Here's the imbd article, it well tell you everything you need to know. March 2007.

Thanks for your comments everyone, its made me really happy to see there are other gamers out there who are prepared to reflect on such advanced game concepts like this.

Claude - i gotta check that film out, when was it released?

Sorry about the double post, but I thought I would mention a movie I just saw called "Reign Over Me". It's set in New York and stars Adam Sandler and Don Cheadle. It's about this guy who has post traumatic stress disorder, his family died on 9/11. Now here is the cool thing, he plays "Shadow of the Collosus" almost religiously and the game plays a supporting role in the movie. That's it and I loved the game as well.

I'm agnostic, but I also believe in karma. I have faith in the human spirit, the human endeavor and within this faith lies my belief in karma. As for games, they are treading lightly in this area, I feel. Entertainment is the first focus of a game, much like the majority of movies being made. I've often wanted a different approach in my games, instead of moving games toward the movie industry in story telling, move them more toward a written novel. I know it's not for every game, but there is a need for better writting and moral choices in a game. Only time will tell this story, leaving us with one question. "As the industry grows, will they grow up or become stagnet and lose their spirit?"

This is a really interesting article sweep. I've been thinking about this concept for a while and it really can be hard to think of. Its a really hard thing to really make a person care about his/her actions in a game. Its odd to really think about what the developer can do, I mean sure they can make the game harder on you but in a way its just another obstacle for the player to go through. Yes, they get re payed for they actions but I don't think most players will really care about the towns people in fable hating them. I've always loved the concept of making the player care for someone or something in the game and taking that thing or person away on behalf of their actions. Sure it takes some work to get the player to care about someone in a game but hell Portal did it with as god damn cube. All in all this is a really interesting idea that hasn't had its full potential tapped yet. Love the article sweep.

I would definitely like to see a game where everything you did would persist and not get erased or 'cancelled out' by doing a good deed. I mean stuff like that happens on a small scale in games like Mass Effect, where being a dick to one person will make it so that one person hates you, even if you're a saint to everyone else, but that's on a very small scale.

This post had nothing to do with Beyond Good and Evil. I have been mislead!

one belief does not neccesitate the other. i can be a supersticious athiest.

Slightly missing the point I feel, but thank you for your contribution nonetheless... I was more concerned with the concept of emotional negativity as a consequence of a computer game, but whatever...

I personally think that Karma and God go hand in hand. If you do something good, God will be pleased with you, and reward you. And visa versa. My question to you is this. When you do something good, who rewards you with good karma? If there is no higher being then you, that can manipulate the world, then who would reward you? IF you did somthing bad, who who punish you. If there is nobody out there (in your beliefs) then Karma can't be true. 

Religion is a bit of a paradox for me. I love the poetry of something spiritual affecting the way we live our lives, but I flat-out refuse to believe in a higher authority that in some way manipulates us or our environments. I dont believe in God. But for some unexplainable reason, I believe in karma.

If you do something bad, something bad will happen to you in turn.

And so, we move to computer games.