VR Sexual Assault

SimonTemplar

Part of an upcoming Playstation VR game allows the user to grope a clearly uncomfortable woman on a beach despite her verbal protests.

Saw this earlier and genuinely surprised that this exists in this day and age. Did anyone involved not think this is a horrible idea.

The video in the link below starts off badly but the cringe factor goes through the roof when we see the user with the VR headset.

https://www.engadget.com/2016/08/29/dead-or-alive-vr-is-basically-sexual-assault-the-game/

SeanW

Yes. "VIRTUAL" reality. As in fake. As in, not real.

Barry Badrinath

SeanW wrote: »

Yes. "VIRTUAL" reality. As in fake. As in, not real.

But its going to promote people to go to the beach and touch people inappropriately!

Just like dropping bananas out of your go cart to make the person behind you spin out.

....outraged!

Xenji

It is a DOA game, the game that let's you change the jiggle settings for female characters breasts, it's hardly shocking.

B.A._Baracus

Heard about this the other day. It's Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball 3 right?

Look, this is the third game in the series. The other two didnt cause a stink but now because of "VR...ohhhh" - But what's happening is a repeat of the mid 1990's when games like Mortal Kombat caused a stir and even had US federal hearings (yes, the 16bit Mortal Kombat caused outrage! well.. that a night trap)

It again happened with Grand Theft Auto over 10 years ago and now the focus is on something else. It's just a bunch of people getting their knickers in a twist and the publishing companies of said games going with it as anything that gets a games name out there will sell.

dr.bollocko

"If Pac-Man had affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in dark rooms, munching pills and listening to repetitive electronic music."

me_irl

SimonTemplar wrote: »

Saw this earlier and genuinely surprised that this exists in this day and age. Did anyone involved not think this is a horrible idea.

There was also controversy in 2006 when RapeLay released. (NSFW content!)

Which is way worse, in my opinion as it has you...well... you can read the wiki article. Quite disgusting!

PARlance

Tbf, she looks like she's asking for it....... outrage.

Insect Overlord

Who remembers Man Hunt?

Or the Carmaggedon controversy?

Those were the days. Then again, I haven't owned a console since the PS2, so these days could well be better...

moc moc a moc

If you think this is bad, wait til you see all the games in which you actually kill people! :eek: Society is surely doomed.

I recently played some bizarre game that I can only assume was inspired by a bad acid trip in which I played a dungaree-clad Italian plumber who went around jumping on the heads of creatures that looked like living mushrooms. Utter madness, Ted.

Dick phelan

Always find it odd how outraged people get over stuff like this in games, i remember a while back people complaining about a glitch in GTA which allowed players to rape prostitutes, i mean yes rape is horrible but this is the same game where you torture someone or can blow their head off yet no outrage for those things. It's a game like movies or tv if you don't like it don't watch or play

Brindor

I mean, honestly, it couldn't be worse then this:

SEPT 23 1989

I got involved in gang warfare in south Central LA because I listened to Straight Outta Compton

kowloon

I once invaded Eastern Europe.

Capt'n Midnight

SimonTemplar wrote: »

Part of an upcoming Playstation VR game allows the user to grope a clearly uncomfortable woman on a beach despite her verbal protests.

But it would have been perfectly OK to kill her instead ?

Because you can do that n every first person shooter ever,


If you have satellite channel True Movies then if it isn't a depressing film about cancer or child abuse then it's probably a depressing film about rape "and no one would believe her" , where all rape myths are true and she ends up shooting the rapist after a complete failure by stereotyped "our hands are tied" law enforcement.

That sort of stuff offends me nearly as much as the "Poverty Porn" where you get bombarded by ads exploiting the suffering of real people in a world where extreme poverty could be eliminated if the 100 richest people paid either capital gains tax on their gains during the recession or paid the equivalent of USC and PRSI on non-earned income.

super_furry

This place is turning into an online Live Line.

"It's a disgrace Joe, I'm outraged so I am, outraged."

Outlaw Pete

SeanW wrote: »

Yes. "VIRTUAL" reality. As in fake. As in, not real.

Guy in the UK last year was jailed for having drawings of Bart Simpson having sex. He admitted he was a pedophile but that cartoon porn was his outlet for those desires.

Edit: found it.

http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/Cumbrian-man-jailed-for-possessing-Bart-Simpson-porn-0a6160a4-58c5-4eb0-8b14-30facc9ebc12-ds

Sir Osis of Liver.

In fairness,she has a cracking pair of virtual diddys.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

But its going to promote people to go to the beach and touch people inappropriately!

Just like dropping bananas out of your go cart to make the person behind you spin out.

....outraged!

Yet at the same time, many games prohibit damage against animals, because you know, animal cruelty and all that...