In regards to CNN's Story About Rapelay, thoughts?

The main concern was the internet I think, which surprisingly did not lead to internet censorship which I do believe will come at some point, namely if or when broadband outperforms TV by all degrees. Any form of censorship you attempt outside of the internet is pointless as someone will make porn out of it, heck check the history of Oblivion as proof of that.

I do understand, and do believe, this game can get a young kid in the idea of raping and should only be sold or even downloaded by those who are over the age of 21. I played this game and didn't really get the reality of train rapes until my character died by a brutal stabbing in the game. Since I didn't understand Japanese and was young I assumed she was enjoying it >.>

Which is the thing, this game is made, MADE for ADULTS but it is ASSUMED to create rapists. However rapists aren't made after they are become adults by this game, if anything it could maybe assist in doing it but really I would think it's the environment they are in and the mindset. What has already led him to this point happened in childhood, and not overnight with Rapeplay. Unless your not right in the head in the first place.

The "don't play it" rule doesn't work with kids though, since I'm sure they download on sight as much as I do.

Love how the woman in the video did not even care about the game...

Well I just go by this. Rape in real life= HELL NO!! Rape in Hentai/Manga=HELL YA!!

I honestly Like The Game Rapelay. And It is Just a game. That's why it contains Warnings. for those who played this game or at least finished it. all i know is that Its Endings means you both lose the game. OR At least there way of saying "Raping Will just get your ass killed"

Totally agree on that, Kanon and Tsukihime are popular and it's well earned.

Perhaps some people just don't realize that there are STORY on hentai and not just some brutal rape scenes on some games...... People tend not to differentiate, at least in these cases, don't you think? :)

Btw...it's a game relased for japanese...why the hell should CNN or America be concerned about it??? If they want to act all activist they can go to green peace or something not this kinda shit...

to attract viewers. more viewers = more $$$$$$$$$$$$$

Actually, from what I understood when my mom made me watch their report about it on TV, the main concern isn't just that Japan is making rape and 'torture' (their word not mine) hentai games in Japan, it's that it's been digitized and can be downloaded by, oh say, any idiot thirteen year old who wanders into sites that he shouldn't get on since well that kind of thing happens on the internet let's face it.

Now, I'm not saying they're right for panicking over this possibility of 'Oh think of the children!' because I do believe it is simply that, panic. They have learned of something that people can play, using just one hand on their key board, where the point of the game IE the way to 'win' is to rape women... That is not that great of a message at all let's all face fact there will be people up in arms about that...

All that said I honestly do not believe that, by having a rape fantasy game, or buying it, or playing it, that means you are a rapist, or you think rape is okay, or that you think women are less important than men, any of that... But there will be people who own or have bought such a game, and have ended up as a worst case combination of all three of those and it's a problem... Worse part is, banning that kind of content from the game isn't going to fix the problem, neither is controlling the problem. Hentai games, in my view, do not need to go through the same Code era that American movies went through...

Right, pointless rant over, I agree with most of the site that banning it won't solve anything, but I see what CNN thinks it's worried about when really they're going 'eeewww nasty sex ew ew and some of it includes bad things ewwwww!'

indeed. i find it quite odd how parents complain so much about how no one is doing anything... parents, who are technically the closest and most effective enforcer against it, arent doing anything about it themselves.

id attribute it mostly to the fact that most (meaning, at least 50%) of parents are NOT tech savvy. they dont know about filters, censors etc. even my father, who was a hardware technician, had only rudimentary knowledge about OS and anything software. perhaps the first step these parents should take is actually gaining knowledge on the topic first...

That is bullshit. I don't care more of hentai or such, but if they want to banned maybe they should banned weapon or gun as well. Why not? weapon kill people but games do not.

They made these so unclear

I actually played it when I was 16...and didn't feel any urge to rape people after I play that...And it's not the publisher's fault it got into the net...people uploaded them...

It's out for 4 years and they're blaming it now....what a joke CNN...what a joke...They should write an article about how they sucks and close CNN altogether...

The only thing I found offensive about rapelay was


In any case the media is just attacking anything that would stir up emotions so that people would watch the news since the lack of anything interesting happening in the world.