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A female PS3 Home player was "sexually assaulted" in Sony's free to play virtual world, her roommate has claimed.

PlayStation user "Whoef" claimed on the official PlayStation forums that the roommate was "sexually assaulted near the Festive Tree while she was helping others with the puzzle".

"She would move and the harasser would follow," Whoef said. "Each time trying to get behind her and use the crouch gesture. This apparently went on for some time."

Whoef called for a "restraining order" in order to keep the two players apart, and even a "Home Jail" where "harassers can harass each other".

"If the harasser has a string of victims, then let them find themselves all alone or better yet, only with other harassers.

"There is no reason Home can't make money on future rapists. After losing all their items, like a real jail, Home can sell them orange jumpsuits, flip-flops and they can decorate their jail cells with a few items such as bunk bed, toilet and a bed roll. They might as well get use to it, that's where they are headed if they don't change their criminal behaviour."

According to Whoef, the female player is undecided on whether to return to Home.

The incident has lead to a report in Australian newspaper The Daily Telegraph (spotted by NeoGaf poster Puck), which carries the headline "Fears over online sex assaults: Game players traumatised".

In it, the University of Melbourne's Dr Jessica Wolfendale said "unwanted sexual attacks" can emotionally scar victims, even if they are not real.

 

http://www.videogamer.com/news/ps3_home_player_sexually_assaulted_roommate_claims.html



                                                             

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o dear lord



ALTHOUGH SONY PLEASE MAKE A HOME JAIL! that sounds amazing haha



...  The most exciting thing to happen in Home in months.



i like how this gets more posts than FF XIII's first western review..



 

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This made me laugh. If you need to get your digital fixation on, go watch some porn.



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She has obviously not used the internet before......

Though "Home Jail" just sounds awesome.



Tag(thx fkusumot) - "Yet again I completely fail to see your point..."

HD vs Wii, PC vs HD: http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=93374

Why Regenerating Health is a crap game mechanic: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=3986420

gamrReview's broken review scores: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=4170835

 

silly behaviour, i find it stupid how when theres one woman in the area in home she is swarmed by male players, why don't you go out and find REAL! girlfriends instead of forcing some innocent female gamer to miss out on the enjoyment which is Home



no idea how to make this properly work

vlad321 said:
She has obviously not used the internet before......

Though "Home Jail" just sounds awesome.

LMAO, my thoughts, too!



Rockstar: Announce Bully 2 already and make gamers proud!

Kojima: Come out with Project S already!

This is sad, but true, some of my friend have been harassed on Home, one thing you will never see in Home is a bunch of girls stalking/harassing a guy.
I never go to Home unless I am invited to one of my friends apartment's, that way i don't have to put up with harassment.



it's the future of handheld

PS VITA = LIFE

The official Vita thread http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=130023&page=1

Wow, nothing like free to provide the bestest playing experience on the planet. YES! One is assured that the quality of the play experience is best when it isn't paid for.

Something should be done here though. I wonder if you could end up having a forcefield put up to give people space. between others.