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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.

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