How not to turn child abuse into a game

A trailer for David Cage’s Detroit: Become Human hints at the danger of trivialising sensitive social issuesTo what extent might a semi-autonomous robot maid be able to intervene in domestic abuse cases of the future? The question underpins Detroit: Become Human, a forthcoming PlayStation game directed by the French game maker David Cage.Last week, during a press event held in Paris, Cage showed footage of the game, due for release next spring, in which Kara, an android housekeeper, bears