How about a game of tactical thermonuclear war?

[andrewducker]

Over here is a discussion I got into predicated on this:

Which is worse - rape or murder?

Got your answer?

You probably answered "murder". Now, would you let your children play rape games? Would you play them yourself? If you answered "no" to either, your next question is: Why are the murder games okay?

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[heron61.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing that this is culturally mediated (then again I think that about most things). In the US and Britain, violence is a far more socially acceptable form of entertainment than any sort of positive or negative sexuality, and (at least in the US, I don't know about Britain, most people think of rape [IMHO incorrectly] as being more about sex than violence). It's not surprise that children pick up on this. Japan is quite different in its attitudes about sexuality (and in practice very different about the acceptance of violence) and I believe that there are rape games there.

Much of Scandinavia is opposite in public attitudes about sex and violence. I would expect murder games to be less common. However, I've never seen any statistics on this fact. My guess is that neither sorts of games are terribly common there.