Sarah C. Malanowski is an instructor of philosophy at Florida Atlantic University. She specializes in the philosophy of cognitive science, biomedical ethics, and the philosophy of games. Her work has appeared in Bioethics, Synthese, Journal of Medicine & Philosophy, and Neuroethics. She is the coauthor, with Nicholas R. Baima, of Why It’s OK to Be a Gamer (Routledge 2024).Nicholas R. Baima is an associate professor of philosophy at Florida Atlantic University. He works in ancient philosophy, ethical theory, and the philosophy of games. He is the coauthor, with Sarah C. Malanowski, of Why It’s OK to Be a Gamer (Routledge 2024) and the coauthor, with Tyler Paytas, of Plato’s Pragmatism: Rethinking the Relationship Between Ethics and Epistemology (Routledge 2021).

• Acknowledgments Contributors Introduction: Level Up Your Character Part 1: The Promise and Perils of a Video Game Virtue Ethics 1. The Particular Aptitude of Virtue for Video Game Ethics 2. Don’t Play That Game: Can Simulations Inculcate Vice? 3. Would the Virtuous Gamer Virtually Murder an NPC?4. Virtue-al Ethics? 5. XP for the Soul: Video Games, Ethical Learning, and Cognitive ToolsPart 2: Video Game Virtues and Vices 6. “Good Time to Take … Inventory”: The Need for Playfulness in the Good Life 7. Using Video Games to Cultivate Patience 8. Tryhards, Slouches, and the Seemly Gamer 9. Cheap Tactics in Competitive Gaming 10. The Moral Status of Griefing Part 3: Gaming Friends and Community 11. Befriending Video Game Characters 12. Virtual Friendship Reconsidered: Sociality and User-Friendly Design in Gaming 13. I Thought You Were My Friend: Livestreaming, Friendships of Presence, and the Hazards of Illusory Intimacy 14. Video Games and Mourning 15. How Cosplay Can Cultivate Virtue Index

“This volume opens up an important new area of inquiry. It makes a strong contribution to the broad project of understanding how we should live with electronic media.”Michael Madary, University of the Pacific, USA

Sarah C. Malanowski is an instructor of philosophy at Florida Atlantic University. She specializes in the philosophy of cognitive science, biomedical ethics, and the philosophy of games. Her work has appeared in Bioethics, Synthese, Journal of Medicine & Philosophy, and Neuroethics. She is the coauthor, with Nicholas R. Baima, of Why It’s OK to Be a Gamer (Routledge 2024).Nicholas R. Baima is an associate professor of philosophy at Florida Atlantic University. He works in ancient philosophy, ethical theory, and the philosophy of games. He is the coauthor, with Sarah C. Malanowski, of Why It’s OK to Be a Gamer (Routledge 2024) and the coauthor, with Tyler Paytas, of Plato’s Pragmatism: Rethinking the Relationship Between Ethics and Epistemology (Routledge 2021).

• Acknowledgments Contributors Introduction: Level Up Your Character Part 1: The Promise and Perils of a Video Game Virtue Ethics 1. The Particular Aptitude of Virtue for Video Game Ethics 2. Don’t Play That Game: Can Simulations Inculcate Vice? 3. Would the Virtuous Gamer Virtually Murder an NPC?4. Virtue-al Ethics? 5. XP for the Soul: Video Games, Ethical Learning, and Cognitive ToolsPart 2: Video Game Virtues and Vices 6. “Good Time to Take … Inventory”: The Need for Playfulness in the Good Life 7. Using Video Games to Cultivate Patience 8. Tryhards, Slouches, and the Seemly Gamer 9. Cheap Tactics in Competitive Gaming 10. The Moral Status of Griefing Part 3: Gaming Friends and Community 11. Befriending Video Game Characters 12. Virtual Friendship Reconsidered: Sociality and User-Friendly Design in Gaming 13. I Thought You Were My Friend: Livestreaming, Friendships of Presence, and the Hazards of Illusory Intimacy 14. Video Games and Mourning 15. How Cosplay Can Cultivate Virtue Index

“This volume opens up an important new area of inquiry. It makes a strong contribution to the broad project of understanding how we should live with electronic media.”Michael Madary, University of the Pacific, USA

Sarah C. Malanowski is an instructor of philosophy at Florida Atlantic University. She specializes in the philosophy of cognitive science, biomedical ethics, and the philosophy of games. Her work has appeared in Bioethics, Synthese, Journal of Medicine & Philosophy, and Neuroethics. She is the coauthor, with Nicholas R. Baima, of Why It’s OK to Be a Gamer (Routledge 2024).Nicholas R. Baima is an associate professor of philosophy at Florida Atlantic University. He works in ancient philosophy, ethical theory, and the philosophy of games. He is the coauthor, with Sarah C. Malanowski, of Why It’s OK to Be a Gamer (Routledge 2024) and the coauthor, with Tyler Paytas, of Plato’s Pragmatism: Rethinking the Relationship Between Ethics and Epistemology (Routledge 2021).

• Acknowledgments Contributors Introduction: Level Up Your Character Part 1: The Promise and Perils of a Video Game Virtue Ethics 1. The Particular Aptitude of Virtue for Video Game Ethics 2. Don’t Play That Game: Can Simulations Inculcate Vice? 3. Would the Virtuous Gamer Virtually Murder an NPC?4. Virtue-al Ethics? 5. XP for the Soul: Video Games, Ethical Learning, and Cognitive ToolsPart 2: Video Game Virtues and Vices 6. “Good Time to Take … Inventory”: The Need for Playfulness in the Good Life 7. Using Video Games to Cultivate Patience 8. Tryhards, Slouches, and the Seemly Gamer 9. Cheap Tactics in Competitive Gaming 10. The Moral Status of Griefing Part 3: Gaming Friends and Community 11. Befriending Video Game Characters 12. Virtual Friendship Reconsidered: Sociality and User-Friendly Design in Gaming 13. I Thought You Were My Friend: Livestreaming, Friendships of Presence, and the Hazards of Illusory Intimacy 14. Video Games and Mourning 15. How Cosplay Can Cultivate Virtue Index

“This volume opens up an important new area of inquiry. It makes a strong contribution to the broad project of understanding how we should live with electronic media.”Michael Madary, University of the Pacific, USA