It hurts to know someone could get a thrill from my abuse: Why I petitioned to have Grand Theft Auto V removed from Target
By Nicole In Grand Theft Auto V, an R-rated video game that allows players to attack and kill women in the sex trade, I would have been the character who gets left by the sidewalk, bleeding and unconscious. Or hit with bats, run down, set alight still screaming and graphically murdered – for game […]
Gamers retaliate: activists barraged with rape, mutilation and death threats after Grand Theft Auto win
How pro GTAV gamers cyber mobs try to shut us down (Trigger warning) This is just a sample of the vicious messages activists received yesterday following the announcement by Target Australia and then Kmart, that they would no longer stock GTAV. As well (I can’t show the image, it is too distressing), the face of one […]
Survivors call on Target to withdraw GTAV for extreme violence against women
Grand Theft Auto 5 fuelling the epidemic of violence against women, say survivors. [UPDATE] Win! Target withdraws Grand Theft Auto 5 from shelves Read the complete media release here. *Warning- graphic content.* Women survivors of violence are calling on Target to withdraw Grand Theft Auto V from sale, a “sickening” video game that encourages players […]
Protection of women before profits: survivors of violence call on Target to pull Grand Theft Auto
Target: Withdraw Grand Theft Auto 5 – this sickening game encourages players to commit sexual violence and kill women Nicole Survivor – Australia It’s a game that encourages players to murder women for entertainment. The incentive is to commit sexual violence against women, then abuse or kill them to proceed or get ‘health’ points – and […]