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After reading some reviews of your game; you are morally irresponsible. Free advertising via 2015. "What a scam Double down Casino is. It's designed for the p

After reading some reviews of your game; you are morally irresponsible. Free advertising via 2015. "What a scam Double down Casino is. It's designed for the player to fail with low odds of winning. I've bought probably close to $100 in chips the past few months. Just bought $8.00 today to play the American Idol Slot machine and money was gone within 15 minutes. This is ridiculous. It's not like I'm winning real money back but rather looking for some entertainment. I could have paid that and enjoyed a movie for 2 hours. Will never buy another chip again and warn everyone against doing it. They get you hooked before long. I would rather go out and buy a computer casino program for $20 bucks and have endless entertainment. This company is raking in a fortune and giving nothing in return !!!!" Do I think you are a bad person--no. Do I feel too many people take advantage of the poor, depressed, and uniformed--yes. Do I feel people rationalize their behavior in the sake of money--yes.

n72 11y ago
Where in any of this have I rationalized my behavior? I have made no mention anywhere of what I actually think about the morality of the game or of the morality of developing it. You have no idea whether I'm ashamed of my involvement or not since I haven't revealed such.
joesmo 11y ago
I don't think anyone working in this industry is morally responsible for the actions of others resulting from others' free will. The review you posted is sad in that it points out the reviewer's stupidity, not industry employees' immorality. The reviewer should have gotten a free game instead of wasting money on one that requires money. But that wouldn't be gambling and money is the difference between regular video games and slot machines--that's obvious. This is how our economy and capitalism in general work. There is no room for morality in such a system (though that's not to say there shouldn't be). By your same logic, employees of health insurance companies should be held responsible for their companies actions leading to the preventable death of their customers. Employees working for aircraft companies should be held responsible for the deaths their armed fighters cause. And the guy making minimum wage at the gas station should further be held responsible for the actions of his parent company and the thousands of death they caused. These are all ridiculous things, as is expecting someone who has worked on gambling games to feel morally irresponsible for doing nothing wrong.
- thesimpsons1022 11y ago
  "stupidity". how narrow minded and shallow of you. did you know gambling addiction is the hardest addiction to break? our monkey brains are programmed to not understand probability and get addicted to it. some people are more vulnerable to this genetically than others.

n72 11y ago

Where in any of this have I rationalized my behavior? I have made no mention anywhere of what I actually think about the morality of the game or of the morality of developing it. You have no idea whether I'm ashamed of my involvement or not since I haven't revealed such.

joesmo 11y ago

I don't think anyone working in this industry is morally responsible for the actions of others resulting from others' free will. The review you posted is sad in that it points out the reviewer's stupidity, not industry employees' immorality. The reviewer should have gotten a free game instead of wasting money on one that requires money. But that wouldn't be gambling and money is the difference between regular video games and slot machines--that's obvious. This is how our economy and capitalism in general work. There is no room for morality in such a system (though that's not to say there shouldn't be). By your same logic, employees of health insurance companies should be held responsible for their companies actions leading to the preventable death of their customers. Employees working for aircraft companies should be held responsible for the deaths their armed fighters cause. And the guy making minimum wage at the gas station should further be held responsible for the actions of his parent company and the thousands of death they caused. These are all ridiculous things, as is expecting someone who has worked on gambling games to feel morally irresponsible for doing nothing wrong.

thesimpsons1022 11y ago
"stupidity". how narrow minded and shallow of you. did you know gambling addiction is the hardest addiction to break? our monkey brains are programmed to not understand probability and get addicted to it. some people are more vulnerable to this genetically than others.