SilasBarta comments on Memetic Hazards in Videogames - Less Wrong

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Comment author: CronoDAS 10 September 2010 10:37:20PM 2 points [-]

The Kleptomaniac Hero is very common in video games. If the game lets you take it, you probably should - and you can take a lot of stuff from random people's houses and such, while the people who actually own it stand there doing nothing.

Comment author: SilasBarta 10 September 2010 10:58:30PM 1 point [-]

I want to see a game where people react normally to this kind of thing ... maybe even have the police increase their watches for thieves as more burglaries happen.

Comment author: CronoDAS 11 September 2010 12:44:46AM 4 points [-]

In the original Baldur's Gate, you'd get in trouble if any NPC saw you stealing something. And, perhaps unfortunately, "any NPC" included cats and other animals.