Father and Son Game story
A 79-year-old man wants to keep on living so he transplants his brain into a younger body. His son, however, resents his father's continued life and tries to wrestle power from him. Directed by: Randy Bradshaw. Story by: Jeremy Bertrand Finch & Paul Chitlik.
13 total · 2 choice · 8 major · 2 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| personal identity | choice | Was Darius still human, and still himself, after replacing his brain with a computer? How about after becoming a program on CD? |
| the quest for immortality | choice | The point of the story was Darius' intrepid desire to go on living. |
| artificial body part | major | An old and dying man had his mind copied into an electronic brain that was subsequently implanted into a younger man's body. [brain] |
| cyborg | major | We were told that Darius was 60% machine and had an artificial brain. |
| father and son | major | Michael tried to legally take over his father's company on the ground that the the entity claiming to be his father was just a machine. |
| greed for riches | major | Michael made a power grab to take over his father's company. |
| husband and wife | major | Anita gave her unwavering support to her husband Darius after his brain was replaced with an electronic one. |
| mind uploading | major | Darius had his mind transfered first onto a computer, and then uploaded to an artificial brain in the body of what was presumably a younger man's body. |
| obsession | major | Darius virtually worked himself to death to keep his son from taking over his business. Moreover, he ruined his relationship with his son by seeking immortality. |
| parent and child rivalry | major | Michael and his father were rivaling for control of the family company. |