It strikes me as an odd dichotomy when gamers rally against claims of violence in games encouraging violence in reality...
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Replying to @Carin_McLeoud
and yet I hear few gamers ever saying that sexual violence in games is anything but in poor taste.
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Replying to @Carin_McLeoud
"Indulge in a power fantasy to commit genocide, but don't indulge sexual fantasies that would be wrong in reality in a digital space."
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Replying to @Carin_McLeoud
@Carin_McLeoud That's a hell of a can of worms. Two drives leap out at me from it. The first is of course bourgeois sexual squeamishness.1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes -
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@Carin_McLeoud The second is the need of the capitalist terror state for a well-groomed pool of drone pilots.1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes -
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@chaosprime Make killing into a videogame, but there's really no reason to let sex be something freely explored with birthrates being up.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Carin_McLeoud
@Carin_McLeoud Or something. Though I gotta say our modeling of personality and social consequences in games is orders of magnitude worse…1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Carin_McLeoud …than would be necessary for an honest or useful treatment of sexual violence in anything but an on-rails experience.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@Carin_McLeoud If it isn't interactive and reactive, just make a damn movie.
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Replying to @chaosprime
@chaosprime This is also a disturbing amount of games right now in general, and I completely agree.0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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