Porn Game Maker "Starting A New Industry"

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Porn Game Maker "Starting A New Industry"


The maker of a new adult videogame called BoneTown says it is creating a "new industry" after criticizing the ESRB [http://www.esrb.org] for failing to allow the marketing and sale of adult-themed games through regular retail channels.

Console manufacturers Microsoft [http://www.nintendo.com] refuse to license Adult Only-rated games for development on their systems, leaving the PC as the only viable alternative for companies that want to develop "porn games," but even those endeavors face significant obstacles from retailers, most of whom won't stock AO titles. As a result, the only practical way to market and sell the games is online.

"It doesn't make sense," said the CEO of BoneTown developer D-Dub, who refers to himself as Hod. "The ratings boards are not telling us that these games aren't for kids. We know that already. What they're telling us is that adult games shouldn't exist at all. We don't agree, and neither does our customer base of adults who are interested in games that might include themes like sex, drugs, and language."

"Since they've made it so that games like ours can't be marketed and distributed through the channels other video games use, we are starting a new industry to get this game out to our customers," he continued. That "new industry," according to the company website, is a merging of "the two most popular industries in the world," taken to the internet, where regulation is less intense.

Which leads to two obvious questions: One, can this effort succeed? Traditionally, porn games have run the gamut from juvenile to embarrassing to atrocious, and BoneTown doesn't look like it's poised to break that mold. They typically lack anywhere near the depth or complexity to keep gamers happy, while pornhounds are obviously less interested in playing a game and more interested in... other stuff. Porn and videogames may be hugely popular individually, but that doesn't mean there's an inherently worthwhile crossover between the two, a fact borne out by the simple absence of any viable sex game genre thus far.

The second question is more relevant to the industry as a whole: If BoneTown does manage to do more than simply vanish in a puff of nerd trivia, how likely is it to result in renewed efforts to rate and/or legislate videogames that are distributed exclusively online? It's unlikely, given the safeguards already built into the internet - can't buy this stuff without a credit card - and the fact that the distribution of pornography is already regulated to the satisfaction of the U.S. government, but a successful melding of videogames and porn is bound to get at least a few knickers in a twist.

Interestingly, while BoneTown.com [http://news.spong.com/article/16631/Porn_Video_Game_Maker_Dismisses_ESRB_Ratings?cb=633] - adults only, please.


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Anton P. Nym

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Malygris said:
"It doesn't make sense," said the CEO of BoneTown developer D-Dub, who refers to himself as Hod.
What's a Norse blind-archer god doing making teh pr0nz-game? /clueless [sup]*[/sup]

Seriously, though, I think this guy is barking up the wrong tree. The vast bulk of "adult content" in North America is sold in specialty venues outside the MPAA rating system, and that distribution system would work fine for distributing games with the same content as well. It's not like you're going to see WalMart or Blockbuster carry these titles in any case...

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Can we just ditch this whole Torchwood of an idea that 'Adult' means Shagging, Swearing, Stabbing and Jacking up?

Adult content could easily mean "Contains Philosophical Choices, Worldly Perspective or Understanding of the World"?

Given that a lot of the kids actually are far more 'Adult' than a lot of Adults?

If it's a informative view of the troubles inherent with the Porn Industry, like the use of 'fluffers' etc. then it could be an interesting diversion.
If it's just another reason to show titties, then just bung it on the top shelf in a newsagents.


And having seen the Youtube of it... Dear God, it's like Southpark without the production values, or the writing, or the innuendo, or...just it's AWFUL.
 

Neko Niisan

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I can't help to see a slightly tragic irony in that; here is this guy trying to push porn games as a perfectly valid commercial entity yet he still feels the need to 'refer to himself as' Hod

What are you so ashamed of mate? Oh, wait...
 

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Malygris said:
Porn and videogames may be hugely popular individually, but that doesn't mean there's an inherently worthwhile crossover between the two, a fact borne out by the simple absence of any viable sex game genre thus far.
What? Forgetting a little something called the entire freaking dating sim genre [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dating_sim], are we?
 

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ArKaiN123 said:
I'm disappointed. This article has zero mentions of Leisure Suit Larry.
Leisure Suit Larry not only contains "Adult Content" as it also is one of the hardest Adventure games I've ever played. Full of humor, sexual references, and ingenious puzzles.

Kudos to "Adult Content" because, as far as I see, it doesn't only mean sex & drugs, but also mature discussions, themes and issues (be it war, love, family, science etc).

As for "Diablo with Porn"...let's check out the demo. :)
 

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These games will fail for one reason, and one reason only:

Who, with the internet being as wide and vast as it is, would pay 40-60 dollars for porn?
 

OuroborosChoked

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As with Guitar Hero...

...why not just make actual porn?*

I guarantee it'd be more fun than a simulation of the very same thing.



*OuroborosChoked is not encouraging anyone under their respective and semi-arbitrary local legal age to follow this advice. Think with your brains, kids.
 

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qbert4ever said:
These games will fail for one reason, and one reason only:

Who, with the internet being as wide and vast as it is, would pay 40-60 dollars for porn?
And you think the porn industry is both thriving AND growing because people download all their porn for free? Ever see what porno DVDs go for?
 

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The_root_of_all_evil said:
Can we just ditch this whole Torchwood of an idea that 'Adult' means Shagging, Swearing, Stabbing and Jacking up?

Adult content could easily mean "Contains Philosophical Choices, Worldly Perspective or Understanding of the World"?
not always they are refering to nudity and such, games do have those types of choices now but aren't rated AO, once you show some virtual booty you get slapped with an AO rating. i mean it's ok to show some guy's head explode when a bullet hits it but show a boobie and OMG IT'S THE END OF TEH WORLD!!!!111

the movie "This Film is Not Yet Rated" kinda explains it but more from a film view, games are pretty close to the same thing tho

Given that a lot of the kids actually are far more 'Adult' than a lot of Adults?
never been on xbox live or WoW have you?


as for the big 3 game companies not allowing adult games, they do in japan, well at least Nintendo and Sony do
 

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fish food carl said:
smallharmlesskitten said:
Porn... in my RPG's. nice....
Oh yeah? How would you like a sex minigame in Fable 2, to go with all of the other jobs? Tap A at the right time to insert, withdraw, insert, withdraw.
Would you like to come in for some... coffee?
 
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cleverlymadeup said:
Given that a lot of the kids actually are far more 'Adult' than a lot of Adults?
never been on xbox live or WoW have you?
Unfortunately yes. There's a lot more 'Adult' comment on there about sexuality than you'd ever get in most 'Adult' media; but a lot less Adult behaviour.