<s>
Socrates	B-Application
Jones	I-Application
:	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
Philosopher	I-Application
is	O
an	O
educational	O
point-and-click	O
browser	B-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
and	O
visual	O
novel	O
that	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
students	O
and	O
faculty	O
at	O
Carnegie	O
Mellon	O
University	O
and	O
released	O
on	O
Kongregate	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
later	O
rerelease	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
eponymous	O
player	O
character	O
Socrates	B-Application
Jones	I-Application
debates	O
historical	O
philosophers	O
to	O
unravel	O
the	O
nature	O
of	O
morality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
Ace	B-Application
Attorney	I-Application
,	O
from	O
which	O
it	O
borrows	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
core	O
mechanics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Connor	O
Fallon	O
played	O
the	O
Ace	B-Application
Attorney	I-Application
video-game	O
series	O
in	O
2009	O
,	O
and	O
considered	O
how	O
the	O
core	O
gameplay	O
could	O
be	O
applied	O
to	O
philosophy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
phase	O
,	O
the	O
design	O
team	O
noted	O
that	O
while	O
Ace	B-Application
Attorney	I-Application
's	O
inventory	O
takes	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
concrete	O
evidence	O
,	O
Pro	O
Philosopher	O
would	O
rely	O
on	O
abstract	O
ideas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Socrates	B-Application
Jones	I-Application
:	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
Philosopher	I-Application
was	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
free	O
browser	B-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
;	O
it	O
was	O
originally	O
uploaded	O
to	O
Kongregate	O
on	O
August	O
20	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
became	O
popular	O
through	O
a	O
walkthrough	O
video	O
on	O
the	O
YouTube	O
channel	O
Philosophy	O
Tube	O
and	O
by	O
being	O
hosted	O
on	O
Flash	B-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
websites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
the	O
game	O
has	O
been	O
played	O
491,518	O
times	O
at	O
Kongregate	O
,	O
20,000	O
times	O
at	O
JayIsGames	O
,	O
72,574	O
times	O
at	O
Newgrounds	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
4,515	O
times	O
at	O
BuzzedGames	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
team	O
followed	O
this	O
game	O
with	O
a	O
Hamlet-inspired	O
game	O
named	O
Elsinore	B-Application
,	O
in	O
which	O
Ophelia	O
is	O
trapped	O
in	O
a	O
Groundhog	O
Day-style	O
loop	O
and	O
must	O
escape	O
her	O
fate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Socrates	B-Application
Jones	I-Application
:	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
Philosopher	I-Application
has	O
been	O
used	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Berkeley	O
syllabus	O
titled	O
Social	O
Implications	O
of	O
Computing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
20	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
Steam	B-Application
page	O
for	O
the	O
rerelease	O
was	O
launched	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
projected	O
winter	O
launch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
28	O
,	O
2023	O
the	O
rerelease	O
officially	O
launched	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gameplay	O
of	O
Socrates	B-Application
Jones	I-Application
:	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
Philosopher	I-Application
heavily	O
borrows	O
from	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
Ace	B-Application
Attorney	I-Application
series	O
,	O
modifying	O
the	O
catchphrase	O
"	O
Objection	B-Application
!	I-Application
"	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
speakers	O
at	O
the	O
2014	O
ifMUD	B-Protocol
Interactive	O
Fiction	O
discussion	O
,	O
"	O
the	O
character	O
has	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
things	O
they	O
need	O
to	O
explain/justify/come	O
to	O
terms	O
with	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
rhetorical	O
moves	O
they	O
can	O
make	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
music	O
mimics	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
Ace	B-Application
Attorney	I-Application
series	O
,	O
with	O
simple	O
,	O
repeating	O
motifs	O
that	O
gradually	O
increase	O
the	O
sense	O
of	O
urgency	O
as	O
the	O
player	O
proceeds	O
through	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Except	O
for	O
himself	O
,	O
accountant	O
Socrates	B-Application
Jones	I-Application
 '	O
family	O
are	O
interested	O
in	O
philosophy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Socrates	B-Application
Jones	I-Application
says	O
the	O
nature	O
of	O
morality	O
might	O
be	O
impossible	O
to	O
find	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Impressed	O
with	O
Socrates	O
 '	O
arguments	O
,	O
the	O
arbiter	O
,	O
who	O
is	O
revealed	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
philosopher	O
Socrates	O
,	O
allows	O
Socrates	B-Application
Jones	I-Application
and	O
Ari	O
leave	O
The	O
Intelligible	O
Realm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jay	O
Is	O
Games	O
was	O
positive	O
about	O
Socrates	B-Application
Jones	I-Application
:	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
Philosopher	I-Application
,	O
stating	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
"	O
all	O
about	O
teaching	O
you	O
how	O
to	O
debate	O
people	O
in	O
every	O
day	O
life	O
"	O
while	O
still	O
being	O
"	O
fun	O
and	O
engaging	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
editor	O
,	O
the	O
characters	O
in	O
Socrates	B-Application
Jones	I-Application
are	O
"	O
interesting	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
topics	O
they	O
discuss	O
doubly	O
so	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
French	O
review	O
site	O
Gamesidestory	O
called	O
Socrates	B-Application
Jones	I-Application
a	O
gem	O
,	O
commending	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
original	O
concept	O
and	O
philosophical	O
content	O
,	O
and	O
praising	O
its	O
"	O
eloquent	O
"	O
conclusion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
said	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
lovingly	O
borrows	O
from	O
Ace	B-Application
Attorney	I-Application
and	O
captures	O
the	O
original	O
's	O
sense	O
of	O
humor	O
.	O
</s>
