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submitted 3 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

Performers working in the games industry have spoken of their distress at being asked to work on explicit content without notice, including a scene featuring a sexual assault.

Sex scenes are common in modern games - and are often made by filming human actors who are then digitised into game characters.

But performers have told the BBC a culture of secrecy around projects - where scripts are often not shared until the last moment - means they frequently do not know in advance that scenes may involve intimate acts.

They describe feeling "shaken" and "upset" after acting them out.

Performing arts union Equity is demanding action from the industry - it has published guides on minimum pay, and working conditions in games, including on intimate or explicit scenes.

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[-] Cyberjin@lemmy.world 81 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Not okay, not letting them know what they are signing up for.. it's like having them do stunts.

What game does sex scenes? Usually it just fades to black

[-] mememuseum@lemmy.world 30 points 3 months ago

Baldur's Gate 3 gets pretty explicit

[-] count_dongulus@lemmy.world 48 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

They had a dedicated intimacy coordinator for those scenes who worked with the actors to make sure they were comfortable with it

[-] mememuseum@lemmy.world 25 points 3 months ago

Oh yeah, they handled it properly for sure.

[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 28 points 3 months ago

Sponge Bob Back to Bikini Bottom

[-] cantrips@lemmy.world 26 points 3 months ago

Custer’s Revenge for the Atari 2600. I play this game exclusively.

[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

What game does sex scenes? Usually it just fades to black

Witcher III is the only one I can think of off the top of my head. I vaguely recall Fable 1 doing the fade-to-black thing, but then staying black and playing out some cliche moaning, which is kind of the same thing from the voice actors's perspective.

Whole category of dating sims and basically soft-core-porn games, which I'm sure have a high demand for acting out these kinda of scenes.

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 4 points 3 months ago

Fable was very much played for laughs. I can remember some guy going "ooh I like that" in a camp voice.

Heavy Rain and The Last of Us 2 had very awkward sex scenes though.

[-] gnomesaiyan@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago
[-] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Especially weird for the actor of the unicorn.

[-] P00ptart@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Far cry... 3? I think? Has a short sex scene.

[-] Kaiserschmarrn@feddit.org 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Jup... One of the endings involves the protagonist having sex with a cult leader and then >!getting sacrificed as soon as he cums inside her!<.

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

wouldn't be surprised if it was Ubisoft. they love sexual assault

[-] sebsch@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 months ago

Cyberpunk 2077

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