iOS game lets you beat your boyfriend

[BathorysGraveland]

Or we see a news story about a woman who tried that on her man and he got fed up and pushed her out of the car in open traffic. Either way this game is in poor taste and the creator should be shamed.

Really? ... You're really going to bring that up seriously? I think it's well established that games alone do not make one do acts like that. You don't play a shooter and get the urge to kill people, nor do you play a fighting game and feel the need to go out on the street and kick someone's arse. Unless, of course, there is something a little wrong with the person to begin with, in which you can hardly blame the game.

 

[ResonanceSD]

The promo pic is a woman choking her bf when he's driving? Seems like a bad idea to me.

 

[Thoric485]

Can't say I'm offended. It's dumb as shit, but with over a million apps in the store, it's pretty clear the barrier of entry isn't exactly high.

Giving it attention only helps it stand out in the cesspool.

 

[Evil Smurf]

The promo pic is a woman choking her bf when he's driving? Seems like a bad idea to me.

is it a suicide pact?

 

[ResonanceSD]

The promo pic is a woman choking her bf when he's driving? Seems like a bad idea to me.

is it a suicide pact?

it doesn't look like he's having fun. More like a murder-suicide.

 

[Evil Smurf]

The promo pic is a woman choking her bf when he's driving? Seems like a bad idea to me.

is it a suicide pact?

it doesn't look like he's having fun. More like a murder-suicide.

I don't think the game will make a killing anyway.

 

[Mr F.]

What is with Apple putting crap like this in their store anyway?

OT: Because abuse is funny if it's female on male [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale?from=Main.AbuseIsOkayWhenItIsFemaleOnMale]! (have fun never escaping that site)

Spoiler: Also for some humor!

I love that picture!

15 seconds

AND I HAVE FOUR NEW TABS.

Damn you. Damn you!

OT:
Uh, this is vile. Just vile. On every level. But thats ok, everyone seems to be agreed. So there is not much of discussion value here.

 

[crimson sickle2]

I can only guess this will sell badly regardless of what is said now. I can only hope the creators will give up making games after this, seeing as they seem to have little creative wit or standards.

 

[Generic4me]

This game is fucking stupid.
Anybody who buys it is fucking stupid.

It's anti-male. And it'd cause a shitstorm if it were inverted. And double-standards are stupid.

That's all that needed to be said.

 

[Singularly Datarific]

wow ....

really .... ?

good lord, apple really has no standards do they?

yeah they do! Can't let those subpar Adobe products on there!

 

[triggrhappy94]

If it was free, I'd download just to see what's up. I regularly play a large swap of XBL indie games in one sitting with a friend Two Best Friends Play style. No way I'd support this with my money though.

 

[Astoria]

I think stupid is the appropriate word to describe this game. There's poking fun and there's abuse and this is definitely abuse. How is choking your boyfriend while he's driving funny at all? Hopefully it gets enough negativity and disappears.

 

[Twilight_guy]

Cool! Distilled sexism poured into a game! I shall use it in many an example!

I really can't tell if this is supposed to be social commentary or a the creators just didn't see the problem with the underlying message. I'm almost curious enough to visit an official website... almost.

 

[Something Amyss]

I think stupid is the appropriate word to describe this game. There's poking fun and there's abuse and this is definitely abuse. How is choking your boyfriend while he's driving funny at all? Hopefully it gets enough negativity and disappears.

Personally, I hope there's enough blowback people use it as a cautionary tale for devs to come.

Cool! Distilled sexism poured into a game! I shall use it in many an example!

I really can't tell if this is supposed to be social commentary or a the creators just didn't see the problem with the underlying message. I'm almost curious enough to visit an official website... almost.

Given the company in question, I doubt it's satire or social commentary. I can't guarantee it, but I would put good odds on this one being played straight.

 

[BabyRaptor]

That's...sickening.

I mean, yes. There are times when I'm inclined to kick my boyfriend, but...There's a difference between giving someone on kick to the shin or whatever for doing something idiotic and wanting to beat them senseless because they have imperfections. Just...wow.

 

[Hagi]

Glad to see that Jezebel site decrying this as well:

http://jezebel.com/5979986/theres-an-iphone-app-that-rewards-you-for-beating-up-your-boyfriend?post=56817037

Considering this was their stance 5 years ago:

http://jezebel.com/294383/have-you-ever-beat-up-a-boyfriend-cause-uh-we-have

There's still hope for the world maybe?

 

[Ryan Minns]

There is literally

No one is harmed, no gender hated on.

You constantly assault and abuse a man because he's not a little mr. perfect. That's hate in it's purest form. That's glorification of abuse in the raw. this shit is not defensible.

You assault pixels. Pixels are harmed. The ONLY harm it can do to someone is if they make the CHOICE to see it as harmful. NO harm is done unless you CHOOSE to be harmed.

it's identical to saying you're offended because two men are getting married one thousand miles away. it causes ZERO negative effect to ANYONE unless said person decides it's a problem and that means the problem is the person being offended, not to two guys getting married. Surely this is simple to grasp?

The game does not jump out and hit you? The game doesn't kill your mother? It doesn't make you lose your job? The last one is actually a maybe but also has to have someone CHOOSE to be harmed by it.

There are issues that cause suffering, there are also issues that cause suffering BECAUSE people make them issues. This is the latter. Ignore it and no one, not a single person is harmed? Make an issue out of it and you are making the decision to be harmed and the fault lies with you.

 

[Ryan Minns]

Because as we all now, we can't criticize anything that might send a message or glorify a certain behavior, we're only allowed to get angry at things if it flat out physically assaults us.

Yea, no. Doesn't work like that.

Where is this message? Where is the glory? All I see is a couple of pixels you and everyone here commenting on it only heard about when it got posted. This is not glorifying ANYTHING. As a man I don't feel threatened or harmed because it's a bunch of pixels made for certain individuals and to be offended by this only causes me stress which would be the only negative thing these pixels cause.

 

[Mcupobob]

Domestic abuse classy.

It a double standard honestly.


But whatever what can you do?

 

[lechat]

kinda sorta off topic here but

Another editor slapped a guy when "he told me he thought he had breast cancer." (Okay, that one made us laugh really hard.)

taken from jezebel http://jezebel.com/294383/have-you-ever-beat-up-a-boyfriend-cause-uh-we-have


what exactly am i missing in that statement that is meant to be funny? do they not realize men can get breast cancer too? or was the idea of a man dieing of breast cancer somehow amusing to them? i guess best case scenario the guy could have been joking about having breast cancer but i still don't see how that deserves a chuckle


anyway back on topic. i just want to see the "train your girlfriend" app released to even things out. as long as wife beater simulator v 2.0 gets the same level of response we can all agree all is right in the world but i'm sure we all know if they ever do release it it will be front page news and feminists will be burning whole cities to the ground