Actors demand action over 'disgusting' explicit video game scenes

Rhiannon Bevan of game news site The Gamer has covered the steps last year's gaming blockbuster Baldur's Gate 3 took in dealing with explicit scenes as an example of a modern game "getting it right". She says games are increasingly taking explicit scenes seriously "and not just using them for titillation". But it came with the risk that performers may not be comfortable with the work. Baldur's Gate 3 addressed this by employing intimacy co-ordinators - dedicated members of staff tasked with ensuring the well-being of performers in explicit scenes. Its developer used one intimacy co-ordinator to look after performers voicing intimate scenes, while another looked after those who were also miming actions to be digitised into the game.