What if I were a female gamer who had been sexually abused or raped? I can only speculate about how I would feel. The rape in this game can be used as an opportunity for me and everyone to learn how a video game might affect a rape victim. I don’t think learning about how rape victims feel is a bad thing.
Darksiders Genesis, Little Nightmares and Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number are also playable from today.
Terrible month. Detroit and Black Ops 3 (available for a limited time) are already in the PS Plus Collection, and Detroit was also a free game on PS Plus years ago. WWE 2K Battlegrounds is terrible. Only the smaller games that were added are good additions.
PS Plus is way better than PS Now right now (quality > quantity) and has been good for a long time, and great since the PS5 released. I was tempted to subscribe to PS Now over the holidays but I just didn't trust in the quality of the service. They need to up their game because the quality of the service is deteriorating. I'm starting to wonder if they're going to ditch PS Now as we know it and basically add it as an extra tier to PS Plus because that's what they've been prioritizing.
Great for me.
I was looking to play darksiders genesis...it's the last one I need to play. And little nightmares is another one I wanted to try.
The rest I've already played or am not interested. Overall I think they're great additions.
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Hotline Miami will probably always be their best series, tbh. For me, they are definitely the best indie game publisher though.
Player 2 looks at the current classification system in Australia and how it needs to improve with the help of gamers across the country.
Great article it was informative.
“Without American style protection of speech, I cannot see those sorts of games ever being approved to be released in Australia unmodified. I am OK with that.”
You undermine your efforts from start with that attitude. Free speech helped with lawsuits but our ratings board has nothing to do with our government. The industry is self regulated. Your classifications are terrible and you should try to change it. Adopt the American industry standard. There is no law involved. That’s why I don’t understand why Americans demand government intervention on things like micro transactions. They are ok with what you have now too I guess.
What if I were a child whose parents were slaughtered by a serial killer? Crime is crime, but games are entertainment. If you can't handle or enjoy it, don't play it.
It will be listed in the ESRB rating surely. If it's a topic you don't want in your game I'm pretty sure you aren't going to be playing Hotline Miami anyway. Also it's "rape" in quotes, since they are filming a movie in the game, so it's simulated in a simulation.
So simulated killing and torture is ok but not rape? It's just a game, as said by zod18 above: If you can't handle it, don't play it.
There is an age-rating for a reason.
You brutally murder people in this game. If the rape scene bothers you than you are playing the wrong game.
There is rape in books, should we ban them?
There is rape in movies, should we ban them?
GAMES ARE A FICTIONAL MEDIUM.
IF YOU DO NOT LIKE THE SUBJECT MATTER, DON'T PLAY THEM.