Whore Of The Orient secures $200,000 in funds

Sadly I'll be very much surprised if anything usefull comes of this.

I just keep thinking of Robert Mitchum in Night of the Hunter yelling out "You whores of Babylon!" as he's threatening those two kids he's going after at one point in that film...

They really need to do something about that title. Polilicians will have a field day with that in the US.

They really need to do something about that title. Polilicians will have a field day with that in the US.

*cough* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_Little_Whorehouse_in_Texas

Yes, yes, but that was in Texas, when it's in the Orient it's a whole different animal.

Mmmm... Debatable. Which is to say, in all seriousness there should be no difference in attitude, but there likely is/will be, sadly. (I doubt the good folk of Texas like having a musical with the word "whorehouse" tainting their great state.)

(Also, not sure if that was a joke/sarcasm. If it was, then... Damn I'm too sleepy for this. :) )

Edited 2 times. Last edit by Morville O'Driscoll on 25th June 2013 12:01pm

I don't think the name is as much of a problem as the question of will the game development cycle be able to sustain itself and come out as a quality, film-like production which it probably aims to be?

Im ok with the name. Politicians need to losen up when it comes to games. Movies are allowed to do really crazy, violent and sexual stuff. It would be nice can be just as broad, touching more mature themes. You can have your kids games and I play many, Im a huge Nintendo fan. But it would be nice if games can approach more real life situations and drama or just plain cross the boundries of a game and have that deep storytelling, and characterization elements of a movie. Like a video game equivalent to the movie "the fighter" or "Requiem of a Dream". Games that touch themes like prostitution, Child abuse, drug addiction and domestic violence.

However before people get all worked up, Im not saying use this as a game play element, but rather an element that drives the story... You can take the topics found in a movie like "requiem for a dream" and make an RPG with variouse characters, and part of the story is trying to maybe keep the character from consuming drugs and making different choices and ultimatly saving the world. But all done in a very seriouse narrative.

We can have a game where you play an investigator, trying to save a family from an abusive father, and the more time you try to crack the case, the more bad things happen. And it would be no different than a movie, except that you have control over the narrative.

I am in no way, implying that a game should be made where your a rapist and the goal is to rape a girl. Noooooooo... however games should be allowed to touch these topics and should have a sophisticated narrative like in oscar winning movies, but the difference is you as the gamer take part in how events unfold.

Before anybody gets mad, all Im saying is that games should be able to go into topics found in movies. All young gamers eventually get older one day, and it would be nice to see some games taylor made for adults. And I dont mean meaningless violence or sex. Just a game that touches upon "SERIOUSE" topics. This is why I find Snake from Metal gear such a fascinating character. His stories have a very deep narrative to them and lots of moral conflics. The trailer of MGS5 went deeper into that, presenting war orphens and imprisoned children, trained and breed to fight in a war as soldiers. It tells a fictional narrative, but can be related to real world events. Hunger, War, Human Trafficking, goverment corruption.

I have no idea what "Whore of the Orient" is but it should be allowed to be made and called this. If taylor made for adults it should be labled on the box appropriatly. In fact Im ok if games had a 21+ rating on them.

If any of you get what im trying to say, please explain it to me... thanx.

And I thought I sucked at coming up with names.

@Morville--But that was a movie. I realize that we don't care about that distinction but politicians are incapable of such things. They will rally against it "just because" it's a video game, especially if another high profile shooting happens anywhere near it's launch....or three years after it's launch. Basically here in the US a game with that kind of name is just another stepping stone for the average politician to grand stand against to make a name for themselves and win some more votes.

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