Japan Has Gone to Far with Rape Simulation Game

With Jack Thompson, the longtime face of the anti-game-violence movement, recently banned from practicing law in Florida. There hasn't been any outcrys about video games in awhile. Well now is a good time to resurrect Jack Thompson from the cave he was buried in. Fresh out of Japan comes RapeLay, a rape simulation game.

Rapelay begins with a man standing on a subway platform, stalking a girl in a blue sundress. On the platform, you can click “prayer” to summon a wind that lifts her skirt. She blushes. Once she’s on the train, the assault begins. Inside the subway car, you can use the mouse to grope your victim as you stand in a crowd of mute, translucent commuters. From here, your character corners his victim-in a station bathroom, or in a park with the help of male friends-and a series of interactive rape scenes begins.

This game was available on Amazon.com but was recently banned. With pirating at the common level that it is now, your average middle school student can download it for the PC. There's a push to make a country wide ban on the game but what good will it make? Games are getting naughtier and naughtier as the days go by. As sexual images become more acceptable in culture, what could this lead to in the future?