Then you REALLY don't know America's founding fathers, XD. Hell, Benjamin Franklin was womanizing atheist...Altorin said:
Poll: Sexual content in games
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But rape is the new dead parents [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RapeIsTheNewDeadParents]!shophius said:As long as it's consenting
US prudishness is a big reason why even completely non-sexual nudity is absent from games.
But the other reason is that people, male teens above others, are afraid of feelings. Feelings are not something you can take in casually, zoned out on your couch with a controller. How many times have you seen "I love you", or anything like it, in a game dialogue? Without a base of feelings (even if it's just lust) there is no sex.
But the other reason is that people, male teens above others, are afraid of feelings. Feelings are not something you can take in casually, zoned out on your couch with a controller. How many times have you seen "I love you", or anything like it, in a game dialogue? Without a base of feelings (even if it's just lust) there is no sex.
I think another important factor is because the gaming industry isn't as well establishedRemSaverem said:
as the movie or music industries it's easier to target.
Sure some games are made for kids but many aren't.
If you go back near the beginning of the history of video games say to the time of the Commodore 64...
There were games that targeted a wide variety of people and age groupings.
It was possible to create more adult oriented games then what can be done today.
These were games that included much more direct and implicit sexual content...
(Most of the sexual content was poorly done but it still sets a precedent.)
This topic reminds me of a recent RetroforceGO! podcast topic, so here's the recap page.
http://www.destructoid.com/retroforce-recap-so-what-about-those-dirty-games-now--138420.phtml
Hm that could get really weird really quick. With pen & paper rpgs a lot of gamers tend to go with the "orcs killed my parents and now I'm off to revenge them", preferably with their father's sword. So now it would be "orcs raped my parents which explains why I'm playing a half-orc and, euh, wait...". It does include a nice dual heritage story arc. You know, the whole "my heart is divided, as is my blood" thing.A random person said:But rape is the new dead parents [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RapeIsTheNewDeadParents]!shophius said:As long as it's consenting
If it fits in, yea, sure. Nothing wrong with sex.
Well, gotta say that Mass Effect's romance was definatly written by someone who never had a girl/boyfriend in his/her life. It was hilariously fail, if you ask me, so fail it became really cute. Can't judge about Dragon Age though.Halfbreed13 said:
If it fits into the story then yea, it's good. If it's been tacked on to sell then that just puts me off the game.
People aren't being "desensitized" to sexuality or violence because of games... we used to burn witches at the stake in town square...
Could you really make the argument that games now are more violent then that? I think not.
People now just can't make the decision that most of us make... the "I don't do that, but people should be able to make the choice." decision.
I.E. Abortion: No, I wouldn't do it. Although, people should have the choice. Or, Gay Marriage, no, I'm not gay, but people should have the choice to get married to a member of the same sex if they want.
People now make the "I don't play these games, and I don't shoot people in the face... so GAMES where you SHOOT PEOPLE IN THE FACE are bad." assumption.
Could you really make the argument that games now are more violent then that? I think not.
People now just can't make the decision that most of us make... the "I don't do that, but people should be able to make the choice." decision.
I.E. Abortion: No, I wouldn't do it. Although, people should have the choice. Or, Gay Marriage, no, I'm not gay, but people should have the choice to get married to a member of the same sex if they want.
People now make the "I don't play these games, and I don't shoot people in the face... so GAMES where you SHOOT PEOPLE IN THE FACE are bad." assumption.
If it fits in, I see no reason why it shouldn't be acceptable. Of course, that won't stop things like the Fox News Mass Effect debacle from happening.
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More the better! I can already yank people's heads off, eat their hearts or blow them up with anything anybody ever came up with, but the moment I can hand out Cleveland Steamers, Dirty Sanchezes or Donkey Punches in my game, I'm happy.
Edit: I also rememeber the OH MY GOD ALIEN SEX in MAss Effect dealie. And having recently played it, I went "That's it?". Then I remembered the people making a fuss about it were FREAKING AMERICANS. IF you want to be hysterically puritan, fine. But don't push it on others.
Edit: I also rememeber the OH MY GOD ALIEN SEX in MAss Effect dealie. And having recently played it, I went "That's it?". Then I remembered the people making a fuss about it were FREAKING AMERICANS. IF you want to be hysterically puritan, fine. But don't push it on others.
I said sure if it fit's in. But I don't think it ever really fits in. Even Mass Effect seemed like it was really pushing it sometimes. Games don't need sex to create emotions between characters.
Pushing it? Two sex scenes? One of which was implied by a Titanic-esque hand sliding down a window, the other naked kissing? The outrage outrages me more than the thing itself. And I am not outraged by that at all. I was fine with it. Giggity.Scarecrow38 said:
Basically this. The issue depends on the context when it comes to things like sex in games. If it goes well with the game then yeah, I'm all for it, but if it is just there to gather a larger audience or even sometimes just for the hell of it then I don't really like that.Cpt_Oblivious said:
Also, I have never seen (extreme) violence, drug use and prostitution in games unless they've been rated 18, and even then they sometimes gat complained at. Remember the "violent videogames influencing teen violence" craze?
I'm sick of this 'Gaming is a second class art form' shite. People that don't even play games judge them and condemn the people who play them. It's about time the games industry got left alone to do it's own thing without pressure groups bearing down on them whenever games show a bit of flesh.