Thats one of the main questions the show explores so the answer to that is unclear. Id say it mostly deals with psychological pain stemming from the fact that the robots remember all the times they died and were tortured, raped etc. and the fact that some of them seem to have emergent consciousness, whatever that…

The guns were not fake, you can see them reacting to environment (piercing through walls etc.)

If it’s non-consensual or the written narrative places you in the position of a psychopath/sociopath, then it’s not fine because you are a psychopath/sociopath and should seek mental health care.

is it ok to torture, rape and murder videogame characters

Wow... bold.

Kodomo no Jikan is his fave.

Yeah but wouldnt having sex with your underage spouse still be illegal?

Oh yeah, diabolical. Having a boner for a 15 year old? Unheard of! Only the worst scum of society could have that. Satanic!

Are we at the point yet where we realize that “professional” gamers have even less interpersonal skills than athletes?

Right yeah, americans are into kids.

I do think the adult should face a harsher punishment but a 15 year old is not a mindless puppet. They should bear some responsibility for their actions. Actually, they do, if they commit any crime. Why not in cases like this, too?

Overwatch, which I’d never thought of as kiddy or un-masculine.

Fortnite is definitely not that game but i think its fair to call some games girl/boy games. Not meaning that the other gender cant or doesnt ever play them, its just that they most likely wont enjoy it. Flight sims for example have overwhelmingly male base. Some games are uninteresting to either gender by design.

An actually good game.

Im the same, with sporadic anomalies inbetween “the right nows” that are good enough. 

why the devil would ever need an advocate.

Why do mobile games still exist? Just to make us suffer?

Male and female circumcision is not the same. That doesnt mean male circumcision is not barbaric.

Because in this you can make the dolls you create hump each other.

Dont be fooled into thinking the men at Kotaku dont try these. It just doesnt seem as dirty when women write articles about it.