[Cherie]

I Mean



The computer game "No Mercy" centres around a male protagonist who is encouraged to "become every woman's worst nightmare", and "never take no for an answer."

Technology Secretary Peter Kyle, who is responsible for overseeing the government's online safety strategy, described the game as "deeply worrying" and demanded the tech giant take it down.

The game launched on Steam last month and is described by its own developers as containing violence, incest, blackmail, and what they describe as "unavoidable non-consensual sex."


We used to call that RAPE, but lets dress it up with some nice soothing words

https://www.lbc.co.uk/tech/steam-vio...game-no-mercy/

[Crimson Dynamo]

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Crimson Dynamo

Is that the promotion for the Game?

I think that the developers need to be put on a watchlist tbh, because you can't even avoid the rape scenarios apparently.

That tells me that it's a fantasy for at least one of the developers working on the Game.

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Cherie

I Mean



The computer game "No Mercy" centres around a male protagonist who is encouraged to "become every woman's worst nightmare", and "never take no for an answer."

Technology Secretary Peter Kyle, who is responsible for overseeing the government's online safety strategy, described the game as "deeply worrying" and demanded the tech giant take it down.

The game launched on Steam last month and is described by its own developers as containing violence, incest, blackmail, and what they describe as "unavoidable non-consensual sex."


We used to call that RAPE, but lets dress it up with some nice soothing words

https://www.lbc.co.uk/tech/steam-vio...game-no-mercy/

How did it even get clearance from the governing body.. surely they have a duty of care ?

[bots]

i said this in another thread recently, but the world is actually ****ed

[Cherie]

The player gets to choose what game play they want to use ....one off them being incest, as the go through they meet various women and they can decide how they would like to assault them


Who and what allowed this game to get past the ideas table....

[Livia]

I agree with bots. The world actually is ****ed.

[Niamh.]

Gross

[Swan]

Just checked to see if twitch had updated their banned list for this yet (which they 100% will do so). These type of games have been around before sadly, it's not a new thing. I only know them from the twitch banned list, but i expect there's others around too.

https://help.twitch.tv/s/article/lis...language=en_US

[Quantum Boy]

Not to get too pedantic but I think an important distinction - Steam doesn't release games... it's just a storefront/platform and has nothing to do with developing or releasing games.

That said of course - they shouldn't be listing it/selling it, and it shouldn't be legal for it to exist. Unfortunately though, while this seems to be hitting mainstream, this is not the first game of this sort, the most famous being "RapeLay" way back in 2006. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RapeLay

[Swan]

Originally Posted by Quantum Boy

Not to get too pedantic but I think an important distinction - Steam doesn't release games... it's just a storefront/platform and has nothing to do with developing or releasing games.

That said of course - they shouldn't be listing it/selling it, and it shouldn't be legal for it to exist. Unfortunately though, while this seems to be hitting mainstream, this is not the first game of this sort, the most famous being "RapeLay" way back in 2006. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RapeLay

With all that being true Steam can 100% refuse to allow the game to be downloaded from their platform though.

[Quantum Boy]

Originally Posted by Swan

With all that being true Steam can 100% refuse to allow the game to be downloaded from their platform though.

They can but (much like TiBB I suppose) they don't have a human team pre-moderate - they wait until people report dodgy stuff and then get around to reviewing it and removing. It all used to be much more curated, it's a mix of real games and absolute trash now.

[bots]

Originally Posted by Quantum Boy

They can but (much like TiBB I suppose) they don't have a human team pre-moderate - they wait until people report dodgy stuff and then get around to reviewing it and removing. It all used to be much more curated, it's a mix of real games and absolute trash now.

there are also sites that provide codes that allow you to purchase games for a fraction of the price shown on steam, it's just a very dodgy business model

[Cherie]

I am not changing my title they are fully responsible and paid for the games they host on their platform

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Quantum Boy

Not to get too pedantic but I think an important distinction - Steam doesn't release games... it's just a storefront/platform and has nothing to do with developing or releasing games.

That said of course - they shouldn't be listing it/selling it, and it shouldn't be legal for it to exist. Unfortunately though, while this seems to be hitting mainstream, this is not the first game of this sort, the most famous being "RapeLay" way back in 2006. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RapeLay

I've read up on RapeLay in the past.

That is some ****ed up stuff.

[Livia]

Grand Theft Auto allowed you to drive a prostitute out to the desert and beat her to death with a baseball bat as I recall and it's on sequel 6 isn't it? I guess entertainment by abusing women is not new. I find it hard to square this with Mickey Rourke saying a hurty word to a lesbian and being warned while people can buy and play these games with impunity. Like bots said earlier, the world is ****ed.

[bots]

Originally Posted by Livia

Grand Theft Auto allowed you to drive a prostitute out to the desert and beat her to death with a baseball bat as I recall and it's on sequel 6 isn't it? I guess entertainment by abusing women is not new. I find it hard to square this with Mickey Rourke saying a hurty word to a lesbian and being warned while people can buy and play these games with impunity. Like bots said earlier, the world is ****ed.

i feel that phrase is going to be used in every thread soon

[Livia]

Originally Posted by bots

i feel that phrase is going to be used in every thread soon

Well, you are the voice of our times, bots.

[Quantum Boy]

Originally Posted by Livia

Grand Theft Auto allowed you to drive a prostitute out to the desert and beat her to death with a baseball bat as I recall and it's on sequel 6 isn't it? I guess entertainment by abusing women is not new. I find it hard to square this with Mickey Rourke saying a hurty word to a lesbian and being warned while people can buy and play these games with impunity. Like bots said earlier, the world is ****ed.

I'd argue that there's a difference between what people "can do" in an open world game using their own twisted mindset, and the actual narrative / purpose of the game being something like this.

You can drown people in swimming pools / deliberately get them to set themselves on fire / lock them in a little room until they starve to death in The Sims... but it'd be a stretch to say that The Sims is a "torture simulator".

This isn't just something that you "can do in the game"... this is what the game is about.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Livia

Grand Theft Auto allowed you to drive a prostitute out to the desert and beat her to death with a baseball bat as I recall and it's on sequel 6 isn't it? I guess entertainment by abusing women is not new. I find it hard to square this with Mickey Rourke saying a hurty word to a lesbian and being warned while people can buy and play these games with impunity. Like bots said earlier, the world is ****ed.

The difference with GTA is that you don't have to beat up Prostitutes if you don't want to.

Where as this No Mercy Game is making you play as the rapist with no choices to opt out.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

The difference with GTA is that you don't have to beat up Prostitutes if you don't want to.

Where as this No Mercy Game is making you play as the rapist with no choices to opt out.

Still quite a disturbing option.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Livia

Still quite a disturbing option.

It is tbf.

It's just thankfully not a requirement to beat a GTA Game.

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Livia

Still quite a disturbing option.

Disturbing and unnecessary.

[BBXX]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

Disturbing and unnecessary.

Really is, and honestly why aren't the makers of such games being investigated?!

[Jessica.]

Games like this are disgusting, I hate that they exist, it's just another thing promoting violence in boys and men, glad it was taken down.