The game is incredibly graphic and violent and there are seven different game modes each more shocking than the next. RapeLay is a game that is played from the viewpont of a man named Kimura Masaya, who walks around the streets of Japan and stalks and rapes a whole family of women the Kiryuu family. As you can probably tell from the title these two games are based solely on raping women.
The game company Illusion from Japan released two game series from 2002 to 2006 called “Rapelay” and “Battle Raper”. After learning about a series of games that portray women in an awful light, I can see why a lot of aspiring females may be hesitant to get involved in the gaming or the creation of games. Scholars have always had a problem with vide games and not just females in video games but just the overall effect that they have on our behaviour.įor years sociologists have seen video games as causing image issues in young girls, and perpetrating instances of rape and violence towards women by male gamers.Īs I mentioned in my post “A Vicious Cycle” women, while they have been recently very involved in gaming, they have been noticeably absent from the development of games. To everyone who doesn’t see it as a breath of fresh air it is seen as something much different. Great prose, good story (if dragging a bit at times) and a good lead-in to whatever comes next.The current craze of social gaming especially among women has seemed like a breath of fresh air to everyone who sees it as about time that women finally stepped into this arena. Overall though, I'd give it a good 3.5 or 4 stars. I think it actually would have been more effective and more resonant if Hasik had pushed Jardir into a demon pit, as Jardir would later do to Arlen - that would have been much better, IMO. Jardir's rape was also totally unnecessary for the plot. I think that Leesha's reaction to Jardir and to the Warded Man himself are both believable in the aftermath of rape, but Jardir's is absolutely not (well, except for beating the hell out of the guy). However, it didn't really hamper my enjoyment of the book. If it had been the Milnese with that culture, I doubt we'd have a problem, because the culture works, but the Islam references were a bit too unsubtle. The development of the characters was good, and I really enjoyed the hint that there's a chance that Arlen and Jardir can work together to destroy the demons (although of course that's probably unlikely, given the title of the next book, but still).Īs far as the Evil Muslim culture goes, I think it's well drawn and there are definitely motivations for the culture to act in that way, but yeah, it's a bit stereotypical. THAT is my biggest pet peeve in a book, instant Titantic scale love. It doesnt become something its not because you give it another name.īest part of this book (at least so far) were the 20 pages or so of the Hollow people clashing with the Krasian culture - right up to the point where Jardir falls instantly in love with Leesha and visa versa (basically). I can deal with the "chemics" test done by Leesha, but knowledge of what molecules are is kinda ridiculous in this series.Īgain, one last point, I remember Brett saying that he wasn't going to include swords, but to my mind a machete is a sword. OH, and I get that he stuck in the whole idea of fallen earth like civilization in the ancient past, but when Arlen mentioned "molecules" and understood what they were.that really pissed me off. Don't get me wrong, I'll definitely pick up book three, I'm just hoping this isnt a major dissapointment. Also, there was barely any chapters with Arlen (who is by far the best written character in the series). I was annoyed with the book at some parts (basically nothing happens in this book *middle book syndrome*) though at times it was a fun read.
WTH is with all this rape? Brett needs to get his stuff together as this was very Goodkind of him. And then there was Wonda almost getting raped by the Krasians.and Leesha begs for their lives. Still she heals a little too fast by the way of Arlen's magic stick. Reena's father rapes everyone and she is the only one with a realistic reaction by stabbing him to death and being nonrepentive. The raper of Jadir also rapes Abban's wife and children and he gets revenge by telling him to put up a tent? Leesha is almost raped in the last book and is raped after that, but in this book she is about to bed and forgive her almost raper but at the last second doest. Jadir is raped and then forgives his raper who becomes his bodyguard (and i would imagine that its not just so easy to stick a spear in someone's nether region, its not some gaping hole).
Seriously, I am about 7/8ths through this book and the amount of *rape card* used is ridiculous.