Comments on: [The Pro Circuit] Rape Games Banned-Not-Banned in Japan

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Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:33:17 +0000

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by: Cand86

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:32:31 +0000

Certainly better than doing it in real life . . . I just wonder why you would prefer a fantasy like that instead of one where the girl you raped didn’t get pregnant?

I suppose it must just be a way of furthering the video game with ‘objectives’.

by: Valhar2000

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:20:39 +0000

That said, I DO have a problem with the general attitude of the video games- not just rape, but forcing the girl to have an abortion (WTF?) and getting revenge on her and her family when he’s jailed.

Good old fashioned wish-fulfillment fantasy: made for guys who wish that they could do what they want to do and not have to worry about anything.

I don’t like it much either, but then, better this than doing it in real life, right?

by: Cand86

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:28:32 +0000

I don’t mind rape video games- I really don’t. And I don’t know if that makes me a bad person, but I just don’t see the fairness in accepting someone who has a rape fantasy in their head as good, healthy, and normal, but chastising them for playing a video game that explicitly portrays such a fantasy.

That said, I DO have a problem with the general attitude of the video games- not just rape, but forcing the girl to have an abortion (WTF?) and getting revenge on her and her family when he’s jailed. That’s not cool, not cool at all.

by: John Evans

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:56:36 +0000

There have been many laws attempting to restrict games based on their content. A good summary is the GamePolitics Legislation Tracker. The California law has been defeated, but I’ve heard somebody is trying to get it heard by the Supreme Court, which has put yet another little edge on the Supreme Court justice nomination process.

I thought the whole “Hot Coffee” was completely insane–apparently two characters in a committed relationship can’t have consensual sex “on camera”, even if the 3D models are arranged in such a way that you can’t actually see anything. Sarcasm aside, the book Sex in Video Games has a very complete and serious discussion of the incident, I recommend it highly. You can find it…at Amazon. Well, let’s just leave the irony aside here…

There are actually “rape games” sold in the US; Peach Princess sells Japanese erotic games translated into English. A couple appear to deal with rape, although I personally have never played them; “Tsuki - Possession” and “Virgin Roster” come to mind. (Wikipedia’s article on Virgin Roster would definitely put it in the “rape game” category, assuming it’s accurate.)

And yes, the Japanese love their tildes.