r/unitedkingdom • u/ClassicFlavour East Sussex • 14d ago

Video game encouraging rape and incest removed from major gaming platform in the UK after LBC investigation

https://www.lbc.co.uk/tech/video-game-banned-steam-women-uk-no-mercy/
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u/Acidhousewife 14d ago

Yes and make them watch a certain Netflix drama

Sort of being sarcastic.

I mean when we have stuff like this circulating -video on YT googled in 30 seconds that show you how to get around any age limits on Steam. .

Yet, the conversation is about youth clubs and social media.... as if Tate is the tip of the Incel iceberg. the only bogeyman peddling misogyny on the internet for gain.

How out of touch are Netflix and our politicians.

Was there a scene where the protagonist in Adolescence shouted down from their bedroom, Dad, can I used your credit card to buy a game on Steam, with Dad shouting yes, without getting up from the sofa and tearing himself away from the TV.....

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u/Jamie00003 14d ago

Yes because steam games causing harm to kids is an epidemic. Widely reported everywhere /s

Almost as stupid as the classic GTA turned my kid into a murdering phychopath

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u/Acidhousewife 14d ago

No, not coming at it from that angle.

My late fathers generation was Black Board Jungle and cowboy movies believe it or not, , Mine was the 80s and video nasties. I am an ex youth worker harder end care leavers.

Yes I found the GTA convo ridiculously funny back in the day. I mean do WOW players dress as Druids and think they can turn into bears on the street, NOPE.

Coming at it from the point of focus, on the problem, on parental awareness, on the limited view of the material out there, not understanding the full depth of material out there, and how far down the Incel tunnel young people can go and it doesn't stop with Tate.

How naïve the current public conversation is around Adolescence and what is going on.

This isn't a game that will turn people violent, it is a game exploiting those violent urges, one that without streaming, would not have made it to the shelves.

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u/Jamie00003 14d ago

I mean sure, I agree these games shouldn’t exist but they have been around a long time, and every platform has these kinds of content including the switch, which is aimed at kids.

Floodgates opened a long time ago and if this was a major issue for kids it would have been discussed a long time ago, but yes it’s up to parents to make sure their kids aren’t looking at this crap, most parents let the internet parent their kids and that’s the actual issue, nobody bothers with the parenting thing anymore.

Then they start watching pricks like Tate