2:45 pm - 06/15/2012
The creators of the new Tomb Raider have denied that their new game features an "attempted rape scene," directly contradicting their own statements to Kotaku last week.
Addressing the widespread reactions to the article posted on this site Monday, Crystal Dynamics studio head Darrell Gallagher released a statement today saying that there is no rape attempt against Tomb Raider hero Lara Croft in the scene shown in their "Crossroads" trailer.
"One of the character defining moments for Lara in the game, which has incorrectly been referred to as an 'attempted rape' scene is the content we showed at this year's E3 and which over a million people have now seen in our recent trailer entitled 'Crossroads'," Gallagher wrote. "This is where Lara is forced to kill another human for the first time. In this particular selection, while there is a threatening undertone in the sequence and surrounding drama, it never goes any further than the scenes that we have already shown publicly.
"Sexual assault of any kind is categorically not a theme that we cover in this game."
This directly contradicts a statement made from Crystal Dynamics Executive Producer Ron Rosenberg to Kotaku last week in Los Angeles. Here's the relevant transcript from that interview:
RON: "And then what happens is her best friend gets kidnapped, she gets taken prisoner by scavengers on the island. They try to rape her, and-"
KOTAKU: "They try to rape her?"
RON: "She's literally turned into a cornered animal. And that's a huge step in her evolution: she's either forced to fight back or die and that's what we're showing today."
Here's a YouTube clip of the scene in question:
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Mother. Fucker.
Tomb Raider Creators Are No Longer Referring to Attempted ‘Rape’ Scene As an Attempted Rape Scene...
The creators of the new Tomb Raider have denied that their new game features an "attempted rape scene," directly contradicting their own statements to Kotaku last week.
Addressing the widespread reactions to the article posted on this site Monday, Crystal Dynamics studio head Darrell Gallagher released a statement today saying that there is no rape attempt against Tomb Raider hero Lara Croft in the scene shown in their "Crossroads" trailer.
"One of the character defining moments for Lara in the game, which has incorrectly been referred to as an 'attempted rape' scene is the content we showed at this year's E3 and which over a million people have now seen in our recent trailer entitled 'Crossroads'," Gallagher wrote. "This is where Lara is forced to kill another human for the first time. In this particular selection, while there is a threatening undertone in the sequence and surrounding drama, it never goes any further than the scenes that we have already shown publicly.
"Sexual assault of any kind is categorically not a theme that we cover in this game."
This directly contradicts a statement made from Crystal Dynamics Executive Producer Ron Rosenberg to Kotaku last week in Los Angeles. Here's the relevant transcript from that interview:
RON: "And then what happens is her best friend gets kidnapped, she gets taken prisoner by scavengers on the island. They try to rape her, and-"
KOTAKU: "They try to rape her?"
RON: "She's literally turned into a cornered animal. And that's a huge step in her evolution: she's either forced to fight back or die and that's what we're showing today."
Here's a YouTube clip of the scene in question:
SOURCE
Mother. Fucker.
I also sort of got abused. it was with my long distance boyfriend, he ahd no experience and wanted to pleasure me, but it was fucking horrible and since I was so young and inexperienced I didn't know how to say no to him. it wasn't really his fault but at the same time it feels like abuse.
At school our sex ed was pretty good, I was always confident in how things work and good contraception, but there isn't enough talk at all about the confidence and how sex plays into relationships, or how to avoid bad sexual experiences, and that if you get into one it's okay and not your fault. That would be so useful.
I'm writing a novel here, but by the time those boys and girls grow up into men and women, a lot of the damage is done, and it takes a lot to reverse it, if it ever can be. I feel like it probably wasn't clear but I wholeheartedly agree with you. Sex is more than mechanics. You don't have to be emotionally connected, but the point should still be for all participants to have a good time.
IDK, it's shitty all round. Sex ed should just be much more in depth about the actually mechanics of it, but people are way too embarrassed to teach that. I bet everyone would be a lot happier if they did, since like you said, so many people go unfulfilled. I hope you find someone that can bang you into next week bb.
I'll be totally honest with you, I have completely given up on the idea of ever being pleasured sexually by another person. I wish I could be boned into next week, but if it hasn't happened yet, I dunno. I'm gonna be thirty in a couple of years and I just feel so over sex and relationships. In this day and age I feel like I have to go behind so many people and pick up the pieces of their last relationships before I can even get started on what I need or want from them.