Ain’t That A Kick In The Balls: ‘Balls Kicking Simulator 2016’ Has Arrived

Are video games art? What does ‘art' even mean? It's damn hard to say, as it's meant all kinds of things over the years. Iconic work like the Mona Lisa and that statue of the dude with his wang out are art, but so is weirdery like Damien Hirst's half-a-freaking-shark and Tracy Emin's Unmade Bed.

I'm a hell of a philistine when it comes to this stuff, so I'll leave it to pompous-ass art critics and enthusiasts. But as far as my two cents goes, games as art need to inspire, encourage, add something to the human experience. Think of something like That Dragon, Cancer, the point and click adventure that recently hit PC. It's the autobiographical story of two parents' experiences with their year-old son who has been diagnosed with the disease, and it's powerful stuff.

On the flipside, there's Balls Kicking Simulator 2016. This piss-takey new title is doing the rounds on Steam Greenlight at the moment, and isn't interested in probing deep issues of emotion and faith. It's interested in two guys kicking each other in the balls.

From the trailer below, it looks like a Track and Field-esque button-mashing sort of affair, with each tap giving you another kick to your opponent's dangleberries. If you're wondering why the eff (I know I was), this is supposedly a joke on Steam and the ease with which anyone can put anything on the service.

As Kotaku reports, on Balls Kicking Simulator 2016's discussion board, there are opposing ‘upvote for all of gaming and Steam's sake' and ‘downvote for all of gaming and Steam's sake' topics. Which side you're on is probably down to your feelings on dumbass toilet humor and/or poorly-censored big ol' floppy dicks.