Comments | sigma7: What's in a name? Ideally, not the word "rape"

sigma7

What's in a name? Ideally, not the word "rape"

Jun 15, 2009 10:02

Via Kotaku: With "rape games" officially banned in Japan and politicians cracking down, the country's erotic game makers are feeling the heat.

What to do? In order to avoid another outcry or to prevent falling target of international protests, adult game developers are giving new and upcoming titles less sensation names.

So, Slippery Pregnancy ( Read more... )

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midnightvoyager June 15 2009, 16:03:19 UTC

I still have to ask.

WHY are they banning rape in games if what they wanted to prevent was CHILD PORN?

I mean, that... wh. Why not ban CHILD PORN!?

I'm not saying I want rape games galore, but their desired result and their choice of actions do not make sense to me.

sigma7 June 15 2009, 16:22:01 UTC

Yeah. I can understand the rational disconnect when people treat the symptoms instead of the disease, but this is...yeah.

I confess I haven't paid any attention to this little controversy -- despite the intriguing potential First Amendment implications were it to be invoked on American soil -- because I don't find the company of either side compelling.

Though imagine if EA figured it could make money my nosing into that market. The Sims expansion packs would be...hrm. I'm going to find an icepick and dislodge that mental picture from my frontal lobe.

midnightvoyager June 15 2009, 16:29:12 UTC

...yeah, stay away from adult Sims sites. I went to one to get the mesh for something I picked up... I think a corset with funky boots. Not even sure why the mesh was there.

The "you may also like" items scarred my brain for life.

(A painting-statue-thing made out of what looked like boobs cut directly off of female Sims. And not in pairs. One at a time. wtf. Like a serial killer.)

The specific game that invoked the controversy is Rapelay, which was reviewed on SomethingAwful somewhere under The Horrors of Japan. And you know what? It wasn't the worst game they reviewed. And... that was ages ago. This thing is old. Why is it causing uproar now?

There is so much WTF with this. I mean, come on. I know Japan has... lots of games and manga and anime with suspiciously young looking girls in relationships... that get their ages set to 18 in translation. I'm sure they're a big part of their entertainment economy. But if you want to ban child porn, go the hell on and do it.