Why the Final We Happy Few DLC is so Strangely Relevant

Ben Atkinson

Ben Atkinson

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They Came From Below, the first We Happy Few DLC, has somehow become more relevant over time: its messaging surrounding robot sentience and moral status now sits at the forefront of 2026 discouse, seven years later.

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Sources:

Bentham / Singer article: https://utilitarianism.net/guest-essa...
Blade Runner Article: https://vusf.wordpress.com/2017/02/06...
Data Centres: Almost No One Realizes This About AI Data ...
Kagan Article: https://www.jpe.ox.ac.uk/papers/for-h...
Kurzgesagt AI Video: AI Slop Is Destroying The Internet
Never Let Me Go Trailer: NEVER LET ME GO | Official Trailer | FOX S...
Peter Singer on Animals: https://petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/20...
Rebecca Walker: Ethical dilemma: Whose life is more valuab...  
Robots with Moral Status? David DeGrazia article: https://philosophy.columbian.gwu.edu/...
Sam Altman: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman: "If this technology...
Sky Ai: The AI hacks are so much worse than you think
They Came From Below Playthrough: WE HAPPY FEW - THEY CAME FROM BELOW | Full...
We All Fall Down Playthrough: WE HAPPY FEW - We All Fall Down | Full Gam...

Chapters:

00:00 Intro
03:49 1: The Story
10:00 2: Sci-fi versus Reality
19:40 3: Never Let Me Go
23:32 4: Catharsis
27:43 5: Saying Goodbye