disturbances ( 1,2,3) i ti  were formed as follows: 5 % random disturbances were introduced into the table flight times: , [0.95 ;1.05 ]( 1,2,3)…”

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“…Over the past 20 years, computer gaming has undergone revolutionary changes. As a powerful information technology, computer gaming has taken two positions in societal development -gaming as media culture and gaming as media business [1,2]. Gaming as a media culture has established strong positions in education, in esports, in the industry of collective and individual entertainment.…”

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Verification of artillery fire under the influence of random disturbances for the computer game ARMA 3

Maksymov,

Boltenkov,

Gultsov

et al. 2023

AAIT

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Computer gaming occupies a firm place in today's media culture and media business. Computer games are widely used both as a means of entertainment and as an educational tool. Military games traditionally hold a place in computer gaming. However, it is in this sector of gaming that a sharp contradiction is observed between the super-realistic quality of the video component and the limited scope of the game's script component. In particular, in the development of military-themed games, the introduction of modern weapon models is rapidly evolving. At the same time, the experience of military conflicts over the last decade and the new tactical techniques developed are difficult to implement in games. This work demonstrates the possibility of improving the artillery component of ARMA 3. In artillery fire, random disturbances are always present. These disturbances cannot be eliminated during the preparation of the firing. In practice, they are compensated by consecutive ranging shots. Modern artillery firing tactics require the maximum reduction of the firing time of the artillery unit. In this regard, methods for verifying each artillery shot are very relevant. Verification is understood as confirming the effectiveness of a shot immediately after it is made. A method for verifying a shot by recording the flight time of a projectile through three control points is proposed and studied. Based on the recorded flight times by sensors, a system of approximating parabolas is constructed. The solution of the system allows determining the expected point of the projectile's burst before it lands. The deviation of the burst point from the aiming point verifies the quality of the artillery shot. Simulation modeling of the proposed method has been conducted. It is demonstrated that parabolic approximation effectively compensates for random disturbances of the shot. A comparison of the proposed method with the method of compensating disturbances through consecutive ranging shots is made. It is shown that the proposed method significantly reduces the firing time of the weapon and the ammunition expenditure for hitting the target for the ARMA 3 player.

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A Kantian response to the Gamer’s Dilemma

Ulbricht¹

2023

Ethics Inf Technol

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The Gamer’s Dilemma consists of three intuitively plausible but conflicting assertions: (i) Virtual murder is morally permissible. (ii) Virtual child molestation is morally forbidden. (iii) There is no relevant moral difference between virtual murder and virtual child molestation in computer games. Numerous attempts to resolve (or dissolve) the Gamer’s Dilemma line the field of computer game ethics. Mostly, the phenomenon is approached using expressivist argumentation: Reprehensible virtual actions express something immoral in their performance but are not immoral by themselves. Consequentialists, on the other hand, claim that the immorality of virtual actions arises from their harmful consequences. I argue that both approaches have serious difficulties meeting the moral challenge posed by the Gamer’s Dilemma. They tend to confuse the morality of in-game actions either with the morality of their real-world counterparts or with the morality of games as objects. Following this critical analysis, I will develop a Kantian argument and defend it against two objections. So far, deontological responses to the Gamer’s Dilemma have been sought in vain. Yet, with Kant, its moral challenge can be met by looking at the gamer’s reasons. From this perspective, the Gamer’s Dilemma is based on a false assumption: the moral status of gaming acts does not derive from a normative equation with their real-world counterparts but only from their justifications.

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Ethics of Computer Gaming

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On the Use of YouTube, Digital Games, Argument Maps, and Digital Feedback in Teaching Philosophy

On the Use of YouTube, Digital Games, Argument Maps, and Digital Feedback in Teaching Philosophy

Verification of artillery fire under the influence of random disturbances for the computer game ARMA 3

A Kantian response to the Gamer’s Dilemma

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