Boycott of violent Japanese video game urged in U.S.

Tuesday 24th February, 11:27 AM JST

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Thenewfront at 02:03 PM JST - 25th February

ANOT SUSAGAMI: I suggest playing a Japanese sim game and you will undrstand my previous post about why this game is vile. You do not understand the genres as your post illustrates.
Thenewfront at 02:03 PM JST - 25th February

ANOT SUSAGAMI: I suggest playing a Japanese sim game and you will undrstand my previous post about why this game is vile. You do not understand the genres as your post illustrates.
ANOTSUSAGAMI at 02:32 PM JST - 25th February

As someone who came to Japan in part for the video games, I laugh at your post. I've played all kinds of games from sims to action to rpgs. I've played some of the best and the worst from every genre. I understand the aprehension you and others feel about such a game. I also know that video games are not to blame for the ills of society. Hold the rapists and murderers accountable, don't pawn off an ounce of the blame on video games, a sequence of 1s and 0s.
Thenewfront at 02:42 PM JST - 25th February

ANOT SUSAGAMI: I've been dealing in video games for 18 years, and i know what i am talking about. Many of the sim games here depict underage girls undressing etc. These sim games are made to feel real so the user can interact with the charecter on screen. There are a large amount of Japanese OTaku who actually are strongly influenced by these games. I should know i have met some. Thousands recently held a petition for teh law to allow them to marry 2d sim anime characters.

Please don't preach to me about knowledge of gaming. I've been playing since the seventies and have many hundreds or over atrhousand emails a year asking my advice about gaming. Simulated rape cannot be compared with games such as GTA. Japanese porn and sims like this will encourage some to perform these acts, it is a stimuli and many of these users are Oytaku, with no real friends and lack social interaction.

Indeed this game and the other similar games portraying pre teens in a sexual nature should be banned, it encourages women to be treated as 2nd class and as sexual objects from pre teen upwards.
jali001 at 03:15 PM JST - 25th February

You are definatly right, any video game that simulates actions is in support of these actions!!! with rape being a terrible issue in this world, why would anyone do anything to promote the fetish for this?? this game may not cause all players to go out and rape women, yet it certainly promotes them to view this as an amusing topic and gives them a vice to express their obvious views of women as sex objects...which is extremely unhealthy as it causes these ideals to grow even further.
ANOTSUSAGAMI at 03:15 PM JST - 25th February

Well now, that piques my interest. You work in games? Then you should at least understand my stance if you don't agree with it. As far as the marrying the 2-D characters, I'll admit, it's weird, but what's the harm to me or anyone else? This same to each his own attitude is what fuels my point. Again, this game is NOT my type of game, but I would be a hypocrite to say ban this game, and then say let me make the choices in my life. What is the name of your website? I'm interested in seeing your work.
Nessie at 07:44 PM JST - 25th February

I'm confused. So, should the US ban war games? Should they ban weapons in war games? How about we have games in which the marines hold hands while dancing in a circle and hand out flowers and bead necklaces to peace loving terrorists?

It can be argued that there are legitimate grounds for war. You can argue legitimate grounds for rape only if you live in Saudi Arabia or some such country.
yawmin at 02:51 AM JST - 26th February

i think rape sims are for savages, but the government banning it is censorship, but if amazon decides not to carry it, its a business decision and they have a right to choose about what they carry or not.
jali001 at 06:16 AM JST - 26th February

"you can argue legitimate grounds for rape only if you live in saudi arabia"...hmm yeah i guess people who have screwed ideas about gender could argue legitimate reasons, i guess if they think women deserve it because they are not serving their husbands well enough, which is soo wrong. Human rights should not be a second priority to culture!!! It's a crime to have child porn so why is it not a crime to gain pleasure by pretending to rape a child as this game advocates??? "Each to their own" is so irrelevant in this case, because even if it doesn't cause real rapes to occur, it is detremental to the psychological healing of rape victims.
ANOTSUSAGAMI at 08:56 AM JST - 26th February

Yawmin- 100% agree. Jali001- What? How is this game going to be detrimental to rape victims? Are rape victims buying this? I don't think so. The game is insensitive to women definitely, and just for that it's a game I can't see myself playing. Who, however gave me the right to tell fans of the game, "you can't play it because this game doesn't sit well with MY morals?"
IchyaWarFare at 09:08 AM JST - 26th February

Anotsu and yawmin have the next best posts in here. jali001 and Thenewfront are on some weird high moral ground that I just can't see. Am I gonna but it? No. But I am not gonna just talk about it so I can spread word for its sales. There are plenty more of these games, you guys have been here forever and you just want to raise a stink about it now...weak. Go to Akibahara and protest, see how long that lasts. I will watch the news and wait to hear about it, but there is no point, right?
ForeignKiri at 01:45 PM JST - 26th February

I got a question...how about, WHAT HAPPENED TO THINKING OF THIS EARLIER?!

We all know despite the gaming industry patenting laws there are ways to still get this game. They could have nipped this in the bud SO LONG AGO.... I had a friend back in college who loved to play this game... I still shake my head at it in disgust.
LillacyDeFleurs at 12:20 PM JST - 27th February

I'm glad to hear that actions are being taken to at least try preventing -- Rape and sexual harrassment are common enough - It's not something that needs to be agitated

"I also know that video games are not to blame for the ills of society." - Video games aren't the cause of societies problems, sure - But it is society (full of ills) that makes video games -- having these sort of outlets for fetishes like rape - would likely contribute to the gamer having a stronger desire and interest, and that desire might cause them to pursue such things IRL - even if they hadn't really been interested before, they might find an aspect they liked (the bondage or maybe the underage girls) - and continue to search for similar stuff - they might find more things they like within the genre and grow to like other things about it - until they've developed a fetish for it - they might grow tired of it and move on to more extreme things
ANOTSUSAGAMI at 01:13 PM JST - 27th February

So video games might exacerbate an existing fetish? Besides the fact that your point relies on much speculation, therefore in itself flawed, there's a problem with your scenario. You say that someone might get into this even though they might not be interested in it? I don't think so. Your arguement that someone, after playing this game, would be more likely to try this stuff IRL is how I can connect this issue to other games of other genres. As stated before I have played Resident Evil 4, and I am in no way more prone to violence than someone who has not played the game. Your statement gives idiots who don't follow the law an excuse. I guess if a rapist says he played this game prior to commiting the crime, you would blame him less? Would you say he's a poor guy, defenseless against the evil game? Or would you, like I would hang the blame completely on him, remembering that there must be hundreds who played the same game and DIDN'T commit a crime?
IchyaWarFare at 01:58 PM JST - 27th February

Anotsu- Again nice post.

@ Lillacy - I LOVE me some Gears of War 2. I love being able to come behind someone with the Lancer and using that chainsaw bayonet. I think it is influencing me to try it out. I think LillacyDeFleurs wants to help me out, because society is influencing him. He found out that he likes to help out and now wants to be the first test. This is so l33t.

Is this game really gonna make me do that? Please...get real. Next, since Anotsu likes RE, he is gonna make the T-virus and infect all of Japan so Mila can come save us.