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Jesus fuck, the difference between the header image from the homepage and reading the full article is rather distinct. You sneaky troll.
So I watched that whole 5 minute video and... ok so are those ecstasy shots happening when aimed at the vaginal region?
What is this gun which makes girls orgasm on the spot and where do I get one?
That naked apron thing is pretty sexy, though.
That naked apron thing is pretty sexy, though.
There are no words.
The fact that this was designed by multiple people in a studio is really what's hilarious. To think there are men seriously pondering and deliberating amongst themselves what ejaculating on a woman at least half their age in a rail shooter should be like, then sitting down for hours coding that idea.
Mind = blown.
The fact that this was designed by multiple people in a studio is really what's hilarious. To think there are men seriously pondering and deliberating amongst themselves what ejaculating on a woman at least half their age in a rail shooter should be like, then sitting down for hours coding that idea.
Mind = blown.
The way the sway back and forth and how they have their legs pointed inwards makes it seem like they all need to pee really bad.
@tekbunny
I thought you said there were no words.
@tekbunny
I thought you said there were no words.
It occurs to me just how HUGE the difference between Japanese and American culture is when I see something like this. It's not that I don't think Americas would enjoy a game of this nature. I think they would. The fact that we're discussing it is probably an indicator that we're at least amused by the idea, and that's just a small step away from buying the damned thing. The real difference is that the Japanese can actually get away with this shit. Can you even imagine the monumental fucking backlash we'd get over here if we trying to pull something like this?
Women's advocacy groups, parents organizations, religious groups... they'd shit themselves. Fox News would break its ankles rushing to report on it. All major retailers would refuse to stock it. Yet... it seems to be perfectly cool in Japan. I can't fathom how two cultures could be so incredibly different.
Women's advocacy groups, parents organizations, religious groups... they'd shit themselves. Fox News would break its ankles rushing to report on it. All major retailers would refuse to stock it. Yet... it seems to be perfectly cool in Japan. I can't fathom how two cultures could be so incredibly different.
Two observations:
1) I'm not sure if this looks like the best game ever, the most coyly perverse game ever, or both simultaneously.
2) Seriously, why are gamers such prudes?
Whenever you find a story on a gaming site concerning a new sexually-suggestive title (usually hailing from glorious Nippon), you get the perfunctory cavalcade of "Eww, gross" and "Japanese people are such pervs" comments, but why? Why is the idea of a game being openly sexual so disconcerting to gamers, especially considering that this is a generation that grew up with the most outre pornography available to them 24/7 with nary but a Google search? We have unbridled mangasms whenever the newest gut-ripping, head-severing, limb-rearranging Bonestorm game comes moseying down the pass, yet even coy, implied sexuality brings out the Tipper Gore in 20-something men.
Now, I can understand if you want to use the argument that these games are exploitative (which they are), but to be blunt, most women in most games, even those in widely venerated series like Mass Effect, tend to be saddled with more than a hint of exploitative cheesecake.
I read a book a few months back titled "Cinderella Ate My Daughter", where the author discussed the "pinkification" of women's culture over the last decade or so, and one chapter in particular struck me as relevant to gaming. She was discussing Miley Cyrus, and her gradual evolution into sex symbol status, and using it as a broader analysis of how young women in public life are expected and "allowed" to display/embrace sexuality. At first a women is desirable by accident, meaning that people lust over her just because she's young and good looking. Then, to capitalize on this, she becomes sexual "accidentally on purpose", where the titillation is intended but done so coyly, so the girl can still play off being "pure" and virginal. Britney Spears circa-1998 is a great example. Finally, young women just become sexual "on purpose", at which point they're lambasted as "sluts" and bad influences. We like lusting over PYTs, just so long as their agency in the titillation is kept at a minimum. The moment they control their sexuality, and we're at their mercy, under their direct influence, the submission fantasy is lost and the girl becomes tainted.
In the west, we like our in-game sexuality "accidentally on purpose". We want women who wear skimpy, illogical battle armor, and who always, in the end, need a man to save the day, no matter how strong, but who are never explicitly cognizant of their own sex appeal. We want Lara Croft wearing tank tops and short shorts "just because it's hot in the jungle", so that we can pan the camera around and stare at her tits without her knowing. The moment the sexual intent of a game becomes explicit, where the game wants to get us off and has no qualms in telling us so, we feel dirty, and the whole exercise becomes tainted. Which is sad, because erotica is a hallmark of pretty much every entertainment medium BUT gaming. There's nothing wrong with wanting to get off, as satiating sexual desire is, IMO, a more healthy goal for gaming than satiating bloodlust and living out revenge fantasies, which western games currently do with ruthless efficiency.
I know that this post is TLDR, but the Puritanical response to this sort of game always annoys me. Figured I would attempt to articulate why.
1) I'm not sure if this looks like the best game ever, the most coyly perverse game ever, or both simultaneously.
2) Seriously, why are gamers such prudes?
Whenever you find a story on a gaming site concerning a new sexually-suggestive title (usually hailing from glorious Nippon), you get the perfunctory cavalcade of "Eww, gross" and "Japanese people are such pervs" comments, but why? Why is the idea of a game being openly sexual so disconcerting to gamers, especially considering that this is a generation that grew up with the most outre pornography available to them 24/7 with nary but a Google search? We have unbridled mangasms whenever the newest gut-ripping, head-severing, limb-rearranging Bonestorm game comes moseying down the pass, yet even coy, implied sexuality brings out the Tipper Gore in 20-something men.
Now, I can understand if you want to use the argument that these games are exploitative (which they are), but to be blunt, most women in most games, even those in widely venerated series like Mass Effect, tend to be saddled with more than a hint of exploitative cheesecake.
I read a book a few months back titled "Cinderella Ate My Daughter", where the author discussed the "pinkification" of women's culture over the last decade or so, and one chapter in particular struck me as relevant to gaming. She was discussing Miley Cyrus, and her gradual evolution into sex symbol status, and using it as a broader analysis of how young women in public life are expected and "allowed" to display/embrace sexuality. At first a women is desirable by accident, meaning that people lust over her just because she's young and good looking. Then, to capitalize on this, she becomes sexual "accidentally on purpose", where the titillation is intended but done so coyly, so the girl can still play off being "pure" and virginal. Britney Spears circa-1998 is a great example. Finally, young women just become sexual "on purpose", at which point they're lambasted as "sluts" and bad influences. We like lusting over PYTs, just so long as their agency in the titillation is kept at a minimum. The moment they control their sexuality, and we're at their mercy, under their direct influence, the submission fantasy is lost and the girl becomes tainted.
In the west, we like our in-game sexuality "accidentally on purpose". We want women who wear skimpy, illogical battle armor, and who always, in the end, need a man to save the day, no matter how strong, but who are never explicitly cognizant of their own sex appeal. We want Lara Croft wearing tank tops and short shorts "just because it's hot in the jungle", so that we can pan the camera around and stare at her tits without her knowing. The moment the sexual intent of a game becomes explicit, where the game wants to get us off and has no qualms in telling us so, we feel dirty, and the whole exercise becomes tainted. Which is sad, because erotica is a hallmark of pretty much every entertainment medium BUT gaming. There's nothing wrong with wanting to get off, as satiating sexual desire is, IMO, a more healthy goal for gaming than satiating bloodlust and living out revenge fantasies, which western games currently do with ruthless efficiency.
I know that this post is TLDR, but the Puritanical response to this sort of game always annoys me. Figured I would attempt to articulate why.
Two observations:
1) I'm not sure if this looks like the best game ever, the most coyly perverse game ever, or both simultaneously.
2) Seriously, why are gamers such prudes?
Whenever you find a story on a gaming site concerning a new sexually-suggestive title (usually hailing from glorious Nippon), you get the perfunctory cavalcade of "Eww, gross" and "Japanese people are such pervs" comments, but why? Why is the idea of a game being openly sexual so disconcerting to gamers, especially considering that this is a generation that grew up with the most outre pornography available to them 24/7 with nary but a Google search? We have unbridled mangasms whenever the newest gut-ripping, head-severing, limb-rearranging Bonestorm game comes moseying down the pass, yet even coy, implied sexuality brings out the Tipper Gore in 20-something men.
Now, I can understand if you want to use the argument that these games are exploitative (which they are), but to be blunt, most women in most games, even those in widely venerated series like Mass Effect, tend to be saddled with more than a hint of exploitative cheesecake.
I read a book a few months back titled "Cinderella Ate My Daughter", where the author discussed the "pinkification" of women's culture over the last decade or so, and one chapter in particular struck me as relevant to gaming. She was discussing Miley Cyrus, and her gradual evolution into sex symbol status, and using it as a broader analysis of how young women in public life are expected and "allowed" to display/embrace sexuality. At first a women is desirable by accident, meaning that people lust over her just because she's young and good looking. Then, to capitalize on this, she becomes sexual "accidentally on purpose", where the titillation is intended but done so coyly, so the girl can still play off being "pure" and virginal. Britney Spears circa-1998 is a great example. Finally, young women just become sexual "on purpose", at which point they're lambasted as "sluts" and bad influences. We like lusting over PYTs, just so long as their agency in the titillation is kept at a minimum. The moment they control their sexuality, and we're at their mercy, under their direct influence, the submission fantasy is lost and the girl becomes tainted.
In the west, we like our in-game sexuality "accidentally on purpose". We want women who wear skimpy, illogical battle armor, and who always, in the end, need a man to save the day, no matter how strong, but who are never explicitly cognizant of their own sex appeal. We want Lara Croft wearing tank tops and short shorts "just because it's hot in the jungle", so that we can pan the camera around and stare at her tits without her knowing. The moment the sexual intent of a game becomes explicit, where the game wants to get us off and has no qualms in telling us so, we feel dirty, and the whole exercise becomes tainted. Which is sad, because erotica is a hallmark of pretty much every entertainment medium BUT gaming. There's nothing wrong with wanting to get off, as satiating sexual desire is, IMO, a more healthy goal for gaming than satiating bloodlust and living out revenge fantasies, which western games currently do with ruthless efficiency.
I know that this post is TLDR, but the Puritanical response to this sort of game always annoys me. Figured I would attempt to articulate why.
1) I'm not sure if this looks like the best game ever, the most coyly perverse game ever, or both simultaneously.
2) Seriously, why are gamers such prudes?
Whenever you find a story on a gaming site concerning a new sexually-suggestive title (usually hailing from glorious Nippon), you get the perfunctory cavalcade of "Eww, gross" and "Japanese people are such pervs" comments, but why? Why is the idea of a game being openly sexual so disconcerting to gamers, especially considering that this is a generation that grew up with the most outre pornography available to them 24/7 with nary but a Google search? We have unbridled mangasms whenever the newest gut-ripping, head-severing, limb-rearranging Bonestorm game comes moseying down the pass, yet even coy, implied sexuality brings out the Tipper Gore in 20-something men.
Now, I can understand if you want to use the argument that these games are exploitative (which they are), but to be blunt, most women in most games, even those in widely venerated series like Mass Effect, tend to be saddled with more than a hint of exploitative cheesecake.
I read a book a few months back titled "Cinderella Ate My Daughter", where the author discussed the "pinkification" of women's culture over the last decade or so, and one chapter in particular struck me as relevant to gaming. She was discussing Miley Cyrus, and her gradual evolution into sex symbol status, and using it as a broader analysis of how young women in public life are expected and "allowed" to display/embrace sexuality. At first a women is desirable by accident, meaning that people lust over her just because she's young and good looking. Then, to capitalize on this, she becomes sexual "accidentally on purpose", where the titillation is intended but done so coyly, so the girl can still play off being "pure" and virginal. Britney Spears circa-1998 is a great example. Finally, young women just become sexual "on purpose", at which point they're lambasted as "sluts" and bad influences. We like lusting over PYTs, just so long as their agency in the titillation is kept at a minimum. The moment they control their sexuality, and we're at their mercy, under their direct influence, the submission fantasy is lost and the girl becomes tainted.
In the west, we like our in-game sexuality "accidentally on purpose". We want women who wear skimpy, illogical battle armor, and who always, in the end, need a man to save the day, no matter how strong, but who are never explicitly cognizant of their own sex appeal. We want Lara Croft wearing tank tops and short shorts "just because it's hot in the jungle", so that we can pan the camera around and stare at her tits without her knowing. The moment the sexual intent of a game becomes explicit, where the game wants to get us off and has no qualms in telling us so, we feel dirty, and the whole exercise becomes tainted. Which is sad, because erotica is a hallmark of pretty much every entertainment medium BUT gaming. There's nothing wrong with wanting to get off, as satiating sexual desire is, IMO, a more healthy goal for gaming than satiating bloodlust and living out revenge fantasies, which western games currently do with ruthless efficiency.
I know that this post is TLDR, but the Puritanical response to this sort of game always annoys me. Figured I would attempt to articulate why.
@Kerdakai: I'm not sure the response is "puritanical" so much as it is baffled. It's not just the sexual content that gets to people, it's the mixture of sexual content with "cutesy" content that strikes people as unusual (because, in the West, it IS unusual). You say that the game 'wants to get us off and has no qualms in telling us so," but the happy, childlike atmosphere of the game isn't what a lot of people really consider to be a turn-on.
Also, isn't this the game that they actually patched to restrict players' camera angles so that there would be fewer upskirt angles?
There's also the issue that many of the women shown in games like this look VERY young by Western standards.
Also, isn't this the game that they actually patched to restrict players' camera angles so that there would be fewer upskirt angles?
There's also the issue that many of the women shown in games like this look VERY young by Western standards.
This is like one step away from tentacle rape porn/furry porn/"fucking something you're probably not suppose to be fucking" porn. It's cool, I get fetishes and shit, but there comes a point where a fetish becomes embarrassing and fucking weird.
@scissors
STFU
@scissors
STFU
This looks fun gameplay wise. Not many light gun games any more and I'll take anything these days.
Here is for hoping the next light gun game involves shooting paper into someone's mailboxes and then it turns into a huge government sneaking game where you have to deliver secret documents or something. But the twist is all of the enemies are birds. Or men dressed up as birds.
Here is for hoping the next light gun game involves shooting paper into someone's mailboxes and then it turns into a huge government sneaking game where you have to deliver secret documents or something. But the twist is all of the enemies are birds. Or men dressed up as birds.
@Kerdakai
I think you're misinterpreting. I don't see any kind of serious backlash here other than pointing out the weirdness factor (you gotta admit, it's pretty weird) but if there's anything to read into it beyond that, it's that we just don't want to deal with the hassle of everyone ELSE freaking out.
Gamers don't have unhealthy attitudes towards women. That's a bullshit stereotype. Most of us are reasonably well-adjusted individuals. We just know that everyone else THINKS we're basement-dwelling perverts and we'd rather not have to explain to people that Gal Gun really isn't as bad as it looks.
I think you're misinterpreting. I don't see any kind of serious backlash here other than pointing out the weirdness factor (you gotta admit, it's pretty weird) but if there's anything to read into it beyond that, it's that we just don't want to deal with the hassle of everyone ELSE freaking out.
Gamers don't have unhealthy attitudes towards women. That's a bullshit stereotype. Most of us are reasonably well-adjusted individuals. We just know that everyone else THINKS we're basement-dwelling perverts and we'd rather not have to explain to people that Gal Gun really isn't as bad as it looks.
I honestly don't understand why anyone would want to play this. I guess farting clouds of hearts is considered attractive in Japan these days?
America DOES need games like this. I want this on my PS3 immediately. Someone translate! Aksys, Atlus, NIS, anyone?! Don't worry, I'm a happily married man with children.
That headline is misleading. This trailer is best enjoyed with one's friends or large groups of strangers. Why be stingy with the laughs (whether they are had at the expense of the trailer itself or squeamish peoples' reactions to it)?
That was the whole reason in posting this, was it not?
That was the whole reason in posting this, was it not?
The fuck, they charge money for this shit? Looks like one of those damn free browser porn things you'd find on Newgrounds
The music is even the same crappy shit you'd find in a Compile Heart game.
Damn, I remember back when Exploitation use to try at SOMETHING. Hell DOAX might have played horribly, but at least it looked rather the part. And then you had Rumble Roses which not only looked the part it also played rather well.
And I bet whoever made this game has a team about 50 times the size of what an average Indie studio employs and could make, at at LEAST the same graphical quality. Seriously, amazing lack of detail guys.
I guess you really need that 60 FPS for shooting teeny tiny effects on smooth plastic models
Damn, I remember back when Exploitation use to try at SOMETHING. Hell DOAX might have played horribly, but at least it looked rather the part. And then you had Rumble Roses which not only looked the part it also played rather well.
And I bet whoever made this game has a team about 50 times the size of what an average Indie studio employs and could make, at at LEAST the same graphical quality. Seriously, amazing lack of detail guys.
I guess you really need that 60 FPS for shooting teeny tiny effects on smooth plastic models
@ Tristrix
Short answer: Majority Christian Society with laxed views towards violence but strong views against sexuality against a mostly non-religious society with laxed views towards sexuality but strong views against foreigners.
Short answer: Majority Christian Society with laxed views towards violence but strong views against sexuality against a mostly non-religious society with laxed views towards sexuality but strong views against foreigners.
@Rinsako
"...against a mostly non-religious society..."
Japan is between 84% to 96% Shinto-Buddhist. Religion is pretty much an implicit part of their culture.
And yet, the reaction to this game there and here has nothing to do with religion; it's completely cultural.
Case in point, while the age of consent in Europe and the Americas mostly oscillates between 14 and 18, in Japan it's 13 (as it is in Spain, but they have special protections until 16).
The point of contention is the sexualization of children; it is pretty acceptable there, but derided almost everywhere else.
To us, the concept of a guy shooting his "pheromone gun" (semen) on 12 year old looking high school girls until they reach "ecstasy" (orgasm) is pretty jarring. To them, it's cute.
When you make Amsterdam look prudish by comparison, you crossed a line somewhere.
"...against a mostly non-religious society..."
Japan is between 84% to 96% Shinto-Buddhist. Religion is pretty much an implicit part of their culture.
And yet, the reaction to this game there and here has nothing to do with religion; it's completely cultural.
Case in point, while the age of consent in Europe and the Americas mostly oscillates between 14 and 18, in Japan it's 13 (as it is in Spain, but they have special protections until 16).
The point of contention is the sexualization of children; it is pretty acceptable there, but derided almost everywhere else.
To us, the concept of a guy shooting his "pheromone gun" (semen) on 12 year old looking high school girls until they reach "ecstasy" (orgasm) is pretty jarring. To them, it's cute.
When you make Amsterdam look prudish by comparison, you crossed a line somewhere.
@Kerdakai
"Seriously, why are gamers such prudes?"
Is that your impression? Because to me, the reaction wasn't "Ewwww, sexuality!".
It was "Ewww, a guy is shooting his semen on the ass of a girl that looks like she's twelve... but has a C-cup."
So yeah, semen of twelve year olds is bad.
"Seriously, why are gamers such prudes?"
Is that your impression? Because to me, the reaction wasn't "Ewwww, sexuality!".
It was "Ewww, a guy is shooting his semen on the ass of a girl that looks like she's twelve... but has a C-cup."
So yeah, semen of twelve year olds is bad.
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