Hotline Miami 2 Devs Remove "Rape Scene" From Demo

[Something Amyss]

There's that victim defense again. Oh they were victims so you have to be extra super nice to them forever. They were offended by a joke on what I think is ludicrous grounds and made ridiculous claims, so I'll mock them for it. Same if a scientologist got offended by South Park.

See, what I said was "empathy" and "antipathy." You had to misconstrue that as some ridiculous notion that you had to treat them as special snowflakes. "Don't be a dick" doesn't seem like it should be that hard a concept to work with, and I certainly don't see why you or anyone else should be as offended/hostile as they are towards it.

 

[Something Amyss]

Empathy does not mean censoring yourself whenever they find something objectionable.

But antipathy is raging against people when they do consider the feelings of those who find something objectionable.

How horrible to be this mildly inconvenienced.

 

[A Weakgeek]

I don't think video games are ready for the subject of Rape. There is just too much personal emotional nuance.

Judging from the "discussion" that is raised on every "issue" in videogames, I'm not sure games are ready for stories at all. Perhaps we should wait 30 years for everyone to mature a bit. We could revert back to ATARI 2600 type stories for now.