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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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[-] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 133 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Sec scenes are common in modern games?

Y'all I've been big into Armored Core 6, Stardew Valley and Factorio lately what have you been up to?

Edit: I'm being flippant, the idea that an actor could have such a thing sprung on them is awful and I hope they get the protections they deserve.

[-] vaionko@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 months ago

If you don't have mods giving you graphical sex scenes os Stardew Valley, what have you been up to?

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