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Deus Ex Morpheus Conversation [1080p Widescreen]
A 1080p widescreen capture of the Deus Ex conversation between JC Denton and the AI Morpheus. It is a philosophical exchange that includes surveillance as a replacement for God.
Why HN readers recommended it
Commenters call it one of the game's best dialogues and bring it up in discussions of mass surveillance.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Darkangel754
- Topic
- deus ex surveillance dialogue
- Format
- other
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2016–2021
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
> to be honest it still just came across as conspiracy gibberish to my ear Warren Spector said that his initial idea for the game was "what if every conspiracy theory was true?", so that's pretty intentional. So as long as you buy into that …
Trasmatta on Hacker News · 2020-04
In Restoring the Gold Filter in Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Director’s CutThere is that concept that people are comfortable with surveillance, even want it. A maybe somewhat fringe pop cultural reference to that is in Deus Ex (2000), the best video game made so far: > JC Denton: "Some people just don't understand the dangers of …
onli on Hacker News · 2021-07
In A key product of ubiquitous surveillance is people who are comfortable with it
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