Weve seen how the problems videogames have to deal with stem, although not exclusively, from their interactivity.

Gaming stands at an awkward crossroads right now.

Videogames, like all other visual media, need to diversify their output.

But the diversification of videogames is far more complicated than the diversification of television and film.

Youre not interacting with your television when youre watching it.

Which brings us to the final part of our jaunt through the adolescence of videogames choice.

Always bring out your big guns on the final level.

Lets look at the most contentious of those first: moral choice.

The choice on offer isnt really moral one at all, its just dressed up like one.

Theres no grey area whatsoever.

Its a recommendation that we stop describing something in terms that dont apply to it.

Decisions involve complex, individual reasoning, and minuscule choices can change events far off in the future.

A second approach to morality comes courtesy of BioWare.

For example, you might intervene in a dispute between two NPCs.

Handle it diplomatically and one of the characters in your party will respect you more.

Handle it with a sword or a gun, and the same character will lose respect for you.

That leaves you with three options positive, negative or neutral.

Its the same basic problem that blights other games that claim they have morality systems.

How do you make a player choose what to do, whilst keeping the action flowing?

Narrative choice is choice on a grander scale than moral choice.

Its the ability to play a game in whatever order you see fit.

Videogames are getting larger and larger, and more and more of them are offering whats called sandbox gaming.

In essence, youre allowed to do whatever you want.

This is one thing that other visual media simply cannot do.

Videogames dont have to do that.

TheGTAseries is a fine example of this.

If its my fault, then Im okay with that.

Of all the examples in this series, the choices that we make are the most important.

Whats needed now is a blending of the two different types of choice on display here.