18+ Steam game in the news…
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Pc gone mad!
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Just ban crime! Problem solved by
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I set preferences to filter out adult and frequent sexual content years ago because steam was just flooded with the stuff it was getting in the way of finding normal games. I also filter out many tags, including anime and dating sim for the same reason. The limit of filtering out up to 10 tags is very restrictive.
If I want porn I'll just watch porn, no point paying Steam for it, Steam is meant to be a game platform. Same thing with Twitch, it's full of OF bait but it's meant to be a streaming website, mainly for games, for ages 13+. Government needs to get a grip and require proof of age.
If I want porn I'll just watch porn, no point paying Steam for it, Steam is meant to be a game platform. Same thing with Twitch, it's full of OF bait but it's meant to be a streaming website, mainly for games, for ages 13+. Government needs to get a grip and require proof of age.
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I’m glad this came up in the news because this was the exact title I was on about in my posts here:
‘No Mercy’ was a wrestling game on the N64.
I saw this and tbh it being ‘banned’ is probably right. I was considering reporting it myself.
It was a ‘game’ which revolved around the (non-consensual) restraining, torture and rape of a family member o_O
It was really awful.
Not worthy of its own thread but I bumped into some right… weirdo material for sale on Steam. Kind of shocked some content exists… especially in the ‘top selling games’.
‘No Mercy’ was a wrestling game on the N64.
I saw this and tbh it being ‘banned’ is probably right. I was considering reporting it myself.
It was a ‘game’ which revolved around the (non-consensual) restraining, torture and rape of a family member o_O
It was really awful.
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The article excessively talks about the ease of buying the game as a child, and yet i see the issue as being about the content. It's also funny how the article calls out Ofcom the regulator questioning its ability to moderate content.
Funny how it's supposedly a picture and text game, which requires the special/different kind of imagination to play. Sounds like a complete non story that the media decided to play with.
As one poster said, there's far too many undesirable games on Steam, and this is no different.
Funny how it's supposedly a picture and text game, which requires the special/different kind of imagination to play. Sounds like a complete non story that the media decided to play with.
As one poster said, there's far too many undesirable games on Steam, and this is no different.
from the government that refuses to do investigations into real rape gangs.Apparently, there’s a game on Steam called “no mercy” that the UK government are trying to get removed.
Fury over rape and incest game that tells players to be 'women's worst nightmare', as Tech Secretary slams PC giant
The world's biggest PC gaming platform is marketing an "incest and non-consensual sex' simulator on its platform, LBC can reveal.www.lbc.co.uk
Totally agree, in the other thread I mentioned that I thought I had already deliberately filtered stuff out and another poster mentioned that I wasn’t going mad because he had randomly started seeing sexual content as well despite not opting in ( @Kill_Phil ).
My hunch is that these sort of games sell well and Steam has therefore turned a blind eye to what was going on and perhaps even softly promoting this content.
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I've changed my mind. We should keep the game on Steam and anyone who buys it automatically gets added to the sex offenders list. Filter out the wrong uns before they actually do something serious
Its a game mate.
So you play COD or GTA you should be given a criminal record as a violent armed robber yeah?
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Where's the line?
Kiddy porn games are ok?
Ethnic cleansing is quite fun?
Torturing animals is a great laugh?
This game crosses a line for me. Some of the stuff in the GTA games (torturing) crossed a line for me too. Having to actively choose how best to torture someone doesn't sit well with me.
Kiddy porn games are ok?
Ethnic cleansing is quite fun?
Torturing animals is a great laugh?
This game crosses a line for me. Some of the stuff in the GTA games (torturing) crossed a line for me too. Having to actively choose how best to torture someone doesn't sit well with me.
Heard calls to ban Steam in UK.
LOL. Honestly LOL.
I have no interest in this 'game' and would never see it as I have this stuff filtered out, I would never have even heard of it. The only reason I could even have been made aware of it's existence would be people crying about it in the media - talk about free viral advertising.
The game will forever exist. It's on the internet. Will be all over torrent sites by now, so there for whoever fancies it.
Wouldn't be surprised the game maker leaked this to the types that would go crazy about it in order to make it an outrage. Masterclass if true.
LOL. Honestly LOL.
I have no interest in this 'game' and would never see it as I have this stuff filtered out, I would never have even heard of it. The only reason I could even have been made aware of it's existence would be people crying about it in the media - talk about free viral advertising.
The game will forever exist. It's on the internet. Will be all over torrent sites by now, so there for whoever fancies it.
Wouldn't be surprised the game maker leaked this to the types that would go crazy about it in order to make it an outrage. Masterclass if true.
don't forget that we need to lock up anyone that plays fire mage in WoW too, before they become out of control arsonists
I think you’d have to be obtuse to say there wasn’t a ‘grey line’ - we’ll all have our individual limits on what we feel comfortable with and we should respect that some people will feel differently.
But, I also think you’d have to be obtuse to not recognise that different games / films etc. have different contexts behind them.
The GTA series is a playbox, ‘mobster fantasy’ that has often has its tongue firmly in cheek, with humour and character development. Yes, it’s violent and can be depraved, within that wider context. Even then, bits can be iffy such as the torture scenes.
‘War games’, COD etc., are effectively an overlay for ‘goodie vs baddies’ stories or ‘competitive sport’. Yes, it’s violent and can be depraved, within that wider context. Again, bits can be iffy such as gunning down civilians.
Sometimes extreme violence can be funny - I’m thinking films like Deadpool or Braindead. It all depends on context.
Meanwhile, the context of the game in question (‘No Mercy’) is pretty much entirely obscene. It focuses on sexual exploitation and torture at its very core… that’s even before you get to the incest part (seriously, wtf?!).
People aren’t really suggesting that all of these things are ‘the same’… are they?!
Ultimately, even though there is subjectivity on the topic, I do think it’s right that some content ought to be prohibited for being obscene.
Tbh I assume anyone who buys stuff like that is already on some sort of ‘monitoring list’.
But, I also think you’d have to be obtuse to not recognise that different games / films etc. have different contexts behind them.
The GTA series is a playbox, ‘mobster fantasy’ that has often has its tongue firmly in cheek, with humour and character development. Yes, it’s violent and can be depraved, within that wider context. Even then, bits can be iffy such as the torture scenes.
‘War games’, COD etc., are effectively an overlay for ‘goodie vs baddies’ stories or ‘competitive sport’. Yes, it’s violent and can be depraved, within that wider context. Again, bits can be iffy such as gunning down civilians.
Sometimes extreme violence can be funny - I’m thinking films like Deadpool or Braindead. It all depends on context.
Meanwhile, the context of the game in question (‘No Mercy’) is pretty much entirely obscene. It focuses on sexual exploitation and torture at its very core… that’s even before you get to the incest part (seriously, wtf?!).
People aren’t really suggesting that all of these things are ‘the same’… are they?!
Ultimately, even though there is subjectivity on the topic, I do think it’s right that some content ought to be prohibited for being obscene.
Tbh I assume anyone who buys stuff like that is already on some sort of ‘monitoring list’.
Incest seems to be the "in" thing at present, I havent seen it myself but I'm led to believe that the much vaunted, award winning White Lotus tv show has incest in it and of course there's the whole incest thing in Game of Thrones and I'm sure that I saw somewhere that it was said that mother/son or sibling stuff was amongst the most popular genres in porn these days.
From earlier posters in this thread, yes.People aren’t really suggesting that all of these things are ‘the same’… are they?!
There is zero contextual difference between cod, GTA and no mercy.
Smh.