Card Game Tentacle Bento a Satire? Or Perverted Otaku Game?
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http://kotaku.com/5911214/creator-of-satirical-tentacle+rape-game-apologizes
http://kotaku.com/5910304/come-on-a-card-game-about-tentacle-rape
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I highly recommend reading the articles to get a better understanding. For those that don't want to though, here's the gist of it. Guy creates a card game that supposedly parodies, in a tongue-and-cheek way, on tentacles and tentacle rape. Some people (author in the second link included) find it offensive, Kickstarter pulled funding, now funded on creator's website (link in first article). People are now debating on how others compare it to tentacle rape (historical debates included) when the West glorifies violence with movies like Saw and games like Call of Duty.
What are your thoughts on it? Do you think the creator of the game is low in trying to add such suggestive hints toward his product? Or do you think the whole debate is blown out of proportion?
Personally, I feel that while it is hard not to have people conclude with such thoughts when they see or start playing the game, it is though exactly that, a game, and a card one no less. I think people, mostly the West, are having a bit of culture shock from the whole thing. Sure the creator didn't do a good job of trying to make sure that it was a parody, or at least in the Kickstarter video and description of sorts, people just need to chill over the whole debate. No one is going to go out and rape people with cylindrical phallus-like objects after playing it, much like no one is going to go on a shooting spree after playing an FPS (at least not ones that have common sense).
http://kotaku.com/5910304/come-on-a-card-game-about-tentacle-rape
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Tentacle Bento is the name of a card game currently up on Kickstarter seeking funding. As of posting, it has received twice as much money as it originally said it needed. Which is a bit of a bummer, since it's a game about raping girls with tentacles.
Yeah, you can say this is a fetish, and yeah, you can say it's a cultural thing (even though this is made not by a Japanese outfit but by Westerners), you can even say the act of rape is only being alluded to, but come on. Fact of the matter is, this is clearly intended to be a game about tentacle rape, to appeal to those people who find such things interesting and/or funny.
Yeah, you can say this is a fetish, and yeah, you can say it's a cultural thing (even though this is made not by a Japanese outfit but by Westerners), you can even say the act of rape is only being alluded to, but come on. Fact of the matter is, this is clearly intended to be a game about tentacle rape, to appeal to those people who find such things interesting and/or funny.
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We do not depict, peddle, or push sexual subjugation in ANY of our products. No more than the millions of (Insert Popular First Person Shooter) players should be relegated to slander for trivializing controversial military engagements, killing of unarmed civilians, terrorism, propagation of a "gun culture," or something..something…military industrial complex…something…
I highly recommend reading the articles to get a better understanding. For those that don't want to though, here's the gist of it. Guy creates a card game that supposedly parodies, in a tongue-and-cheek way, on tentacles and tentacle rape. Some people (author in the second link included) find it offensive, Kickstarter pulled funding, now funded on creator's website (link in first article). People are now debating on how others compare it to tentacle rape (historical debates included) when the West glorifies violence with movies like Saw and games like Call of Duty.
What are your thoughts on it? Do you think the creator of the game is low in trying to add such suggestive hints toward his product? Or do you think the whole debate is blown out of proportion?
Personally, I feel that while it is hard not to have people conclude with such thoughts when they see or start playing the game, it is though exactly that, a game, and a card one no less. I think people, mostly the West, are having a bit of culture shock from the whole thing. Sure the creator didn't do a good job of trying to make sure that it was a parody, or at least in the Kickstarter video and description of sorts, people just need to chill over the whole debate. No one is going to go out and rape people with cylindrical phallus-like objects after playing it, much like no one is going to go on a shooting spree after playing an FPS (at least not ones that have common sense).
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From what I have read, the creator just made a game based on tentacle rape, then later cried "oh no, it's not at all about rape".
Seriously? Seriously.
Also, Kickstarter has the right to pull projects it deems unsuitable to the site, I believe, so no one's rights were violated in removal of the project from the site.
Seriously? Seriously.
Also, Kickstarter has the right to pull projects it deems unsuitable to the site, I believe, so no one's rights were violated in removal of the project from the site.
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gizgal wrote...
From what I have read, the creator just made a game based on tentacle rape, then later cried "oh no, it's not at all about rape".Seriously? Seriously.
Also, Kickstarter has the right to pull projects it deems unsuitable to the site, I believe, so no one's rights were violated in removal of the project from the site.
Oh yes I agree with Kickstarter on pulling it, and that they had every right to. The thing that gets me, is that even though it was a poorly blatant attempt at poking fun at tentacle rape, people seem to be taken it a little too seriously. Regardless, the creator had to bite the bullet and come clean on what everyone technically sees it as, which is tentacle rape (even if, as you wrote, denies it).
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I'm not bothered by it. I mean, isn't tentacle rape already kind of a satire/joke?And like you said, no one with common sense will suddenly want to rape a girl just because of playing it. Real life rape is of course horrible, but this is just a card game
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People are taking this too seriously. Oh god, a card game about tentacle rape. Yet no one says a thing about a dating-sim game or whatever that may have a tentacle rape in it? It's people who are just but hurt over pointless stuff.
It does make me wonder, why are people so disgusted by matters that are sexual, yet not by the fact that we have games and movies that go all out in blood and gore. And don;t say it's to protect their children, because that's just a default excuse to fall back on. It's just what they find offensive.
It does make me wonder, why are people so disgusted by matters that are sexual, yet not by the fact that we have games and movies that go all out in blood and gore. And don;t say it's to protect their children, because that's just a default excuse to fall back on. It's just what they find offensive.
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dragonsheart967 wrote...
People are taking this too seriously. Oh god, a card game about tentacle rape. Yet no one says a thing about a dating-sim game or whatever that may have a tentacle rape in it? It's people who are just but hurt over pointless stuff.It does make me wonder, why are people so disgusted by matters that are sexual, yet not by the fact that we have games and movies that go all out in blood and gore. And don;t say it's to protect their children, because that's just a default excuse to fall back on. It's just what they find offensive.
To answer your question, it's because of culture. The West has a taboo towards anything sexual because of our countries history (I'm not going to discuss it since I'll probably get a lot wrong, so if someone else wants to, go right ahead). Japan has a more open-mindedness towards sexual-related innuendos because of their culture also. I guarantee you if America had the same openness towards sex like Japan does, no one would have batted an eyelash towards it.
I wanted to also mention, isn't it weird that Kickstarter now pulls it? Kickstarter had to of reviewed and approve the content prior to pulling it correct? So I find it interesting that they pull it because of consumer backlash. Makes sense though, but still find it interesting. Much like how Apple does their review processes for App Store games.
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For my part, I can only say:
Monmusu Quest!!= tentacle rapes everywhere --> no outrage
Tentacle Bento= tentacle rape with no actual visual depiction of the act in itself.-->outrage.
I don't get people.
The only thing I can think that he did wrong is try to sell it. That would have never worked. Or at least sell it to the right people, not as an outright card game for everyone to see.
But frankly, there has been worst card games.
Monmusu Quest!!= tentacle rapes everywhere --> no outrage
Tentacle Bento= tentacle rape with no actual visual depiction of the act in itself.-->outrage.
I don't get people.
The only thing I can think that he did wrong is try to sell it. That would have never worked. Or at least sell it to the right people, not as an outright card game for everyone to see.
But frankly, there has been worst card games.