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Banned in Japan
bmdevine
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What do you guys think about this? Is there anyone here who actually plays these games? I just find the fact that they exist at all to be somewhat disturbing.
From Kotaku:
"Rape Games Officially Banned In Japan
By Brian Ashcraft, 6:30 AM on Tue Jun 2 2009
First Japanese rape games were "banned". Then, they were unbanned — rather, they were never officially banned. Now? Now, they're banned. Like, for real.
The country's Ethics Organization of Computer Software held an emergency meeting today in which nearly 100 representatives from various erotic game companies concluded that the manufacturer and sale of rape-type games should cease. This was not a government decision or even a legal one, but instead a self-policing policy on the part of the EOCS.
None of the representatives thought it was out of line to ban these types of games, and many felt this was the only way to rectify any problems caused by these types of games. Do know: a vote was not taken at this meeting, for whatever that is worth.
Future regulations regarding games will be worked out in the future. Until then, the EOCS will work with individual erotic game companies to help ease the transition.
The controversy regarding "rape games" started with the West discovered three-year-old PC game Rapelay, which was intended for a Japanese audience and legally released in its country of origin. Japanese politicians picked up on the Western fervor against the game, blaming this types of games for increase crime, etc.
What kind of changes can we expect? Ero game maker Syrup Soft is delaying its upcoming game Gang raped by the entire village ~girls covered in milky liquid~ to re-moniker it The trap set by the entire village ~bodies covered in milky liquid~. So, yeah, expect more creative ways of masking rape and rape iconography as well as possibly more "amateur" or unlicensed games. Then there's always the rape pornography and rape comic books that will most likely continue, business as usual."
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Rape culture in Japan is not a pretty thing.
How many other countries in the world have had to introduce female only subway trains?
Meanwhile, Lolicon and Shotacon hentai games are still perfectly okay in japan....
... er ..... Did I miss something?
BTW, DS games about feeling up little girls is mainstream and not considered pornographic in Japan.