I agree with almost everything the writer of this article said

POP Sands of Time was an awesome game experience that stands out above most other games I've ever played. It's unique, it's fun, it's innovative, and it's challenging without being ridiculously hard to beat. I actually never played Warrior Within, because I was disappointed to see the series take a turn into "M" rated territory. In fact, I view WW as a sad example of game developers pandering to to the masses. Sure, they're in business to make money like anyone else, but it's depressing to see games turn to gratuitous violence & female nudity in order to increase profits, at the expense of everyone's (gamers & developers) dignity.

The new POP game (2008) has been a lot of fun, due in large part to Ubisoft's decision to try & turn back to so many of the good things that were in Sands of Time. The relationship between the Prince & Elika is refreshingly healthy, and avoids so many of the over-sexualized cliche depictions of women & their relationships to men in most video games.

As great as the new POP game is, I still have to admit that I think Sands of Time was a better game. There are elements of the new POP I like better, but overall, Sands of Time still stands as the best game in the series in my mind.

Good article! I admire Nintendo for making a system that caters to "casual" gamers, particularly women. My wife and I both play video games together, and it's obvious to me that there are only a limited amount of games out there that she and I would enjoy playing together on our PS2 (Sims, Lego Starwars games, Champions of Norrath, etc.) while the vast majority of games are very obviously catered to males.

This is no surprise of course, but I hope it's something that changes as time goes on.

Wow, it's horrifying to read that such a game has been developed, but unfortunately, not surprising. It's true that neither retailers or government can stop such games from being created & distributed by the morally bankrupt bottom-feeders of society, but that doesn't mean that retailers or government shouldn't make every effort to eliminate this filth. I firmly believe in liberty and freedom of speech, but the sad reality is that there are certain things (such as child pornography) that are so vile that they should never be published in any format. This rape game is definitely one of those things.

There have been many comparisons drawn between this rape game and Grand Theft Auto, and this is appropriate because GTA (and other games like it) have paved the way for moral decay in the gaming industry and society at large. I understand that this rape game is taking games to new levels of depravity that even GTA wouldn't touch, but honestly, how do you celebrate one and condemn the other? Sentient, moral people must wake up and see the slippery-slope in video games (and other entertainment as well) for what it really is. When we participate in video games that celebrate evil, it rubs off on us. It affects us, whether we choose to admit it or not. The grand majority of people who play GTA don't go out and re-enact the game in real life, but they will assuredly be morally tainted by the experience, and they will be more willing to embrace the next new low (such as this rape game) that video games have to offer.

This rape game and GTA are basically training simulators for a future generation of misogynists.

Don't get me wrong—I love video games, and most of my favorite games have violence in them (such as the Tekken series), but it's naive to suppose that you can participate in the types of games mentioned above and walk away from the experience without any kind of consequences to your moral view of the world. Specifically, men's attitudes towards women.