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Nonconsensual sex is absolutely forbidden in games.

Most people look down on rape. That said it absolutely is present in certain games.

In Europe sex isn't taboo, only in the US it is.

I thought Europe has very restrictive laws on violence in video games.

Most people look down on murder. But I can drive over a woman with my car in GTA.

As many games are violent in nature, the mechanics of killing are already in the game. Most games are not sexual in nature, meaning that the mechanics of having sex with somebody, consensual or otherwise, are not present in the game.

However, you chose an odd example, as you can have sex with somebody and then run them over in GTA, much to the delight of tabloid sensationalists back in the early 2000s.

I thought Europe has very restrictive laws on violence in video games.

ngl, with everyone we've been through as a society lately and with how much of this shit i've seen in my life at this point, i find it extremely difficult to get excited these days for new games like GTA and Saints Row and that style where you can just shoot any civilian at any time. it just doesn't sit right with me anymore, whereas i used to not think about it at all when i was younger.

not saying that it shouldn't be allowed though.

Can anyone remember the first game to allow random civilian murder? Was it GTA1?

It is a bit odd how violence and rape, while both utterly detestable, have wildly different levels of acceptability in media. A mass murderer can join your side and you might not bat an eye, but you're going to have serious reservations about what kind of message the game is trying to send if a rapist joins your side.

In God of War you have both from the main character.

Is Kratos canonically a rapist?

Is Kratos canonically a rapist?

I mean, there aren't exactly optional story bits in any of the games.

I don't know about his pre-game warmonger days, but the most evil thing (other than murdering random people with player input) I remember him doing in game is the whole innocent(?) lady door stopper scene.

What I was asking is if Kratos is canonically a rapist.

I seem to recall every sexual encounter in the GoW games are optional, and while player initiated, there's no evidence to suggest they aren't consensual.

I don't play a lot of games. Let's change that to Planescape: Torment. I can axe some random in the street. So if the game has mechanics for violence and killing why does it allow you to strike random people and murder them?

Also wouldn't a game be banned if it had straight sex mechanics in corporated to the game?

It literally starts the series with you banging someone before killing the hydra.

And I could have sworn one in 3 was effectively nonconsentual.

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As many games are violent in nature, the mechanics of killing are already in the game. Most games are not sexual in nature, meaning that the mechanics of having sex with somebody, consensual or otherwise, are not present in the game.

However, you chose an odd example, as you can have sex with somebody and then run them over in GTA, much to the delight of tabloid sensationalists back in the early 2000s.

Can anybody present a moral argument against being able to sexually assault people in video games that doesn't also apply to being able to murder people in video games?

I tend to agree with the TC that it feels arbitrary that depictions of murder and violence are accepted and sometimes glorified in the media while sexual assault is a much bigger taboo. I'm open to having my mind changed tho.

Nonconsensual sex is absolutely forbidden in games.