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Role-playing as a Singaporean civil servant in “What’s the Matter, Mr. Monster?” (with director Roshan Singh Sambhi)

socialservice.sg presents: "Before the Ballot"

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The Importance of Kindness in Games

The ability to perform kind acts in a game does influence, it does change something in you. Bioware is Mass Effect 1. They were surprised by where when collating data from players and saves in Mass Effect 1 that a vast overwhelming majority of people were going the hero rather than the villain route. Most people are playing games, especially action games late at night and after work, after school. So I think if you can make a game that makes doing good feel good, I can't help but feel like that does something to the player. And making a game that allows you to do that while enjoying yourself certainly couldn't hurt.

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