![]() The penises are often clothed, it should be noted, but the gameplay makes this odd anatomy lesson very clear: One of the main mechanics has players attempt to stick a penis tip into the anus of another penis. So, no, you won't find Genital Jousting on Twitch. It's on the site's list of banned games, alongside titles like Battle Rape, The Maiden Rape Assault: Violent Semen Inferno and Suck My Dick or Die. However, Genital Jousting is not a violent sexual game. It's not even really about intercourse or how silly penises look when they're flopping around a screen - it's designed to shine a spotlight on toxic masculinity and highlight the perils of a patriarchal society. Its story mode is fully narrated, starring a penis named John as he grapples with a midlife crisis and reevaluates his priorities. In short, Genital Jousting is meant to demystify the penis in an accessible, light-hearted, fully-clothed manner.ĭespite the game's intentions, no one at Free Lives - the studio behind Genital Jousting and Broforce - was particularly surprised to find the game banned on Twitch. Neither was Nigel Lowrie, co-founder of publisher Devolver Digital. Still, the ban itself came out of nowhere, with no active outreach from Twitch, and it threw the studio's live-streaming plans slightly out of whack. In January, following a series of fortuitous events after the game's Twitch ban, Genital Jousting became the first title to host a live stream directly on its Steam page, penises and all. This is how that happened.īy subscribing, you are agreeing to Engadget's Terms and Privacy Policy. "We were at GDC two years ago and we knew of Genital Jousting, and brought it to our little space at GDC and they were showing it," Lowrie recalled. We were having a drink afterward, and we saw this on the screen and everyone's in the crowd laughing and playing this game." "Our guy from Steam, our primary contact from Steam, was hanging out with us just for a meeting. Lowrie turned to the Steam representative and asked, "Hey, is there any reason why this couldn't be on Steam? Because everyone's loving it and it'd be great to release. It's a really fun game." His contact didn't see why not, as long as the proper warnings were posted. Genital Jousting ended up on Steam Early Access in late 2016 and it was an immediate hit with the YouTube live-streaming community. The same couldn't be said for Twitch - people started tweeting Lowrie, asking if he knew the game was banned from Amazon's streaming site. His immediate reaction? "Oh, that's a bummer." He checked out Twitch's list of prohibited games and spotted Genital Jousting sandwiched between Dramatical Murder and Grezzo 1 & 2. "It's disappointing but also understandable because you have to draw some sort of line, I'm sure," Lowrie said. "I certainly inquired about it, but they pointed to the rules, and the rules are rules."Ī Twitch representative told Lowrie Genital Jousting had sexual and adult content, and so it got the ax, simple as that. It's a bummer, for sure, because certainly streaming is a huge part of awareness and promoting a game and people enjoying it with their favorite streamers. We were able to sell it and get it out there to a larger audience."ĭespite the Twitch blackout, Genital Jousting sold well in Early Access as Free Lives continually updated the game and added new modes.Īnd it was a bummer because it did have online play, it would've been fun to do. The ban didn't bother Lowrie again until a few weeks ago, in the run-up to the game's complete launch - fully narrated story mode and all - on January 18th. "It did start to bug me again, I guess, because we just want people to have so much fun with this," he said. ![]() They could at any time, if they saw you playing, they could peek in and see what you're playing and watch you play." "I knew that Steam had an internal broadcasting thing for years where you could broadcast your games to your friend group. This was an in-progress Steam feature, still being tested by a handful of beta players. ![]() Lowrie had taken advantage of a similar system in May with the big Devolver publisher sale: The studio streamed its games directly to the sale's landing page, allowing folks to see everything in action before buying. That live stream was supposed to be a one-off thing - until Lowrie connected the dots.
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