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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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[–] Eczpurt@lemmy.world 33 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Baldurs Gate 3 still getting praise long after release. Serious unicorn in the game industry!

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 20 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I say BG3 is to the 2020s what Skyrim was to the 2010s

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's an insult to BG3 and Larian.

[–] Enoril@jlai.lu 6 points 10 months ago

agree.. let’s say "the skyrim we remember all, with all the beautiful mods fixing the outrageous real state of the game."

[–] dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Just to be a counterweight: I have ~15 hours in BG3. At some point I just realized it's not for me. I can't really put my finger on it, but it just doesn't strike any nerve for what I enjoy in video games.

Skyrim, however was my favorite game through the 2010s, with probably north of 500 hours across multiple platforms.

Maybe it's something about the pacing and freedom to disregard the story elements.

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