And while one could write a thesis on Niko's motives in Grand Theft Auto 4, there isn't any such flexibility here. There are no enemy combatants – instead of eliminating the threat, one is actually becoming the threat. And while it takes many forms – from blowing up enemy ships in Galaga to stomping on Goombas in Mario to shooting your way through the latest James Bond installment – shifting the focus from fighting takes us into a strange grey area to make rape a focus of a game. Murdering enemies is what we have been doing since game immermorial.
While one could analyse this issue from a number of angles, I want to focus on a question that keeps popping up on conversation threads: Why is sexual violence considered worse or different than the non-sexual violence in other popular games such as Grand Theft Auto 4? A bundle of issues rose to the surface surrounding the recent controversy around Rapelay, a rape simulation game which allows you to stalk, rape, and abuse a family of three women.
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