- Jun 17, 2017
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So, I want to be mindful not to mention any specific names of various adult games, but yeah this seems like only a few titles are getting nailed, while potentially 'far worse offenders' are doing business as usual so far...
I can think of one game in particular that uses chemicals to alter the behavior of the gals in it, and it has incest with mother and daughter. There is another game that I just checked where there is a pic of the naked daughter right on the front page of their Patreon.
This seems to me like Patreon is picking a few well known 'examples' to rattle the chains of the rest of the adult game developers, hopefully to get them to 'clean up' their pages, as suggested a few posts above. Nonetheless, IMHO it's best not to leave anything to chance if you are a developer. Just because someone hasn't been nailed YET doesn't mean it may not be coming later.
As for why this is happening now, there are a few reasons that have been suggested. A request from the Feds has been one, and it disturbs me that Patreon flat out says that they will 'cooperate with law enforcement'. They should anyways, but that sounds like a pretty strong hint that anyone offering pedophilia, etc. in their games, concealed or otherwise, well there may be trouble ahead for you.
Requests from partners (PayPal, etc.), shareholders, etc have also been suggested. To be honest I think it's all of the above. That and the U.S. now has an administration that is pandering to the religious right, and I'm sure they wouldn't mind having another 'win' to talk about (i.e. see we are cracking down on child pornography and other illegal sexual activity). Said administration has been making A NUMBER OF CHANGES to things, and the Justice Department in the US is now a lot more gung ho about things than they used to be...
I won't get into the politics any more than that, just understand that the atmosphere in the US is much different currently than it has been in the past. And keep in mind that Patreon's headquarters are in San Fransicso, California, USA.
I can think of one game in particular that uses chemicals to alter the behavior of the gals in it, and it has incest with mother and daughter. There is another game that I just checked where there is a pic of the naked daughter right on the front page of their Patreon.
This seems to me like Patreon is picking a few well known 'examples' to rattle the chains of the rest of the adult game developers, hopefully to get them to 'clean up' their pages, as suggested a few posts above. Nonetheless, IMHO it's best not to leave anything to chance if you are a developer. Just because someone hasn't been nailed YET doesn't mean it may not be coming later.
As for why this is happening now, there are a few reasons that have been suggested. A request from the Feds has been one, and it disturbs me that Patreon flat out says that they will 'cooperate with law enforcement'. They should anyways, but that sounds like a pretty strong hint that anyone offering pedophilia, etc. in their games, concealed or otherwise, well there may be trouble ahead for you.
Requests from partners (PayPal, etc.), shareholders, etc have also been suggested. To be honest I think it's all of the above. That and the U.S. now has an administration that is pandering to the religious right, and I'm sure they wouldn't mind having another 'win' to talk about (i.e. see we are cracking down on child pornography and other illegal sexual activity). Said administration has been making A NUMBER OF CHANGES to things, and the Justice Department in the US is now a lot more gung ho about things than they used to be...
I won't get into the politics any more than that, just understand that the atmosphere in the US is much different currently than it has been in the past. And keep in mind that Patreon's headquarters are in San Fransicso, California, USA.