Markiplier, Welcome to the Game, & The Ethics of Developer Trolling

With the prominence of video game developers messing with their players becoming all the more frequent, more and more ethical questions begin to arise. Things like: is it ever okay for a developer to be able to mess with their players? If yes, what does the proper implementation of that kind of trolling look like? And will I be able to think of a 3rd question before this video goes live? Join Scott as he jumps headfirst into the myriad ethical questions this kind of practice has created!

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Special thanks to Samantha Sims or halloweenhoe69 on Tik Tok for inspiring this video all that time ago.

Special thanks to Castoreh as well, go check out his Twitch here!   / castoreh  

And of course, a very special thanks to Markiplier:    / markiplier  

Credits:
Sound Design/Video Editing: Scott Thomas
Assistant Editor/Camera Operator: Maddie Rambissoon
Spaceman Scott Intro Animatic: Nick Heilman
Special thanks to Gabe Isaacs (My one true love) and Orion Elrod (My favorite Texan)

Follow me on Twitter at   / spaceman_scott   for very infrequent Tweets and hot takes!

00:00 - 01:35 | Intro
01:36 - 04:29 | Part 1: Welcome to Welcome to the Game 2
04:30 - 16:33 | Part 2: A Welcome to the Game Theory
16:34 - 24:19 | Part 3: This is Me Making a Video About That
24:20 - 27:46 | Part 4: The Main Point
27:47 - 29:07 | Part 5: Conclusion
29:08 - 31:10 | Final Thoughts and Outro