Is Undertale The Most Violent Game This Year? | Idea Channel | PBS Digital Studios
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- PBS Idea Channel (Channel)
- Watched
- 2016-01-20
- Published
- 2016-01-20
- Category
- Education
- Duration
- 12m 19s
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- Watch on YouTube ↗
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- AAA games arcade battle Borderlands Campster Candy Crush choice Fallout 4 fallout 4 fighting Forza FPS game GameFAQS games indie killing Kornhaber Brown linear Mass Effect mercy Mike Rugnetta monsters narrative narrative violence NPC open world pacifist PBD Idea Channel PBS PBS Digital Studios Public Broadcasting Service role playing games RPG shooting structural violence Toby Fox triple a games Undertale video games videogames violence violent Witcher 3
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Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/donateidea Tweet us! http://bit.ly/pbsideachanneltwitter Idea Channel Facebook! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelfacebook Talk about this episode on reddit! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelreddit Idea Channel IRC! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelirc Email us! pbsideachannel [at] gmail [dot] com Undertale, unlike most of the today’s most popular video games, allows the player to show mercy to their enemies. Violence is often presented as the one and only response to overcoming challenges, so this ability to remain peaceful allows for a very rare gaming experience. It makes the game’s aspect of violence unique in that the player must choose to be violent. So, doesn’t this actually make Undertale one of the MOST violent games? Voice your opinions in the comments below! -------------------------------------------------------------------- Last Week's Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCFJh0fdlD8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- RELATED VIDEOS: Why is Killing a Fundamental Game Mechanic? | Game/Show | PBS Digital Studios https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu-Yrqcq3Ps Hatred - Crossing the Line from Violence to Sadism - Extra Credits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6xQlnzffRg Errant Signal - Violence In Games https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSBn77_h_6Q -------------------------------------------------------------------- FURTHER READING ON VIDEO GAME VIOLENCE: http://footnotes.pbsideachannel.com/papers-the-relationship-between-aggressiveness-and-video-games/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- TWEET OF THE WEEK: https://twitter.com/SamBackus/status/687305577534472192 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ASSET LINKS: All asset links can be viewed here in this fun Google doc! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ggTdrRN-OjkrLQz1TAWs_deZehBGnYsmx6sZeHlFPiM/edit?usp=sharing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Music: "Europe" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Level 5" by Room for the Homeless (http://bit.ly/10N0Ykm) "Bouncy Castle" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) ":P" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Squarehead" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Number Cruncher" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Little Birthday Acid" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Topskore" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Anti Vanishing Spray" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Tarty Prash" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Carry on Carillon" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Uptown Tennis Club" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Squarehead" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Dream Of Autumn" by Night Shift Master https://soundcloud.com/dj-darkmatter- "Insert Toy For Coin" by Eatme (http://eatme.pro/music/) "Dizor" by Outsider https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/440 "Lets go back to the rock" by Outsider https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/440 "Something like this" by Outsider https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/440 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Written and hosted by Mike Rugnetta (@mikerugnetta) (who also has a podcast! Reasonably Sound: http://bit.ly/1sCn0BF) Made by Kornhaber Brown (http://www.kornhaberbrown.com)