{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 58 - Politics Tyranny and Citizenship in Video Games (with James \u201cPigeon\u201d Fielder)","description":"When a player steps into a game, often that game will have a political structure and the player\u2019s choices in that structure may respond to their sense of justice.  That sense of justice can also connect us as groups or factions in games.  Can these factions engage in unethical in-game political action?  Can players in massive multi-player games be considered citizens of those gameworlds in some sense?  If so, can those worlds be tyrannical or benign dictatorships?  Does justice demand giving players in such games democratic representation? --------------------------- Our guest for this episode is James "Pigeon" Fielder, Ph.D. - a Colorado State University political scientist who researches interpersonal trust and emergent political processes through cyber-based interaction and through tabletop and live-action gaming as natural experiments. He is the Chief Operating Officer for roleplaying game company Mobius Worlds Publishing  and consults on organizational wargaming, crisis response exercises, and scenario planning. --------------------------- JOIN THE ETHICS AND VIDEO GAMES COMMUNITY: - Follow\/like\/share us on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube  - Explore our website and check out our Video Games Ethics Resources Center: https:\/\/ethicsandvideogames.com - If you're game to lend us your financial support, we'd love to have it and can definitely use it!  You can do that here: SUPPORT OUR PODCAST! - Give us a review whereever you listen to podcasts - If you've got an idea or an ethical issue involving video games that you think would make for a good podcast, please let us know!  Contact us at ethicsandvideogames.com or email us at contact@ethicsandvideogames.com.  We\u2019d love to hear from you! Hosted by Shlomo Sher, Ph.D. and Andy Ashcraft Production by Carmen Elena Mitchell Music and graphics by Daniel Sher ","author_name":"Ethics and Video Games Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/ethicsandvideogames.com\/","html":"