Saturday Soapbox: In Games We Trust?
The offices of Square Enix must be an interesting place right now, as the publisher once again finds itself accused of a battery of charges related to sexualised violence and the defilement of digital women. It was only two weeks ago that the trailer for Hitman Absolution raised eyebrows and tempers with its PVC-clad sexy nun assassins being lavishly murdered by Agent 47 as the camera lasciviously lingered on both their bodies and suffering. Now they’re talking about raping Lara Croft. Or are they? Developer Crystal Dynamics says producer Ron Rosenberg “misspoke” when he told a journalist that the villains “try to rape” Lara in the new rebooted Tomb Raider game. Kotaku, which published the offending interview, insists that they reported his comments accurately. The internet, as always, erupted. Read more…
