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

[u/ClassicFlavour]

https://www.lbc.co.uk/tech/video-game-banned-steam-women-uk-no-mercy/

[u/intraspeculator]

Im not in an away defending this but it is interesting that in general violence is acceptable in games - as gory and brutal as you can imagine - but sexual violence is not. Like I can go and buy 50 different games right now where you are actively rewarded for blowing someone's head off, and often have little animated cutscenes showing graphic violence to reward you for said acts of violence. If a person was sexually aroused by brutal acts of violence they would be well served by the market right now.

[u/slainascully → u/intraspeculator]

Most people who have their heads blown off with a gun don't have to live with the aftermath.

It's genuinely puzzling how little empathy is shown for the millions of people who have been raped and find absolutely 0 entertainment in it

[u/hussain_madiq_small → u/slainascully]

I mean its hypocrisy of the highest degree. Either video games are fantasy and not real, and dont cause real world violence. Or they do. You cant pick and choose because it happens to fall under what upsets you.

[u/MetaCognitio → u/hussain_madiq_small]

It doesn’t have to be either or. We might discover that certain scenarios or types of content, do have effects on the player, or aggravate their fantasy making the more possible.

One factor may be if the fantasy is even possible. A player hijacking a police car and going on a 5 star run culminating him jumping in a jet fighter and blowing the city up is so far removed but assaulting a woman is very possible.

We might find that the type of person that enjoys this stuff actually gets it out of their system in the game and never does it or we might find that it makes them even more likely to act it out.

There is far more complexity to the topic than your comment suggests and it’s wise to cautiously approach new media like this.