A game called 'Rape Day' featuring graphic images of sexual assault has sparked a censorship debate on Steam.
"Rape Day" is an upcoming indie video game about rape and murder during a zombie apocalypse.
Many are calling for the game to be removed from the store for glorifying rape, but the creator of"Rape Day" says the game is within Steam's rules and is not a danger to the public. Those without a Steam account cannot see the game at all, but when logged in, a search of the word"rape" alone will show that the game has been excluded from the results. Steam gives the player an option to reveal unfiltered search results and preview the game for themselves, if they're of age. The preview page for"Rape Day" shows 25 screenshots of the game, which include nude women being sexually assaulted and held at gun point.
"We've decided that the right approach is to allow everything onto the Steam Store, except for things that we decide are illegal, or straight up trolling," the company's Steam sells dozens of visual novel games with a range of sexually explicit content. The genre was popularized by Japanese developers who used the style to weave layered stories on top of basic dating simulator games. While some visual novels choose to emphasize the visual rather than the story, the genre has produced plenty of engaging games."CHAOS;CHILD"/Spike Chunsoft
"Most people can separate fiction from reality pretty well, and those that can't shouldn't be playing video games," Desk Plant wrote."The point of games is to do things, or experience things that you can't or shouldn't in reality. If games and movies were just like real life, they would be pretty boring."Revived Games / Acid
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