As one person puts it: 'Reminder that the only people who want to 'support,' buy, or defend the game do it because it's their fetish.'ĭavid Kerr, the game's artist (working beside writer Lachlan Snell), tells me over Skype from his home in southern Quebec that people outraged by the game have tried to hack both his email and Steam accounts.Īccording to this theory, there are biological men who are attracted to women, and who wish to identify as female because they are sexually aroused by the idea of themselves as a woman-and this is the origin of their transsexualism. One perceived problem stems from the fact that the men's transformation into busty young girls is clearly a source of erotic delight-the game does not seriously attempt to engage transgender issues. It's blasted for being transphobic, misogynistic, or just puerile. Over in Steam's forums there are 138 separate conversation threads devoted to the game. YOURSELVES,' is the message of user 'Metalstar,' while 'The ale Pyro' offers: 'hang yourself, oh my fucking god, please humanity does not need more 35-year-old redneck basement dwellers playing this shit.' From ' Ninjaneer,' more of the same: 'this is a fucking stupid game i will never buy this game even if it's for free, so i will find whoever made this stupid game and shoot the people who made this retarded game.'

You barely have to wade into them to come into contact with handfuls of people wishing the developers death. A look at Gender Bender's archived Steam Greenlight campaign-the process through which games can lobby to be made available for sale on the storefront-shows more than 1,400 stupefied comments.

Gender body transformation game