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Did Kotaku just post an article with (animated) child porn? (NSFW) [Up: Kotaku apologizes]
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this is good but it's truly dumbfounding that it ever got this far in the editorial process
They ARE teenagers. And one of them was shown being RAPED.
What the hell kind of attempt at downplaying is this!?
The intent is to provide readers with a sense of pride and accomplishment.
They really wanna keep that article up, huh? You'd think it won't be worth it at this point. Guess they don't want to upset the writer. Ridiculous.
It's because of the pearl clutching readers that we had to remove the images here!
Instead of the fact that, you know, this kind of shit is actually illegal in many countries. I cannot even roll my eyes hard enough. This continues to be fucking disgusting.
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This. I just don't get what the article was supposed to tell me. The budget for animated porn should be higher?
Clearly the article was intended as shock value, but they pushed too far. Still gets them clicks though, I guess.
I like Kotaku these days, Schreier and Tim Rogers are great and their (kotaku's) reviews are good, but every once in a while they fuck up so bad that I'm left wondering how it could've happened.
She has been doing pieces on the crossover between porn and games, this is just the latest one. I mean as far as I can tell the article is done with some refrain on the material she is watching; like she is fascinated by something disgusting and ridiculous. Not sure why though? That could have been handle a lot better.
In fairness that may have been covered in the other articles which I have not read.
I just read a random fragment and she was talking about Goyle fucking Hermione and it not making sense because Goyle couldn't do that because he doesn't have the password for Gryffindor's common room.
The actual fuck?!
The actual fuck?!
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Honestly, I'm sorry that I linked that shit without thinking. It was NSFL, and I feel bad knowing that someone might have been triggered by the footage.
Seriously you cannot downplay it if they are depicted as teenagers they are teenagers irrelevant to how they look Misty etc. are all kids teens it is CP and it is gross.
Did the writer apologize or anything? What a weird choice to write that up and post those pictures.
Author and editor should be fired, honestly.
Looking at the past articles and "quality" of writing we also don't need to delude ourselves that this was a mere accident.
I have very little respect for people (and websites) who perpetuate that "meh it's drawn, so age and disturbing scenarios don't matter one bit" notion that's way too widespread already.
Looking at the past articles and "quality" of writing we also don't need to delude ourselves that this was a mere accident.
I have very little respect for people (and websites) who perpetuate that "meh it's drawn, so age and disturbing scenarios don't matter one bit" notion that's way too widespread already.
The writer went private on twitter.
It's the editor's responsibility at this point and he posted a new excuse (which still doesn't apologize about the underage aspect). I doubt they'll do more than that at this point, but it'd be better to remove entirely the article, not pay it, and post an excuse separately.
Actually it is.
Your computer caching something counting as making a stand-alone copy is a fundamental part of law regarding all digital aspects. It's what gave rise to stuff like shrink-wrap licenses.
Literally no mention of posting underage porn ("teenage" is weak and not even all of them were teens). C'mon son.
The article was telling you that a lot of rule 34/fandom porn is fucked up and gross. They could've done that without posting the actual content in question (and absolutely should have) but it's worth discussing.
No one is going to jail for clicking on this Kotaku article.
It's because they're fictional. That's always what it comes down to. They're not 10 years old or 1000 years old in their mind because they're not real, they're simply drawings.
Drawings of underage people. If you were to draw a rudimentary stick man fucking a kid and then showed that to a cop you'd be locked up faster than shit
What the fuck. Corporate needs to sort that shit out ASAP. Even though this is by far the worst they have done it's not unusual for them, from recommending high questionable content to writers who are grown ass men referring to teenage characters as that wifey sounding word.
Completely undermines a lot of their writings. Gawker may be a digital equivalent of a tabloid but this sort of content is way past the line.
Completely undermines a lot of their writings. Gawker may be a digital equivalent of a tabloid but this sort of content is way past the line.
They might not be able to, under Gawker, they weren't allowed to delete an article for any reason which became a big problem for sister site io9 when it turned out an author was plagiarising their articles. Wonder if the same policy is still in affect?
Still though WTF Kotaku?! Like the sites been juvenile with sex before, the embarrassing Witcher 3 artcles and the amount of those made me roll my eyes, but this is a totally different level, I know they've said their lacks on editorializing their authors but seriously, NOTHING, this got through no bother? WTF.
"in retrospect"
Yes, truly, only the power of hindsight could have foreseen that this entire thing was a BAD FUCKING IDEA
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"In addition, Section 1466A of Title 18, United State Code, makes it illegal for any person to knowingly produce, distribute, receive, or possess with intent to transfer or distribute visual representations, such as drawings, cartoons, or paintings that appear to depict minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct and are deemed obscene. This statute offers an alternative 2-pronged test for obscenity with a lower threshold than the Miller test. The matter involving minors can be deemed obscene if it (i) depicts an image that is, or appears to be a minor engaged in graphic bestiality, sadistic or masochistic abuse, or sexual intercourse and (ii) if the image lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value. A first time offender convicted under this statute faces fines and at least 5 years to a maximum of 20 years in prison "
No it wasn't. The article was mocking the pornography by saying it's cheap garbage and saying it should be higher quality and improved. It's not some fucking deep and nuanced take on R34 porn, lol.
Edit: We reading the same article or what?
Obscenity statutes haven't been used for decades because hardly anything gets passed the "lacking artistic value" portion.
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Let's not forget that the Harry Potter pics weren't all "fantasy". The porn used a 3d model of Emma Watson. While the footage was obviously animated, in 10 years we will have character models that will be pretty much photorealistic. Sooner or later "videogame porn" with 3d models will go from obviously-fake "innocent fun" to straight up porn that looks real. This is exactly what the article asked for, better, more high-quality game porn. Is this really a thing we should want? The writer looks more and more like a massive pervert.
There are plenty of parts of the article where she says that what's happening on screen makes her uncomfortable or is problematic. I'm not saying it's a good article, but at no point is it suggesting any of this stuff is positive.
Just after they put up a real excuse and don't work with that freelancer anymore. What do you think?
Imagine going to jail cus Kotaku posted child porn. Shit like that isn't funny, I hope Kotaku fire the people responsible. If not shit needs to be looked into by someone else
Its rule 34 porn, it would be weird if it wasnt problematic
How could they imagine that Hermione fucking Ron in Hogwarts as a teen could have been too much? how???
'Obscene' U.S. Manga Collector Jailed 6 Months
Decades, eh? Perhaps you should do some more research before sounding off on things you do not have knowledge on.
Let's not immediately go to cancelling people maybe?? Breathe in & out.
Kate Gray
She's a freelancer, and a narrative designer at an indie company.Looking at the previous articles for this author, I see a pattern:
they really gotta be more careful with editorial on shit like this. I think it's perfectly valid to talk about the intersection of sex, videogames, and horny people with a lot of creative skills and time on their hands, but they have to position it properly or you get shit like this.
User Banned (2 weeks): Sexist Rhetoric
She desperately needs a boyfriend.Looking at the previous articles for this author, I see a pattern:
I 100% agree with you that discussing this stuff should happen, and it should be good to highlight this sort of culture for the same reason we highlight other toxic cultures (as you noted, workers' rights issues a la Riot Games are a related issue of focus). I can't comment on this article as I have limited interest in reading it with or without the pictures included, though I definitely also agree that having the images in the article unedited was a move that goes far beyond stupid into apparently malicious.
I look at adult content same as most people, and I don't share it here for the sake of discussion specifically in order to not risk traumatizing people. Sex positivity requires affirmative consent, and as I like to say, discretion is the better part of horny on main.
This is also a very good post.
I didn't read all their articles, just glance through two, the headlines of all her articles sound like dumb click bait.
Articles seems in the spirit of: This is all so gross and disturbing let me show you some pictures...
It's as low, dumb and clickbaity as internet can get. Kotaku really needs this? It's underdetermined all the good work from the real writers/journalist at Kotaku.
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