Submitted 4 months ago by theangriestbird@beehaw.org to gaming@beehaw.org
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c23l4ml51jmo
“I turned up and was told what I would be filming would be a graphic rape scene,” she said.
"This act could be watched for as long or as little time as the player wanted through a window, and then a player would be able to shoot this character in the head.
What game is this even? I mean, why would any game need a graphic rape scene? Who is this going to sell to?
Don’t video games outside of Japan try to avoid getting AO rated any more?
Why do games even need actors to do rape scenes? I know games do motion capture and such but rape scenes? Just make 3D models and go wild.
Something’s definitely fishy.
I mean, that’s not cruelty free. Someone’s still gotta animate that. And most good animators either act scenes out beforehand and/or use reference footage.
Sounds like some typical David Cage bullshit. Wouldn’t be surprised at all if it was one of his games.
Oh their wish for action might actually be fulfilled. No voice actors needed for this anymore very soon.
What a bunch of whiny mfs lol
how dare actors ask for advance notice to prepare for sex scenes
😱
Please be nice on our instance
personal opinions not allowed lol
Actors want some action?
theangriestbird@beehaw.org 4 months ago
Just in case you skip to the comments: the complaint is that actors are not being told anything about what game they are working on or what kind of scenes they will be doing. Then, they show up to the studio and they are asked to do explicit sex scenes or sexual assault scenes day-of with little warning or time to consider whether they are comfortable with that.
MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 4 months ago
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Ok yeah that’s really fucking uncool.
There are absolutely actors who are down to do that stuff but you can’t hire people with a script sight-unseen and just drop stuff on them that might straight up give some people a panic attack to even think about, let alone re-enact.
Title makes you think there actors who don’t want games in general to contain explicit adult content, but this is 100% and yet another reason voice actors and game industry workers need to unionize.
I bet your ass the same shit is happening with asset creators and animators.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 4 months ago
I think they actually are unionized. At least in the UK. That’s what some of the Baldur’s Gate 3 actors said when asked about the anti AI strikes. They can’t participate because of the rules of theie union.
If I recall correctly there is even a sentence in the article about the British union starting to tackle thia issue.
Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
Ahh, the Dragon Hunter 2 situation