Full spoilers for Prey (2017) and its endings in this video.
The Trolley Problem is referenced multiple times in Prey, and I want to showcase how it connects with the game’s contentious ending and core themes. Are all of these references misplaced, or does the game truly cut deep into the hidden meanings of this infamous problem?

0:00 Spoiler Warning
0:36 Prey and the Trolley Problem
2:54 The Talos 1 Problem
6:30 Empathy Quotient
8:51 Consequences
10:58 Trolley Origins
14:01 Conclusion

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Music Used:
The Experiment - Prey, by Mick Gordon
Everything Is Going to Be Okay - Prey, by Mick Gordon
Neuromods - Prey, by Mick Gordon
December and January - Prey, by Mick Gordon
No Gravity - Prey, by Mick Gordon
Alex Theme - Prey, by Mick Gordon
Human Elements - Prey, by Mick Gordon
The Truth Will Set You Free - Prey, by Mick Gordon

Sources Used:
Foot, Philippa (1967). The Problem of Abortion and the Doctrine of the Double Effect. Oxford Review 5:5-15.
Nadelhoffer, T. (2019, November 24). Sacrifices, Self-Defense, and Victim Relations.
Thomson, J. J. (1985). The Trolley Problem. The Yale Law Journal, 94(6), 1395–1415.
Thomson, J.J. (2008), Turning the Trolley. Philosophy & Public Affairs, 36: 359-374.

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