Nudity
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I don't mind nudity, but it seems unnecessary in some games (Heavy Rain, I'm looking at you).
I think violence and nudity should be equally allowed as long as they serve a purpose, like Mass Effect. In Heavy Rain it seemed to be just like, "Oh, lets show Madison showering...that's part of the 'art'." Its not. The art is the story telling. Showing her showering is creepy.
Same goes for Modern Warfare 2. I felt that the terrorist scene was entirely unnecessary. Did it offend me: no. But I can't help but feel that its only in the game to be controversial. Its only purpose is to advance some plot and moral theme that is completely implausible anyway. I could have written a much more sensible game without such an over-the-top display of murder.
TL,DR: Violence and nudity are okay, but that doesn't mean you should always use them.
I think violence and nudity should be equally allowed as long as they serve a purpose, like Mass Effect. In Heavy Rain it seemed to be just like, "Oh, lets show Madison showering...that's part of the 'art'." Its not. The art is the story telling. Showing her showering is creepy.
Same goes for Modern Warfare 2. I felt that the terrorist scene was entirely unnecessary. Did it offend me: no. But I can't help but feel that its only in the game to be controversial. Its only purpose is to advance some plot and moral theme that is completely implausible anyway. I could have written a much more sensible game without such an over-the-top display of murder.
TL,DR: Violence and nudity are okay, but that doesn't mean you should always use them.
Yeah, but then again movies is an established medium, and games will probably develop a more relaxed attitude to nudity. Hopefully. But what I'd want is to people to realise that every new medium isn't automatically evil, and niether is nudity.Furious Styles said:
I think this is probably the first nudity thread that doesn't show any nudity on a forum.
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What I said definitely doesn't apply to games, i think its just prudishness that keeps nudity out of games. i think its ridiculous that there are games where you can kill, murder and pillage but if you show even an alien side boob people are up in arms. i agree with what you wrote there.stukov961 said:
I'm terribly sorry about that quite sad fact, good sir.Impposter said:
I was however mearly trying to avoid having to dodge the Banhammer.
I suppose it's what they think they can do to our minds
nudity could lead to early experimentation (I saw them do it, so it's okay to do it too right?) which is bad.
Violence could lead to people getting a little irritable and maybe punch something. But I'm just pulling those out of thin air. So I may not be the go to guy =\
nudity could lead to early experimentation (I saw them do it, so it's okay to do it too right?) which is bad.
Violence could lead to people getting a little irritable and maybe punch something. But I'm just pulling those out of thin air. So I may not be the go to guy =\
Doh! banhammer..stukov961 said:
Double buzzkill
Ah, I know. It's all good. It's not that kind of site.
I actually dont get this either. I can go and make a game with hours uponhours of violence, blood, and the character kicking puppys for laughs and giggles. Id get an M maybe. but add one breast in there and boom! Automatic M. and nudity isnt sexual. nudity (in ther right context!) can be considered art. I dont think blood and viloence are art.
I disagree, by making nudity a taboo it becomes forbidden fruit, and gets absolutely blown out of proportion. By showing that it really isn't anything special it'll lose appeal for a lot of underage people, just the way as parents in sweden are thought to let their kids taste alcohol at home, thus showing it's nothing special, removing the overhyped forbidden fruit appeal.Kuchinawa212 said:
Yeah I know, that's why I'm posting here. =)Impposter said:
I just saw replying to your post as a golden opportunity to sound quite brittish.
our culture is much more accepting of violence than of nudity because of where we come from. In the victorian age, western culture dominated the rest of the world, often through warfare, but forced sexualism to be a huge taboo topic. Also, because conflict, and by extension violence, defines our entire existance, sex/nudity only defines one important aspect of it. Still i agree and had almost this exact rant when i was playing dragon age, WHERE YOU GET COVERED IN TEH GORE OF YOUR ENEMIES, BUT CAN'T SHOW A LITTLE NUDITY?
I just beat Heavy Rain, and without any spoilers, my story led to a sex scene that wasn't just thrown in for giggles or for 12 year olds to finally see a breast, but it was actually a part of the development of the characters that a hug or handshake wouldn't convey.
So nudity doesn't always have to be graphic exploitation..it can be like it was hundreds of years ago, when it was considered beautiful and natural.
So nudity doesn't always have to be graphic exploitation..it can be like it was hundreds of years ago, when it was considered beautiful and natural.
I felt the same way about the scene in the first Mass Effect. Tastfully done and part of the character development. But then Bioware just had to give in to the media and made it worse in the sequel.claw38 said:
Well, I was trying to maybe encourage someone get the banhammer by posting something with some cleavage, but all I get is a british accent. ROFLstukov961 said:
Well played. This is The Escapist forums alright.
