If it's combat heavy, I write about the combat mechanics. If a game is about dragons, I write about how it handles dragons. In any event, this blog is about the mechanic and content of role-playing games, so that's what I write about. It seems likely that video games, like all art and entertainment, affects attitudes, but it seems equally likely that video games, like all art and entertainment, could serve as an outlet for desires that might otherwise claim a real victim. Plenty of studies have shown that playing violent video games doesn't make someone more violent, so why would I believe that playing video games that are at least a little insensitive about rape would affect the plight of any real women? I wonder sometimes if there are more subtle effects that the standard studies don't measure, but I don't have a strong opinion either way. I also want to make it clear that I'm not coming down on the side of people who say that video games directly influence behavior. Lots of nudity, and enough jokes and plot in between the nudity that youĬan plausibly claim that you're watching it for the comedy and the It satisfies the same marketĪs cheap 1980s sex comedies like Zapped! or Hardbodies: Knights of Xentar was intended for a certain audience, and thatĪudience probably appreciated what it got. Is 100% clear about its content and purpose on the box-and find himĬriticizing it for doing exactly what it says its going to do. Some guy coming along who nobody forced to play this game-a game that If you like the Japanese eroge genre, and you've managed to play games like this for years withoutĭisplaying any sociopathic tendencies yourself, you don't appreciate
This is all to say that I get the negative backlash. I mean, if they were really traumatized, they probably wouldn't be so eager to offer sex to Desmond as a reward for "rescuing" them, right? They're saying, "no, no, stop," but they're doing it with a wink and a smile. Yes, women are depicted in the throes of sexual assault, but it's not serious sexual assault. The game affects a tone similar to the song. I think the comparison to Knights of Xentar is apt. Talk about overanalyzing! I mean, yeah, the woman clearly wants to leave and there's an implication that the guy slipped her a roofie, but come on! It's just a light holiday song with clever lyrics! Bing Crosby sang it! Lady Gaga and Joseph Gordon-Levitt did it with a clever role-reversal! Do you politically-correct have to take everything? Because I like it so much, I get a little irked at the customary annual reminder that it's basically about an attempted date rape (or perhaps even a completed one the song ends before a definitive decision). One of my favorite holiday tunes is the old Frank Loesser standard "Baby, It's Cold Outside." I have about 15 covers including the sublime Dean Martin version.
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