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Cage: Rape can be tackled in videogames

Monday, 9 Nov 2009 - 20:59PM

Heavy Rain will bring emotion to consoles

Reality in videogames. It's been in the headlines many, many times. WIth the realistic storyline of Heavy Rain coming to the PlayStation 3 in 2010, more questions are going to be asked. A rape simulator called Rapelay was released in April?2009 in Japan and caused a huge stir. Though some articles were written in defence of the game saying that a murderous killing spree was a lot worse than rape.

David Cage had an interview with Eurogamer recently, and was asked if rape and paedophilia can be tackled in videogames. His response? Pretty solid;

"...If treated the right way and with the right approach, you can definitely talk about anything." said Cage.?"But would you ask this question to a writer? Can you write a book about anything? Yeah, sure, I can. It's the same thing for a movie director. Is there any topic that you never ever mention in your movies? Probably most directors would answer, "No, of course not, there's nothing - I can talk about anything." But to a game developer it still makes sense to ask this question, and I think that says a lot about where we are in this industry."

What's your view of rape, paedophilia and other real-life scenarios in videogames? Should it be allowed?

 

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