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Use intellect and strategy in this game through philosophical thinking in education from producer Lasse Tolonen. It received praise for its innovative implementation. It's based on philosopher Pekka Himanen's HIMeros-book, in which Socrates returns to Earth. Enrolling in the University of Helsinki, Socrates questions cause outrage and drives him into conflict with the staff of the Institute of Philosophy. The game has philosophy seasoned with a murder mystery. The game begins with a TV news special broadcast: Institute of Philosophy of the University of Helsinki curator has been murdered. The player has to find the murderer and is sent to support Socrates who is facing the death penalty. Once a player has selected their goals, there appears the book publisher's representative with whom an agreement is reached as the game progresses are composing a philosophical master thesis. The designers of the game made a clever trick, as the game progress through the book really is written. The player is offered a number of different subjects and your own needs. The game also proposes a range of sub-headings, or prompts questions. Exhibits are included - topics such as food ethics, animal rights, the justification of self-defense, the death penalty or cryostorage philosophical problems. At the beginning, the user selects the philosophy of life from six options that are Marxist, Eco Philosophy, Atheist, Christian, Platonist and Skeptic. Although the world view does little to affect the course of the game at all, sometimes you make choices that are in accordance with the selected view. It is possible to choose a variety of perspectives and look at the conflicting ethical and ontological views (atheist, Christian, Marxist-Platonist). The CD-ROM was made in nine months, and includes thirty elements. It won the European multimedia award, Europrix, in 1998. |
