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Does undertale have deeper morals than we think?

What makes this quirky little RPG stand-out is that it succeeds


where a number of games that promise “moral choice” fail: by
presenting the player with true choices, merging those choices into
its gameplay and narrative, and being consistent and firm about
the consequences of those choices. For some time now, there has
been the ability to make moral decisions in games. How many
games have you played where you can spare a major baddy or kill
them? Or where destroying the city gives you red points while
rescuing kittens give you blue? At the end of the day, these
choices are fairly simple. While they may alter the ending, they
lack weight. You can be a saintly goody goody or puppy kicking
baddy, but the game never changes in a meaningful way. Although
throughout the game, I constantly found myself reflecting on what
I’d done and the consequences it led to. I was heart broken for
being unable to prevent Toriel’s fate on my first go, then overjoyed
when I did on my pacifist run. I remember the jarring dissonance of
seeing enemies as nothing but free EXP on my first run only to
view them as cute, quirky characters and later friends during my
pacifist run. Only to watch all the games’ warmth, humor and joy
disappear during the genocide route.

US singer Chris Brown has been arrested on suspicion of


assault with weapon after a woman told police he had
threatened her with a gun.
Beauty queen Baylee Curran told the LA Times Mr Brown
had pointed the gun at her face after she had been admiring his
friend's jewellery. Mr Brown's lawyer tweeted that his client was
later freed, adding that the accusations were "demonstrably false".
Associated Press said that Mr Brown was released on $250,000
(£190,000) bail. The singer has several convictions for violence,
including a 2009 assault on his then girlfriend, pop star Rihanna.
Police went to Mr Brown's home following the emergency call early
on Tuesday. Ms Curran told the LA Times that she and a friend
had gone to Mr Brown's house with a business associate on
Monday evening. She said she had been admiring the diamond
necklace of a man who had been showing off his jewellery when
the man got angry and told her to back away. That is when she
says Mr Brown pulled out a gun, pointed it and told her to get out.
"If somebody put a gun to your head, what would you do? Call the
police," Ms Curran said on her Instagram.

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