Danish Anti-Domestic Violence Awareness Gone Awry
Well, leave it up to the Danish to stir up controversy when it comes to facing issues head. This time it doesn't come in the form of satirical comic strips featuring a famous religious figure, but in the form of a flash game that tries to teach about the brutality of domestic violence. The game, called Hit the B*tch, basically sets a woman in from of the player and allows the player to use the mouse to slap the woman. The game rates your slaps from '100% pussy' to '100% gansta', and with each hit the bruises and marks on the woman's face increase in severity. When the player finally knocks the woman to the ground with a blow the screen displays "100% IDIOT!" and shows the woman sobbing on the floor while mournful music plays and a message appears in Danish in the background.
I have to admit, without knowing what the message is at the end it slightly ruins the overall experience, but the flash game itself has many questioning if it really helps in reaching a anti-violence goal. There's always a thin line between a game that'll make the violence seem disconnected from real actions and actually getting the message across to users. Well I definitely hope it is more of the latter, and at the very least the game has accomplished the goal of getting people to talk about the issue more. Unfortunately, due to high traffic to the game, the creators have blocked all non-danish IPs from accessing the game, so unless you live there, you really can't see the game for yourself just yet.
All I can say is that it's a lot better than the gay-hunting flash from the summer, and actually trying to get a good message across.
Anti-Violence Flash Game Lets Users Beat Woman [GamePolitics]
PixelPoet
Posted to Miscellany, Video Games on 19 November 2009
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As usual I am at the forefront with these things.
Went to the website to see if it was really as bad as it sounds. Looks like I'm not allowed to "Hit the Bitch" since I was greeted by this message:
"Dear non-danish visitor,
Due to an extremely high amount of traffic "Hit the Bitch" has been limited to only allow users from Denmark.
However, domestic violence is a global problem, so please support the fight against it in your local country.
Thanks for your interest.
Kind regards
Children exposed to Violence at Home"
Looks like they borrowed PETA's PR consultants.
Their hearts may be in the right place, but I can't see this going over well.
Yeah...the answer is you press the button to hit the virtual girl and it says, "You're a clueless f*cktard. Hitting anyone, man or woman, is not acceptable. Period"...in Danish.