Postmodern Technological Development and Social Change in Video Games: A Case Study of <i>Detroit: Become Human</i>
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Detroit: Become Human
artificial intelligence
racial equality

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Postmodern Technological Development and Social Change in Video Games: A Case Study of Detroit: Become Human. (2026). ACGN Nexus, 1(1), e0003. https://doi.org/10.66309/4n9zhv91

Abstract

Detroit: Become Human is an interactive video game released by French game manufacturer quantitative dream on Sony Playstation platform in 2018. The game shows the fierce "racial contradiction" between the highly developed postmodern people of artificial intelligence technology and the new "race" of artificial intelligence It expresses its criticism of the capitalist system on the road of the development of science and technology and productivity. At the same time, the multi ending model of the game shows players the various forms of social changes that may be brought about by the development of science and technology. Through the deconstruction and analysis of Detroit: Become Human, this paper understands the postmodern technology and society in the game works, which has some enlightenment for today and the future trend of the world, which has not been changed in a century, and provides some reference for the construction of Ideological Security in China.

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