Hit the *****: A Domestic Violence Videogame
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Why would you want to even try it. If it was a woman hitting a guy i certainly couldn't play it. Nor would i play it as it is. Even though they are trying to show you how bad domestic violence is, they are doing it the wrong way. I think most will get hyped just hitting the 'woman' only because A)she can't fight back because its a game and B)the fact that it is a game meaning its considered fun.Distorted Stu said:
Why not just use presentations in schools showing the damage done to women by domestic abuse and warn them that way... Maybe a drama group can put on a drastic and cruel play. That might be better then allowing kids to try it first hand. That is a bit over the top.
The danish have always been a bit weird when it comes to dealing with issues like this.
There was a movie that came out a few years back called "Terkel i knipe" (Directly translated it means "Terkel in Trouble") Where they deal with themes like bullying (One girl is bullied so bad she jumps out a window and fall to her death with a horrific "splat" whereupon one of her teachers replies "at least the fat cow didn´t land on someone") and violent relatives (Terkels uncle beats one of the schools bullies to a bloody pulp, bites his ear off and then invites Terkel to come inside and beat the crap out of his father) only to name a few. At this point I feel that I should mention that the movie is computer animated á la Pixar and had a fairly mild age limit. (11 year olds had no problem getting in).
I guess what I´m trying to say here is that the Danish have very few limits (read: none at all) when it comes to this sort of thing and as a result ANYTHING is fair game (kind of like South Park).
For another example, check out the reactions to Lars Von Triers latest movie "Antichrist"...
So I´m not that surprised that the danes made something like this.... I still think they missed the mark on this one though,
BTW: "Terkel in trouble" is one of the funniest movies I have ever seen... CHECK IT OUT
There was a movie that came out a few years back called "Terkel i knipe" (Directly translated it means "Terkel in Trouble") Where they deal with themes like bullying (One girl is bullied so bad she jumps out a window and fall to her death with a horrific "splat" whereupon one of her teachers replies "at least the fat cow didn´t land on someone") and violent relatives (Terkels uncle beats one of the schools bullies to a bloody pulp, bites his ear off and then invites Terkel to come inside and beat the crap out of his father) only to name a few. At this point I feel that I should mention that the movie is computer animated á la Pixar and had a fairly mild age limit. (11 year olds had no problem getting in).
I guess what I´m trying to say here is that the Danish have very few limits (read: none at all) when it comes to this sort of thing and as a result ANYTHING is fair game (kind of like South Park).
For another example, check out the reactions to Lars Von Triers latest movie "Antichrist"...
So I´m not that surprised that the danes made something like this.... I still think they missed the mark on this one though,
BTW: "Terkel in trouble" is one of the funniest movies I have ever seen... CHECK IT OUT
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I think I'm going to explode with rage. How is it going to stop them beating up women? if anything, it'll encourage them. If they enjoy seeing a woman in pain and distress, they'll want to do it for real.
Grr. Sick, sick sick bastards.
I think I'm going to explode with rage. How is it going to stop them beating up women? if anything, it'll encourage them. If they enjoy seeing a woman in pain and distress, they'll want to do it for real.
Grr. Sick, sick sick bastards.
If you add main.swf they didn't block that.Jon Etheridge said:
so:
hitthebitch.dk/main.swf
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Purely for those who are curious to see what it actually is. It is pretty distasteful. Seems like the sort of thing 12-year-olds/idiots might play to get a laugh. And I would say it totally misses the mark.
Well, I'm danish, and I played the game. And that wasn't fun. It certainly made me not want to hit my girlfriend. Not that I wanted to do that before, but I definetely don't want to now. So, I think the game is okay.
Wow Denmark really is a crazy place. I am so vacationing there first chance I get. Also you wouldn't happen to have a link to this Terkel movie it sounds badass. Didn't this Lars guy also make some movie about Islam that was like taken or removed or something? It's available on Wikileaks for download but I can't remember the name of it. Or was that a politician who did it?Stein Inge said:
For the sequel, "Molest the Child," gamers will be placed via POV into the perspective of a baby-rape'r, so they can see the effects of molestation on a child. Since so much of that darkness is buried until well into adolescence/adulthood, this will have to be a "quest" game, requiring hours of dedication.Malygris said:Hit the *****: A Domestic Violence Videogame
A Danish support group for victims of domestic violence has released Hit the ***** [http://www.hitthebitch.dk/], a Flash game that teaches people about the evils of beating the crap out of women by letting them beat the crap out of women.
Ever see Children Exposed to Violence at Home [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066921/], in which players use their mouse (or their own hands, if they're webcam-equipped) to smack around a woman.
As the beating continues, the player's rating will move from "100 percent pussy" to "100 percent gangsta," at which point the game ends. I wasn't able to try it myself (currently, only users from Denmark can actually play) but screenshots indicate that the woman's face will grow increasingly banged up as the game continues. When it finally comes to a finish, with the woman crumpled tearfully on the floor, the game calls players a "100 percent idiot" and issues a "scolding in Danish."
Despite its negative portrayal of domestic violence, Jezebel.com [http://jezebel.com/5406721/hit-the-*****-the-worst-anti+violence-campaign-ever] criticized the game for its "inescapable sexualization" of abuse. "This game is saturated with the sexy-violence meme, from the woman's cute clubbing outfit (complete with a short leather skirt) to the post-hit pouty face she makes (before her face is completely bruised that is)," the site said. "The project is way too glamorized and stylized to have the impact the organization hoped. Instead, the project ends up reinforcing the idea that violence is sexy, while allowing their ultimate message to fall to the wayside."
Furthermore, according to AdFreak [http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak/2009/11/antiviolence-site-urges-you-to-hit-the-*****.html], it also falls short by imposing relatively light consequences, even in a gaming sense, for pummeling a woman senseless. "Getting called a '100% idiot' at the end doesn't feel like much of a rebuke," it said. "Perhaps you're supposed to feel guilty, like a real-life abuser might, for continuing to hit the woman just to see what happens next?"
No matter how sternly it ends, I just can't see this as a good idea. Some people will find Hit the ***** disturbing while others, sadly, will be momentarily amused by it, but as an educational tool it's value is very near zero. Games can be fantastic teaching tools but they're all about positive reinforcement, something entirely inappropriate for a subject like domestic violence.
via: GamePolitics [http://gamepolitics.com/2009/11/19/anti-violence-flash-game-lets-users-beat-woman]
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I love all of you poor, downtrodden, oppressed white men who decry the way the world treats you. It must suck balls to possess such a disproportionate percentage of the world's wealth and CEO/World Leader seats.londelen said:
You poor thing.
Come here, mama will hold you.