PBS Game/Show

A Defense of Cheating in Videogames (1x27)

Air date: Mar 20, 2014

Arthur Chu's recent Jeopardy streak got us thinking: what is a cheater, and are they really all that bad? Cheaters can be infuriating, but they actually may be a positive force in gaming. Instead of breaking the rules, they manipulate them to their benefit, and expose aspects of the game that had been previously ignored. So should we be ENCOURAGING cheating?