Well, mind control itself is rape, if you think about it. Though I agree it should be consensual.
Any kink can be weird. For me, the weirdest things are loli, rape, scat, and kinks like that, but some people are into that. And most of all, the weirdest thing would be incest. But more than 90% of players on the site want it. Because it's only a game. And things that are real weird and problematic in the real world, are fun to explore there.
Heck, why worry about sleep sex in a porn game when you shoot people in the face in FPS or drop nukes in strategy games or hold a sword and hack and slash at monsters when realistically most of us don't even butcher the chicken we eat?
It's the choice that matters. Players should be able to choose in which situation to be a loser and in which not to be. And I don't mind all losers, I mind the ones who complain about others being mean to them when they're also mean to others. That's the attitude I didn't like.
Honestly... this 1000%
There are A LOT of things that aren't okay IRL that people have fantasies about... And having fantasies does not necessarily mean the person ACTUALLY wants to do those things (or have them done)
- Some people use these fantasies, and the games that entertain them, as a coping mechanism due to trauma they have experienced. (ie: rape/somno/assault fantasies)
- For some people its a power fantasy... using magic or non-existant technology to bend people to their whim. (ie: mind-control/corruption)
Obviously there are things that are illegal to put into print/media at all... and those shouldn't be in or happen in games...
But if we're going to start talking about what should/shouldn't happen in game or IRL, simply because its immoral, then that would remove a LARGE portion of the games that are on this site...
Anything with Rape endings, mind control, corruption, slaves... a lot of bondage games are non-con, as well... One could argue that monsters constitute as beasts...
Not to mention that, like you said, we kill and maim in games ALL THE TIME and nobody bats an eye...