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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 131 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (27 children)

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.

[–] flamingos@feddit.uk 13 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

Not to be that guy, but Stardew and Factorio both came out in 2016 (early access for Factorio). They're nearly a decade old, so I'm not sure they qualify as modern.

[–] Just_Pizza_Crust@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

Considering Factorio is still in development and has a major upcoming DLC release, I'd call it modern. Plus the modding scene is still pretty active.

[–] flamingos@feddit.uk 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

EU4 has received continuous updates and DLCs since it came out in 2013, but I wouldn't call it modern (still love it though).

[–] Just_Pizza_Crust@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I think "modern game" is really a semantics thing tbh. Like, is Age of Empires 2 a modern game, old game, or ancient game? I think it really comes down to how you're playing the game, rather than the year of original release.

Worms: Armageddon is another example. Is it an ancient game because of its release date, or is it a modern game because people are developing new rules and scripts to play the game by every year?

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 5 points 3 weeks ago

Aoe2 is a modern game. And it's the only modern game. Everything else is a distraction.

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