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The God Game
by Danny Tobey
The God Game was created by feeding all the moral philosophy and sacred texts of the world into an artificial intelligence chatbot. People can only join by invitation, its exclusivity adding to its allure. Imagine your own reaction to this invitiation.
You are invited!
Come inside and play with G.O.D.
Bring your friends!
It’s fun!
But remember the rules. Win and ALL YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE.™ Lose, you die!
The Vindicators are a group of high school students, brilliant but estranged from the social center of gravity, always on the outside and wanting to be part of the main. Joining the game, they enjoy getting some of their own back against the bullies who make their lives miserable, but as the Augmented Reality that turns their school and community into the game arena becomes more demanding and the moral quandaries more difficult and dismaying, some of them think about quitting the game. However, no one can just quit.
I loved The God Game. What would the aggregatore morality of all beliefs systems look like? What kind of morality would it inhabit? More than one person has argued that God is a sociopath. I think some might think that is so after trying to understand the moral values of the G.O.D. game. I was puzzled at times by the Game’s values, but when we learn the process of moral decision-making it makes sense. Some players are playing harder than others and the role people play in the game is clear and fair. The “surprises” have a solid foundation so there is nothing unfair about the resolution and game play.
The God Game is fast-moving and the kind of book that will keep people reading late into the night. I passed my ARC to my best friend to read on Sunday afternoon and she had finished it by Monday morning. I don’t think she was happy about that, but she said she could not stop reading. That was my experiene, too.
The God Game will be released on January 7th. I received an ARC from the publisher through NetGalley and Shelf Awareness.
The God Game at St. Martin’s Press | Macmillan
Danny Tobey on Facebook
https://tonstantweaderreviews.wordpress.com/2019/12/11/9781250306159/
You are invited!
Come inside and play with G.O.D.
Bring your friends!
It’s fun!
But remember the rules. Win and ALL YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE.™ Lose, you die!
The Vindicators are a group of high school students, brilliant but estranged from the social center of gravity, always on the outside and wanting to be part of the main. Joining the game, they enjoy getting some of their own back against the bullies who make their lives miserable, but as the Augmented Reality that turns their school and community into the game arena becomes more demanding and the moral quandaries more difficult and dismaying, some of them think about quitting the game. However, no one can just quit.
I loved The God Game. What would the aggregatore morality of all beliefs systems look like? What kind of morality would it inhabit? More than one person has argued that God is a sociopath. I think some might think that is so after trying to understand the moral values of the G.O.D. game. I was puzzled at times by the Game’s values, but when we learn the process of moral decision-making it makes sense. Some players are playing harder than others and the role people play in the game is clear and fair. The “surprises” have a solid foundation so there is nothing unfair about the resolution and game play.
The God Game is fast-moving and the kind of book that will keep people reading late into the night. I passed my ARC to my best friend to read on Sunday afternoon and she had finished it by Monday morning. I don’t think she was happy about that, but she said she could not stop reading. That was my experiene, too.
The God Game will be released on January 7th. I received an ARC from the publisher through NetGalley and Shelf Awareness.
The God Game at St. Martin’s Press | Macmillan
Danny Tobey on Facebook
https://tonstantweaderreviews.wordpress.com/2019/12/11/9781250306159/