[arg_discuss] Topic of the Week Oct. 26: Choices

[Christopher Amherst]

Actually with the lawsuit against Toyota's campaign and the recent
actions against spam blogs,
I'm having to keep in mind that there will be a need for a disclaimer
on any "in-game" sites
I use done in a similar style to what "World Without Oil" did on their sites.


Signed,
Christopher


On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 8:03 AM, Andrea Phillips <andrhia at gmail.com> wrote:

> Since we're on the subject already, sort of... I'm pretty sure many of

> us have had fabulous ideas that you haven't implemented because of

> legal or ethical considerations. Anyone care to share those ideas and

> the thought process that led you to ultimately axing them?

>

> My example: for Routes, we wanted to send actors playing the role of

> lawyers or policemen on behalf of a big pharmaceutical company to

> knock on players' doors and deliver them with mocked-up C&D papers. We

> ultimately decided this wouldn't be the right thing to do. One big

> issue was the age group we were creating for -- if a teen player's

> parents answered the door, it might put the player in a difficult

> position, because as with Toyota, the player had opted in but the

> parents hadn't. And "But mom, it's for a game" isn't very convincing,

> is it?

>

> (Kim, care to weigh in more on the specifics of that particular decision?)

>

> So tell me, sirs and mesdames, where have you chosen to pull your punches?

>

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