As GamePolitics reported this week, online retailer Amazon.com has blocked sales of RapeLay, a Japanese hentai game being offered on Amazon by an affiliated re-seller.
While many were upset by news of the game, some felt that Amazon's decision amounted to censorship.
What do you think?
Register your opinion in the GP poll at left.
MechaTama31: I mean, of the groups being bullied here, which of the two would you refer to collectively as "nerds"?10/19/2014 - 11:30pm
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MechaTama31: But that's the thing, it doesn't sound to me like he is advocating bullying, it sounds like he is accusing the SJWs of bullying the "nerds", who I can only assume refers to the GGers.10/19/2014 - 11:21pm
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Andrew Eisen: Interesting read. Unfortunately, too vague to form an opinion on but at least now I know what faefrost was talking about in James' editorial.10/19/2014 - 10:39pm
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Neo_DrKefka: Breaking GameJournoPros organized a blacklist of former Destructoid writer Allistar Pinsof for investigating fraud in IndieGoGo campaign http://blogjob.com/oneangrygamer/2014/10/gamergate-destructoid-corruption-and-ruined-careers/10/19/2014 - 8:57pm
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Neo_DrKefka: Only good thing I seen come out of the Biddle incident was the fact a professional fighter offered to give 10k to an anti bullying charity for a round in the ring with Biddle.10/19/2014 - 7:49pm
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Neo_DrKefka: Even after all the interviews she is still on twitter making fun of people with disabilities (Autism) yet she is a part of the crowd that is on the so called right side of history...10/19/2014 - 7:48pm
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Neo_DrKefka: Which #GameGate supports are constantly being harassed and bullied. Brianna Wu who I told everyone she was trolling GamerGate weeks ago with her passive aggressive threats was looking for that crazy person in the crowd.10/19/2014 - 7:47pm
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Neo_DrKefka: I believe the problem #GamerGate has with Sam Biddle is he is apart of this blogging group that in a way hates or detests its readers. Also being apart of the crowd that claims its on the right side of history isn't helping when he is advocating bullying10/19/2014 - 7:45pm
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MechaTama31: Of course, I'm looking at these tweets in isolation, I don't know a thing about the guy.10/19/2014 - 7:06pm
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MechaTama31: If anything, the sarcastic implication seems to be that the SJW crowd is bringing back the bullying of nerds. But it's the GGers who are out for his blood? I'm lost...10/19/2014 - 7:01pm
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MechaTama31: I don't really get this Sam Biddle thing. The reaction to his tweets seems to be taking them at face value, but... they're tongue in cheek. Right?10/19/2014 - 7:00pm
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Andrew Eisen: I have it. The problem, so far as I can tell, is neither of them allow me to overlay my webcam feed or text links to my Extra-Life fundraising page.10/19/2014 - 4:08pm
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quiknkold: and yes, its free10/19/2014 - 4:05pm
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quiknkold: should grab Hauppauge capture. has mic support and can upload directly to youtube10/19/2014 - 4:05pm
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Andrew Eisen: The former.10/19/2014 - 4:00pm
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quiknkold: was it StreamEez, or the StreamEez feature in Hauppauge Capture? cause I know Capture has alot more support from the devs.10/19/2014 - 3:54pm
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Andrew Eisen: I actually tried StreamEez last week. Flat out didn't work.10/19/2014 - 3:53pm
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quiknkold: I use the Hauppauge Capture software's StreamEez. Arcsoft showbiz for recording. I just streamed a few hours of Persona 4 Golden with zero problem using the program. Xsplit is finniky when it comes to Hauppauge10/19/2014 - 3:40pm
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Andrew Eisen: Trying to capture console games and broadcast with Open Broadcaster System because I've had technical difficulties using XSplit 3 weeks in a row.10/19/2014 - 3:37pm
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quiknkold: and what are you trying to capture?10/19/2014 - 3:31pm
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Comments
Re: Not yet, but anime haters may use that soon.
Ok mind turnin downt he paranoia. Seriously most people that do not like anime are not anime haters in fact with only 2 notable exceptions most people I have met who do not like anime are simply uninterested. The two exceptions see them as cartoons and therefore entertainment for children. Now hentai I know several people that hate it most of whom hate pornography period. Oh and by the way I voted that I think it they were right to pull it since its their business and because it isn't just hentai but rape hentai.
Re: Not yet, but anime haters may use that soon.
Re: Not yet, but anime haters may use that soon.
He didn't attack anme in general he attacked the fact that a hentai rape game was listed. Now seriously enough with the whole anime hater garbage. There is no movement against anime like you seem to think. Now pause and breath. Ok first I forbid you to say the word hater in any responses to this. Second you should look at a few of the videos like this one www.youtube.com/watch. Not everyone that dislikes anime does so without reason. Personaly I dont like most of the anime that has been brought over stateside. A large portion of it is for children (digimon) or been watered down for children (sailor moon) and thats ignoring the changes made to dialog so their speech syncs.
Re: Not yet, but anime haters may use that soon.
Re: Not yet, but anime haters may use that soon.
I KNEW IT you used a word that can apply to you. You sir are an extremist. If somene does not like or maybe even hates something you like you take it as an attack. Some of these people wanting it banned have reasons for disliking it some are doing what everyone on the net does and exaggerate others are trolls and then there is the incredibly small number that I have never met in my wanderings of the net that actualy hate anime. Given my time in chatrooms forums and other places you would think I'd have met one but I haven't. I've met a few trolls but no one tha actually hated anime .
Re: Not yet, but anime haters may use that soon.
Re: Not yet, but anime haters may use that soon.
ANime sucks and you sucks for caring this much about it.
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I LIKE the fence. I get 2 groups to laugh at then.
Re: Not yet, but anime haters may use that soon.
Re: Not yet, but anime haters may use that soon.
Just as I thought you havn't made the connection that he is trying to get a reaction out of you. In reality he either doesn't care or he might actually like it but he has more fun getting fools mad.
Re: Not yet, but anime haters may use that soon.
Don't feed the troll.
Re: How did Vaz found out about the game?
yeah ive got to ask..
how come every comment you make relates back to anime haters?
Its... illogical...
Re: How did Vaz found out about the game?
Actually, it may be possible. You never met this anime hater, J0seJuanPedroSmith (I wouldn't be suprised if that is JT. He is similar to JT) on youtube. This guys hate both anime and video game. There could be more anime hater who have a grudge against video game. You have to think like a anime hater, step into the mind of them. It's not illogical, when was the last time you met a anime hater who hate video games? I did, and I met a lot of anime hater who have "Jack Thompson complex" mentality. Those anime haters with that complex can become a traitor to the video game community in various way (for example: Xbox live Marketplace put more anime on the video store, American RPG taking influences from JRPG and anime-style drawing. Next GTA take place in Japan, with cel-shaded anime animation design). When I heard that Vaz attack a H-game, I know the anime haters may end up forgiving this guy for any video game bashing he did and praising him for the attack on H-game. I've been monioring them for quite a while and developing a bit of psychological profile on them. There is a chance that anime hater will become traitors to the video game community. You might not agree with me, but I know for sure the video game critics may target anime/manga next.
When I wanted to find out how did Vaz found out the game. I thought a anime hater who hate video game has decided to turn traitor by showing Vaz this game and giving anime haters to maybe side with video game critics like Vaz. But now it wasn't anime hater for now. But maybe later in the future, some anime hater who decided to hate video game may forge a alliance with JT or video game critics. If I was a anime hater and I found out JT attack anime/manga, I would side with him (If I was a anime hater).
Re: How did Vaz found out about the game?
You never met this anime hater, J0seJuanPedroSmith (I wouldn't be suprised if that is JT. He is similar to JT) on youtube. This guys hate both anime and video game.
ironically, this guy is friends with a major FF7 buff
岩「…Where do masochists go when they die?」
岩「…I can see why Hasselbeck's worried about fake guns killing fake people. afterall, she's a fake journalist on a fake news channel」
Re: How did Vaz found out about the game?
I'm sure you actuallylistened to him instead of looked at the fact that he said anime sucks and said he is a hater. Some people like john wayne some like clint eastwood some like both. He simply doesn't like anime. Personaly I'd say he simply watched to many anime's like one piece or digimon but still he is entitled to his own preferance. By the way I kinda hate fanboys to. For some reason they always go on about pokemo or yugioh and ignore the classics.
Re: How did Vaz found out about the game?
Re: How did Vaz found out about the game?
Ok he supports jt so what I know gamers on violent video games that support jt in some views.
Re: How did Vaz found out about the game?
Re: How did Vaz found out about the game?
Have you ever heard of the term 'troll'?
Re: How did Vaz found out about the game?
Re: How did Vaz found out about the game?
Troll *hint hint hint hint hint hint hint hint hint hint* I know a few jt supporters none of them refer to him like that so most likely you are either exaggerating or he is trying to get this kind of reaction out of you.
Re: How did Vaz found out about the game?
Re: How did Vaz found out about the game?
Then I am sure you can tell me his reasons for wanting anime banned. Well lets hear them. How about combining the two threads running through this. Your saying their comments on how much they hate anime prove they hate anime. Again how can you prove they are not simply posting what will get the most entertaining reaction out of anime fans.
Re: How did Vaz found out about the game?
He's a random internet troll. Why do you care what he thinks? He probably just finds it funny how worked up anime fans get. They're freakin' cartoons... admittedly some are quite good, but most are terrible, and yet some people devote their lives to the things. It's even worse when they then proceed to idolise Japanese culture -- I fully support learning about other cultures and even mimicking some aspects, but some people, particularly white anime fans, take it way too far. And that is why they are a) fun to mock, and b) seen as vaguely distasteful. Again, there is no conspiracy, just people who find your lifestyle funny/pathetic and trolls who take pleasure in making you freak out.
Re: How did Vaz found out about the game?
Why would someone who hates anime be a traitor to the game industry? AN what's the deal with your parnoia over anime haters?
E. Zachary Knight
Oklahoma City Chapter of the ECA
http://www.theeca.com/chapters_oklahoma
E. Zachary Knight
Divine Knight Gaming
OK Game Devs
Random Tower
Re: How did Vaz found out about the game?
It could have been random chance. But there's no way by accident, Vaz could have stumbled that game by accident, someone must have show it to him. I think it's a anime hater who have a grudge against video game. I have met anime haters who hate video game on youtube, there are many way for a anime haters to become a video game haters also. You never met a anime hater who hate video game or even lost faith in video game industry. It's possible a anime hater could have betray video gamers. There are many ways for that to happen.
-more anime appearing on PSN video store and Xbox Live video Marketplace. that would fuel em to think the video game industry and anime industry are in it together. That would make anime haters feel like the video game industry are supporting anime.
-Remember, there is a rumor that the next GTA may take place in Japan. That would give anime hater sayin OMG, "GTA's going anime-style, it's evil"
-Xbox 360 has been getting more JRPG with anime-style drawing then PS3 or Wii. That can also anger anime haters.
-More american made game could use anime-influenced animation in the future. X-blade, Mirror's Edge. Who knows, maybe Bethesda, Bioware, or 2K game may make a RPG game heavily influenced by JRPG and Final Fantasy with anime-style animation.
E.Zachary Knight, you got to think like a anime haters. You seen a lot of anime on Xbox Live marketplace, that could make any anime hater betray video game. think like a hater for a moment, you found out video game industry support anime. What do you do? For me, if I was a anime hater I would have no choice but to betray all video gamers and have a video game hater attack anime by attacking a anime-theme video game. I would have done what that anime hater probably shown to Vaz. Have him attack a H-game then send a message to anime hater to betray video game. I know anime haters, they are a threat to anime industry. They are a bigger threat when they find out that a video game critics/haters attack a anime/manga-theme game or anime/manga. I know these haters, some of them have something I called "Jack Thompson complex".
That's why I think a anime hater could have been the one that shown Vaz that H-game, there's no way Vaz could have found that himself, unless he stumbled by random chance. But still, I'm keeping my anime hater showing Vaz this game so he can attack anime for the haters.
Re: How did Vaz found out about the game?
You really should not take people you meet on YouTube as markers for a group.
A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body. Benjamin Franklin
Re: How did Vaz found out about the game?
As geek culture dictates, anime haters are a subset of gamers, but video game haters is close to being a null set of anime fans. I've never seen an anime fan who has zero interest in games, but they probably are very rare.
GameSnooper
Re: How did Vaz found out about the game?
well, they can turn against video game if JT or game critics attack anime/manga or anime-related game like when Vaz blasted the H-game. Look, I've been looking at anime haters message and comment on video. It sometime can tell who they really are if they I even found out that they are willing to hate anything that become a anime or manga. If for example, next GTA take place in Japan and they use anime-style animation. Anime Haters (most, not all) will hate GTA for that and may never buy GTA again just because one GTA has anime like design. I've seen anime haters taking hate on Batman(ever watch Batman: Gotham Knights) just because it became a anime, then I saw comments and message saying they never want to watch another Batman movie again, or read another Batman comic again just because it became a anime, stupid huh. Hating Batman just because it became a anime. Trust me, I did a lot of surveillance on anime haters on Youtube, I manage to create a couple of anime haters psychological profiles.
Re: How did Vaz found out about the game?
There could be a reason for disliking gotham knights. You ever see the second part of the riddick trilogy.
Re: How did Vaz found out about the game?
Okay, I am dizzy now. Was that fun?
E. Zachary Knight
Oklahoma City Chapter of the ECA
http://www.theeca.com/chapters_oklahoma
E. Zachary Knight
Divine Knight Gaming
OK Game Devs
Random Tower
Re: How did Vaz found out about the game?
Vaz found out about it after an investigation in the Belfast Telegraph found the game and sensationalized the story somewhat. No doubt they or someone else knew about anti-games campaigner Vaz and told him about the story.
Re: How did Vaz found out about the game?
Ok, so it wasn't an anime hater who came forward with this story. That's good, but still somewhere on Youtube, anime haters are praising Vaz for his attack on H-game. Calling him a hero for anti-anime cause.
Re: How did Vaz found out about the game?
What anti anime cause. I havn't exactly seen a lot of it on the news. Oh and many of those against anime have reasons usually involving the fans.
Re: How did Vaz found out about the game?
Re: How did Vaz found out about the game?
Dude, there is no anti-anime conspiracy. There are people who don't like it, but while they may consider anime fans a wee bit odd (and realistically, most of them are -- just look around at the average anime convention and count the number of morbidly obese men/women dressed like Japanese schoolgirls or worse), I don't think anyone SERIOUSLY tries to get anime banned these days. They just get sick of all the weeaboos gushing over it and squeaking at each other in terrible Japanese.
Re: How did Vaz found out about the game?
Re: How did Vaz found out about the game?
Batman never became an anime. For the last time stop this paranoia that requires someone that does not like anime being an anime hater.
Re: How did Vaz found out about the game?
Re: How did Vaz found out about the game?
I have never heard of a single manga made by del ray. I have heard of several translations that they published but that it compltely different. Do you actually know anything about anime and manga. As for why it was labeled as anime it could be possible that its because it was made in the same style as animatrix. And if you say anime haters one more time I'm gonna strangle you with my mouse cord. You have yet to give a single example of someone who is not a troll and does not have a legitimate excuss like over enthusiastic fans or the low quality of animation. The ones who have a legitimate reason to dislike anime are unlikely to ban it but the ones who believe it is wrong or evil would. Find me one like that and make sure he aint a troll.
Re: How did Vaz found out about the game?
I have also heard people taht wanted mondays ice cream baseball football curling politicians lawyers gasoline oil electricity spongebob and guys named clarence banned. So what. They dont like anime what is there reason. I know of a few guys that dislike it mainly because of the fans. I also know one guyt hat would love to see anime banned for ruining the storylines of manga and for adding idiotic and unrelated storylines to good manga (naruto).
Re: GP Poll: Was Amazon Right to Drop Rape Game?
Well Said
"Go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and cheat a friend. Do it in the name of Heaven, Jack Thompson'll justify it in the end." - nightwng2000
Re: GP Poll: Was Amazon Right to Drop Rape Game?
I also agree
Re: GP Poll: Was Amazon Right to Drop Rape Game?
I agree.