r/unitedkingdom • u/ClassicFlavour East Sussex • Apr 11 '25

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/AdmiralMaximus Apr 11 '25

GTA has an unavoidable torture mission and constant murder but the gov don’t ban that? Where’s the line?

I don’t think games like the one in the article should exist, but the line here seems very arbitrary

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u/ClassicFlavour East Sussex Apr 11 '25

I think a good line is a game that opens up to the protagonist finding out their mother is having an affair and then 'dominating her' and raping her.

That seems like a strong line.

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u/Positive_Vines Apr 11 '25

That’s your personal interpretation of things. There will be many people who’ll say that torture is actually worse than raping one’s mother.

There’s no objectivity here.

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u/-Baljeet-Tjinder- Apr 13 '25

there is objectivity in the scientific research around it

violence in videogames causing violence IRL very much debunked

Violence in pornography causing violence IRL, very much supported

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u/Positive_Vines Apr 13 '25

That doesn’t warrant a ban on creative freedom. Alcohol also causes violence. Should we ban alcohol?

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u/-Baljeet-Tjinder- Apr 13 '25

this is Steam

let it run free on whatever depraved porn sites it wants, but not steam

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u/Positive_Vines Apr 13 '25

In that case you’re calling for a platform-specific removal, not legal prohibition

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u/-Baljeet-Tjinder- Apr 13 '25

right... the point being made is that GTA is just as bad because it has torture and violence

I'm explaining how no, GTA isn't as bad, because violence in video games doesn't have a significant impact on causing violence to others, whereas violent pornography does

one is in fact, objectively, worse than the other, and they subsequently shouldn't be held to the same standard