'I think the idea that you can do it by wholesale banning is just never going to work anyway because we downloaded it for free off the Internet,' Gardner said. That was how Lucy Kibble and Jim Gardner in Britain heard about it.
'This was a game that had absolutely no place on the market,' said Taina Bien-Aime of women's rights organization Equality Now which has campaigned for the game to be taken off the shelves.īut the controversy that led to stopping sales of the game instead took it viral. Taina Bien-Aime helped yank the game off store shelves worldwide.
It is little wonder that the game, titled RapeLay, sparked international outrage from women's groups. The reason behind your assault, explains the game, is that the teenage girl has accused you of molesting her on the train. The game allows you to even impregnate a girl and urge her to have an abortion. Then you can follow her aboard the train, assaulting her sister and her mother.Īs you continue to play, 'friends' join in and in a series of graphic, interactive scenes, you can corner the women, rape them again and again. With the click of your mouse, you can grope her and lift her skirt. That is when you, the player, can choose your method of assault. She notices you are looking at her and asks, 'Can I help you with something?'
Tokyo, Japan (CNN) - The game begins with a teenage girl on a subway platform.
