Anyway, Japanese dating sim "RapeLay," a game that promotes raping women, has come under some fire for its availability in the U.S!According to the PC World article, New York City Councilwoman Christine Quinn is asking for U.S. retailers to ban sales of the game, which is not available in mainstream game retailers, such as GameStop.
I know back-to-back entries on basically the same thing are kind of tedious (and hey, I could even go so far as to merge them into one!), but games are fantasy. And the game is strictly targeted to adults. A kid would have to go quite out of his or her way to get his or her hands on this game. And guess what? Even if they did, it's still a game.
Can you really quantify whether rape is worse than murder? Yet, despite this, some of the most brutal murder, dismemberment and evisceration is available for viewing in video games aimed at a responsible, first-amendment protected adult audience. Unless Christine Quinn has a room filled with love pillows and has unlocked all of the possible endings for "Let's Meow Meow," she is not qualified to tell someone who has what is acceptable for him or her to play. It's a private safe area to do unspeakable things in. I would be drawn and quartered by PETA if I tried to capture animals in plastic balls to make them battle one another for sport and money.
Coincidentally, SomethingAwful totally panned RapeLay. Maybe if she was basing the ban on game quality she'd have an argument.
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