Actors demand action over 'disgusting' explicit video game scenes

[FancyMancy]

I tried finding sources other than the BBC but they either are little-known sites or have the same text so presumably refer back to the BBC, so...

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.

'I just found it disgusting'​

Jessica Jefferies is a professional casting director, who works mainly in video games and enjoys the medium. Prior to that she was a motion capture performer - part of a small group who worked regularly for studios used by game developers. Dressed in a skin-tight body suit, covered in markers, motion capture performers act-out the movements of characters in games on a large unfurnished set, where their motions are recorded digitally. She said performers were often left in the dark about the nature of the game, or the scene, by developers.

"We'd get an email or a call from a studio saying we need you on these days for a shoot," she said. "That was all the information we'd get." Ms Jefferies told the BBC she was once asked to act out a scene with a male performer involving a sexual assault with no prior warning. "I turned up and was told what I would be filming would be a graphic rape scene," she said. "This act could be watched for as long or as little time as the player wanted through a window, and then a player would be able to shoot this character in the head. It was just purely gratuitous in my opinion."

She refused to act out the "disgusting" scene - which was made worse as she was the only female on set. "There's no nudity involved, but its still an act and there's an intimacy in that act and also a violence in this situation," she said. "So yes there may be a layer of Lycra between us, but you are still there and still having to truly immerse yourself in this scene."

In the end her concerns were listened to and the scene was not recorded, but it reinforces her belief that performers should know in advance about explicit scenes so they don't have to "kick up a fuss" on set or feel pressure to do something which makes them feel uncomfortable. Jessica was consulted by Equity in the development of their guidance which requires that when recording explicit or intimate scenes:

• A summary of the story, scene breakdown and scripts should be distributed to all cast members in advance.
• performers should be able to request a closed set where access is kept to a minimum.
• a competent intimacy coordinator should be engaged.

She argues giving actors more information will help them deliver better performances and argues "there is an appetite for change". Ms Jefferies stresses the guidelines are not trying to put boundaries on storytelling. In the ten years since that incident there have also been major improvements, she says - and "these guidelines are just to bring it even more in line with the best practices in the film and TV industry". She says the studios she now works with are generally very open to being educated on good practices, and agree that treating people well leads to better performances.

'Incredibly uncomfortable'​

One voice actor and Equity member who supports the guidelines, speaking on condition of anonymity, also told the BBC of problems she had encountered. She "absolutely loves the industry" but argues the limited information shared with actors before a performance needs to change. "We have to sign NDAs [non-disclosure agreements], we're told almost nothing," she said. In one recording for a major game she first learned it was explicit only when she turned up for work.

"This was actually a full-on sex scene," she said. "I had to [vocally] match the scene and through the glass in the booth was the entire team, all male, watching me. It was excruciating... at that stage I had been in the games industry a while, and I had never felt so shaken". She compared the experience to unexpectedly being required to perform for a premium rate phone-sex line.

"What upset me so much about the situation is I was put on the spot, nobody thought to ask me if I was OK with it, and nobody checked to see if I was OK afterwards," she said, and as a freelancer, she feared being labelled as a troublemaker by refusing.

"Nobody has to justify why they're not hiring you," she said. Like Ms Jefferies, she wants games to move closer to standards in film and TV.

'Getting it right'​

Rhiannon Bevan of game news site The Gamer has covered the steps last year's gaming blockbuster Baldur's Gate 3 took in dealing with explicit scenes as an example of a modern game "getting it right".
She says games are increasingly taking explicit scenes seriously "and not just using them for titillation", but it came with the risk that performers may not be comfortable with the work. Baldur's Gate 3 addressed this by employing intimacy co-ordinators - dedicated members of staff tasked with ensuring the well-being of performers in explicit scenes.

Its developer used one intimacy co-ordinator to look after performers voicing intimate scenes, while another looked after those who were also miming actions to be digitised into the game. As well as intimate scenes, the Equity guidelines also cover the overuse of NDAs, safety during motion and performance capture, avoiding harmful vocal stress for artists and the protections around the use of artificial intelligence.
AI use is one of the key issues behind a continuing strike by games performers in the US. UKIE, the trade body for the games industry, did not respond directly to the issue of the treatment of performers working on explicit material, but said in relation to Equity's guidelines that its focus "remains on fostering a supportive environment for all stakeholders in the UK video game sector, ensuring it remains the best place to create, play, and sell video games".

https://archive.is/nNCr3

(Archived by someone else, so it might have changed.)



In some things, there is the term "transparency" and "full transparency". What it really means, obviously, is your contracts, your information, etc., are all transparent, i.e. see-through, i.e. "You don't get to know what's happening, and we're (((the bosses))) and you do as we say. We do as we want and you want money so StFU and do as we say.". That's how it is clearly, obviously.

Left in the dark about the nature of the game, and not told until the last moment

Thanks, (((bossess))), for not letting me know what is good and evil. Thanks for not giving me the choice, the "free will", to decide. Thanks for trying to use psychology and make me uncomfortable so you can get your jollies, while I'm too afraid to walk out because I need the money while you can get anyone as per of all of those auditionees you turned down.

In the end her concerns were listened to and the scene was not recorded

The (((bosses))) hope that it will not come to that, so they go on regardless in the slim chance that what they intended and are attempting will just happen anyway. It's not as if they care; only if there is a fuss will they eventually relent. That, itself, is rape, even if it is non-sexual rape, it is still attempting to force the situation to happen.

...reinforces her belief that performers should know in advance

I's not a belief that performers should know in advance. They simply should know in advance. That's not a belief at all. It is knowledge, which Humans are not "allowed" to have but still are expected to perform regardless. These dirties' expectations are unrealistic and inhuman/unhuman.

Jessica was consulted by Equity in the development of their guidance which requires that when recording explicit or intimate scenes:

• A summary of the story, scene breakdown and scripts should be distributed to all cast members in advance.
• performers should be able to request a closed set where access is kept to a minimum.
• a competent intimacy coordinator should be engaged.

You don't need guidelines on this! Wait. The dirty bosses need guidelines on this?!

Facebook jew owner zuckerberg admitted it is not a Human
https://www.bitchute.com/video/72UdLQ8c4chk

I dare project that some of these "competent intimacy co-ordinators" will one day be in trouble for... things, and performers will be uncomfortable again, so something else will need to be included, like a (forgive the name) Intimate Body of Councillors to "rEgUlAtE" and hold to account the "competent intimacy co-ordinators"...

She argues giving actors more information will help them deliver better performances

That argument might work, but it might not. The dirty bosses know that people choose to go to them for auditions, rather than the dirty bosses going out and trying to find people. It's like an unlimited resource of actors and actresses, and if you don't perform for your food, as I've said before "It's as if the jew trained Humans, like dogs, to perform for the jew", then you'll be out on your ear without the dirties caring whatsoever, and someone else will replace you quickly and easily.

and argues "there is an appetite for change".

Children are starving to death in Africa. Actors and actresses are starving for change. The dirty bosses know how to cause problems on all levels of life and existence. "Whaaaaat? You've gaaat your foood! Go eeeat! Now perform, monkey!" There is no respect by (((TPTB))) for others. It certainly is a self-entitled "god"-ness about them. They have delusions of grandeur and are megalomaniacal.

"these guidelines are just to bring it even more in line with the best practices in the film and TV industry"

Allegedly. We don't know what happens on-set.

She says the studios she now works with are generally very open to being educated on good practices

You'd think having lived life for a number of decades, one would know how to do things nicely...

"What upset me so much about the situation is I was put on the spot, nobody thought to ask me if I was ok with it, and nobody checked to see if I was ok afterwards," she said, and as a freelancer, she feared being labelled as a troublemaker by refusing.

You are nothing and worthless to (((them))). You mean nothing to (((them))). I can't help but compare it to the "aLl-lOvInG" "god" of the bibles about how it mistreats Humans. I have had the idea recently of making a thread along the lines of people being nothing and meaning nothing to (((things))). Don't imagine what you would be mistreated like if it was a sexually-explicit drunken party with those (((bosses))) there hosting it...

"Nobody has to justify why they're not hiring you," she said.

If (((they))) simply don't like the looks of you, then you won't be employed. You have to perform to (pretend to be) liked. It's not about you, it's not, at all; it's all about (((them))).

Rhiannon Bevan of game news site The Gamer has covered the steps last year's gaming blockbuster Baldur's Gate 3 took in dealing with explicit scenes as an example of a modern game "getting it right".

It's really hilarious. They have to "get it right", rather than do it right... and do it right already... They keep on having to "get it right", always. I'll change that to "gEt iT rIgHt" for hopefully-obvious reasons. Read this next one -

She says games are increasingly taking explicit scenes seriously "and not just using them for titillation"

Clearly, every new thing is a fresh slate. No matter the rules and regulations, when something new comes out, it's fresh meat, it's new ground, new ways to mistreat. Plays, books, radio, TV, the Internet, computer games... Children's toys... All sorts of things... We petition (((TPTB))) and (((they))) ignore us, and when we finally manage to get somewhere, to make an ounce, an iota of change, it is deliberately shit and worthless and things crawl so slowly, and Humans are still taken advantage of, hurt, abused, raped... and a new thing, a new industry, new ground is invented or created so as to nullify, counter-act, cancel that progress. It's as if "god" - i.e. (((TPTB))) - are trying to throw a spanner in the works like it did with the Tower of Babel... "god" said, "If we don't fuck their shit up, then nothing they plan will be impossible for them to do". One can try and deny it all they want, but it is just too obvious by this point to ignore or to negate.

So "She says games are increasingly taking explicit scenes seriously 'and not just using them for titillation'"? That is done deliberately slowly, on purpose. The jew resists, despite "lEgIsLaTiOn" and all sorts of things, and when we fight back, we're in the wrong! We're not "allowed" to defend ourselves! We have to rely on something else, instead... No pride, no self-worth, no self-esteem... Just slavery...

the Equity guidelines also cover the overuse of NDAs

I don't know about any bullshit legal framework, but I am guessing that there is no legal requirement to be able to force or stop some things from happening, so the dirties decide to create an agreement in or alongside the con*-tract with the performer. "You don't tell anyone about this, so that we can force you to do these disgusting things, make you uncomfortable, or throw you out without money - sign this agreement." Wow. That doesn't sound very much like, "You tell anyone what I've done, and I'll come back and hurt you and your family", but just a bit different, at all...

UKIE, the trade body for the games industry, did not respond directly to the issue of the treatment of performers working on explicit material, but said in relation to Equity's guidelines that its focus "remains on fostering a supportive environment for all stakeholders in the UK video game sector, ensuring it remains the best place to create, play, and sell video games".

Stakeholders but not the actors and actresses? It ignored the question about mistreatment of performers regarding explicit and disgusting content, and instead referred to the black-and-white words. "I won't answer your questions; instead, here's the bibles the words which I am obligated by if you know your rights if you argue them well-enough." Hm. I wonder who/what that reminds us of - politicians, not answering questions and ignoring us. One wonder why there is an oral torah, while our vocal, spoken words mean nothing to it and it refers only to text in black and white on paper. I wonder if Here, see this -

Hasbara Handbook - Promoting Israel on Campus
"Well, that's not really the right question..."
"I don't think we should be focusing on ..., the real point is that..."
"That's an interesting point, but I don't think we can really begin to address it before we think about..."
"You seem to assume that ..., an assumption that's impossible to share. Really, we need to consider..."
"It's a shame that the Palestinian leadership have led the Palestinian people down a dead-end, where conflict and violence leads to tragic situations. Things would have been better if..."
"I really think that we would all be better served by looking forward instead of back at the things that happened over 50 years ago. The past is important to note, but we have to move on in an attempt for peace. That's why I think we would be better served talking about..."

World Union of Jewish Students - Hasbara Handbook - Promoting Israel on Campus

I came across this PDF, which I have provided a link to at the bottom. Below, I have copied only a small part of the full 121+10-page (i.e. preface/contents pages + main body) PDF. I make a slight edit in the document - to make it clear that I have disabled the link in the actual document...

ancient-forums.com

*"con" actually means "with", but I refer to it here as to mean 'con as opposed to pro'


See also -
Video Games and Their Devs

Video Games and Their Devs

So I learned(unsurprisingly) that most of the major gaming companies are totally Jewish. :roll: I’ve been a gamer nearly my whole life and so I’m curious about which Gaming Companies these days keep the Jewery to a minimum. CD Projekt Red with the Witcher is solid as hell, and Cyberpunk 2077...

ancient-forums.com

 

[AFODO]

Important topic. Most games especially on the horror side is very disgusting and inhuman.

 

[The Alchemist7 [JG]]

Humanity is becoming extremely dump and also degenerating to levels probably only seen during the Dark Ages. Basically anything goes as far as the profits are concerned. Perhaps this might be "necessary" in order for reaction and backfire to happen.

 

[HPS Lydia]

Humanity is becoming extremely dump and also degenerating to levels probably only seen during the Dark Ages. Basically anything goes as far as the profits are concerned. Perhaps this might be "necessary" in order for reaction and backfire to happen.

Worse than the Dark Ages because now we have technology such as videos that distribute it and ruin people's minds, and also people have more money to spend on such degeneracy. There's more of a supply and demand than ever before because it is more available.

 

[Karnonnos [JG]]

Sex is a part of life but there is no real need for explicit sex in a video game that has nothing to do with sex.

When I was growing up the only games with sex in them were the Sims because they were life-simulators or doll houses. Otherwise, it was hammered home that anything romantic or sexual is a result of exertion. Legend of Zelda, for instance, Link has to move mountains to come within arm's reach of Zelda.

Increasingly sex is being forced into video games as a cheap trick to hoodwink people into a parasocial relationship with characters that aren't even real. I don't even see why Baldur's Gate 3, which has all kinds of hideously designed characters, leftist and trans crap injected into it besides, needs this. This is to a large extent a team game - why does it need awkward and bizarre sex scenes with ugly characters or animals and humans having sex? It IS titillation of the lowest type.

A huge problem with all these games since the Bioware epidemic is that when the characters are all 'able' to date each other, they subliminally convince people you can date 'anyone', and that 'anyone' is compatible with 'anyone'. This is a terrible thing to convey to women and men alike.

 

[Anemos Aiteros]

The jews run a lot of videogame companies, they want to degradate and to degenerate the human figure and the woman figure.