Stop approving rape simulators

[TiffinTattle]

The game Slave Doll has been approved by Value. It went on sale today, and currently lists " two types of unconscious r*** " as a gameplay feature. This is one of only four features advertised.

6 months ago, Value approved a game called Elf Farm. Its sales page currently advertises the option for a player to arrange for a woman to be r***** by a cow.

Suggestion: Valve should either change their policies or go back to Greenlight.

[davidb11]

LOL wut.
Sorry, but making up all these wacky claims doesn't make sense.

I did not derail, I simply addressed multiple points with my message.
We're done here though.

[Tanoomba]

As someone who's paid several minutes worth of attention to PH at least a few times over the years, I have no idea what these people are talking about.

[[N]ebsun]

Steam should stop approving any game that any single person disapproves of. Then every game on Steam will be a game that everyone approves of, and no one would have any issue.


.. grow up and just ignore or don't buy the game if you don't like it.

[Start_Running]

Първоначално публикувано от TiffinTattle:

Can anybody name any game by any major game studio which features the player r****** a woman? This isn't some standard that I just made up based on my morals. It's a red line that almost the entire industry is unwilling to cross.

Why does it have to be a 'major' studio?
Major studios in general typically don't cater to niche markets.

Първоначално публикувано от TiffinTattle:

Why is a major video game distributor selling content that even the worlds largest porn site would reject?

Porn sites emply real actors and people so there's a bit of a line there. But there's plenty of porn that involves shall we say 'dubious consent'.

And Anime literally has a whole genre called 'tentacle rape'.

Look m8. You're literally just getting into a moral panic. Just ignore the game thats clearly not for you and move on with your life. You probably play plenty of games where you murder and kill people , break any number of traffic laws and commit acts of barbarous millitary aggressions. Just sayin.

[temps]

Първоначално публикувано от Pierce Dalton:

Първоначално публикувано от wuddih:

Greenlight was a waiting queue resorter, nothing else. Steam Direct was always the goal.

also 2 sides of a medal.
if you wanna make these games illegal, simple thing, that makes the decade-old international political agenda to make "killer games", like counter-strike, illegal even easier to push through.

so dont throw dirt if you can't handle the sandstorm coming back at ya.

Apples and oranges.

Kids play with toy guns and simulate killing, but they don't simulate raping.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpEDSvaP_-8

Considering how many crime-simulator games there are, what's the huge difference (morally speaking)?

There are lots of crime games that, for many people, are enjoyed as a way to run over huge numbers of pedestrians, shoot police officers, and go on mass shooting rampages in urban areas... but for some reason a game involving rape is unacceptable?

Why, exactly? Why are games involving sadistic shootings, stabbings, and murder crimes acceptable but games involving rape crimes are not?

[friedrich engels]

this comment thread makes me wonder. is there a game that simulates breaking into a series of houses where gamer dweebs are commenting on internet posts while masturbating, and just massacring them one by one? maybe the boss level is a lan party, or whatever you kids are calling it these days.

[Start_Running]

Първоначално публикувано от friedrich engels:

this comment thread makes me wonder. is there a game that simulates breaking into a series of houses where gamer dweebs are commenting on internet posts while masturbating, and just massacring them one by one? maybe the boss level is a lan party, or whatever you kids are calling it these days.

I think there was a Postal 3 Custom level like that.

[BOBTOMAS]

Първоначално публикувано от TiffinTattle:

The game Slave Doll has been approved by Value. It went on sale today, and currently lists " two types of unconscious r*** " as a gameplay feature. This is one of only four features advertised.

6 months ago, Value approved a game called Elf Farm. Its sales page currently advertises the option for a player to arrange for a woman to be r***** by a cow.

Suggestion: Valve should either change their policies or go back to Greenlight.

To understand.
You also include game like "cyberpunk 2077"?

In cyberpunk 2077 there is a whole story centered around cybernetic dolls.

In particular about this character: Evelyn Parker i

This character is described as follows:
At first, we think we’ve got Evelyn all figured out. Quick-witted, composed, and supremely confident, she wields her $e.x.u.a.l.i.t.y like a scalpel to extract exactly what she wants. Yet that first impression soon cracks into a million pieces. She’s no puppet master—she’s a doll, a living $.e.x toy whose chief asset is a chip that lets her be whoever the customer wants.

[temps]

Първоначално публикувано от friedrich engels:

this comment thread makes me wonder. is there a game that simulates breaking into a series of houses where gamer dweebs are commenting on internet posts while masturbating, and just massacring them one by one? maybe the boss level is a lan party, or whatever you kids are calling it these days.

I haven't come across any video games in which you kill gamers, but I have come across plenty of video games in which you shoot communists. Many of those video games are highly enjoyable. The Call of Duty Black Ops games come to mind.

[Pierce Dalton]

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So you are an advocate for this type of game, you laugh do you think anyone who has ever been been raped would laugh.

Do you think anyone who's been shot wants to play shooter games any time soon?

Well, I know I would. In fact, that's probably one of the first things I'd do after getting out of the hospital lol.

[Pierce Dalton]

Първоначално публикувано от TiffinTattle:

Can anybody name any game by any major game studio which features the player r****** a woman? This isn't some standard that I just made up based on my morals. It's a red line that almost the entire industry is unwilling to cross.

As if Valves low standards couldn't be any more absurd, here is what Porn Hub has to say on the matter,

"To help protect the integrity of the platform, we also prohibit content, including fictional, simulated, or animated, that features or depicts*: "

- "Depictions of non-consensual sexual activity*, including forced sexual acts, rape, or sexual assault;"
- " Persons appearing drugged, incapacitated, or intoxicated** involved in sexual acts;"

Why is a major video game distributor selling content that even the worlds largest porn site would reject?

That would be their ruin. Can you imagine the backlash if Capcom or Ubisoft, for example, did that? What would be the impact on their finances and reputation? Could they ever recover from it?

Indie devs can get away with this ♥♥♥♥ because, in reality, they have nothing to lose.

[Pierce Dalton]

Първоначално публикувано от temps:

Първоначално публикувано от Pierce Dalton:

Apples and oranges.

Kids play with toy guns and simulate killing, but they don't simulate raping.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpEDSvaP_-8

Considering how many crime-simulator games there are, what's the huge difference (morally speaking)?

There are lots of crime games that, for many people, are enjoyed as a way to run over huge numbers of pedestrians, shoot police officers, and go on mass shooting rampages in urban areas... but for some reason a game involving rape is unacceptable?

Why, exactly? Why are games involving sadistic shootings, stabbings, and murder crimes acceptable but games involving rape crimes are not?

C'mon, haven't you read the post yourself quoted?

Because even kids simulate killing each other, it has always been like that, long before videogames existed. Do you realize the difference?

[The Commendatore]

How did you even know about those titles? I have the filter for adult content turned off and don't see them.

[Mr. No_Effs_Given]

Give dosh, Gaben happy, game approved.

[Pierce Dalton]

Първоначално публикувано от The Commendatore:

How did you even know about those titles? I have the filter for adult content turned off and don't see them.

Maybe the op likes adult games, but not raping games.

Shocking, I know, but there's a difference.