Ubisoft's Sexy Minigame Collection Too Naughty for U.S.

bassdrum

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manaman said:
bassdrum said:
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No you watched a few news programs tell people that people where breaking out over sex scenes in Mass Effect, and you saw news stories about those reports, but did you ever meet anyone before those aired that was up in arms? Did you meet anyone after that really gave a shit? Probably not. This isn't to say some people didn't flip, but your average person didn't give a shit.

Sexuality figures big in all forms of media, from books to movies, to well you get the idea. Ubisoft seems to be under the impression people actually give a shit as well.
No, I can guarantee you that I've met people who were up in arms about it. Granted, that was in large part due to their general ignorance about gaming, but the underlying anti-sexual viewpoint was still there.

And yeah, exactly, you keep saying more or less the same thing that I've been saying. Sexuality is everywhere in America, but never explicitly. American society is obsessed with sex, but also terrified of it. What I'm trying to say is summed up quite nicely in this [http://satwcomic.com/it-s-complicated] particular image: America is in love with the idea of sex, but is stick in a weird conflict between arbitrary social rules and basic sexual desires.

Another example: Monty Python's Flying Circus was a prime time TV series, which meant that it aired during a part of the day when children would most likely be watching. Several of its sketches included nudity (and not just old paintings, one sketch in particular comes to mind which featured a nude woman). While I can't guarantee that there wasn't an uproar, having not been alive at the time, there's still the fact that a major British network ran footage of a nude woman during a prime time block. In the US, conversely, only a handful of channels (many of them only available via subscription, i.e. HBO or Showtime) start showing nudity very late at night when all of the reasonable people have gone to bed.

Finally, please, PLEASE stop telling me how I've come up with these views. These aren't ideas that I got just from turning on a TV one day or getting fed up with Ubisoft not releasing a game. My opinions come from years of living in American society and actively observing theses effects all around me. I can understand if you disagree, but please stop trivializing my opinions as the result of a half-baked news broadcast.
 
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People, please...[/facepalm] The average American is not sexually repressed in any way or form. It's because of those extremely vocal religious zealot, highly stuck-up, and/or really narrow-minded types that make the rest of the world see us as repressed. Just because these people and those greatly influenced by them are crying out for more censorship to "protect the children" (or other such nonsense) doesn't mean the majority of Americans don't have healthy sex lives or treat the subject like it's a sinful, alien concept instead of a completely natural thing. Some of us may be more quiet about it in public, but that also doesn't mean we're repressed.
 

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The Hungry Samurai said:
Honestly I think the gaming community lately has flipped a bit. We're so traumatized by media demonizing us, and so desperate to prove to society that gaming can be an art form, that now we're attacking everything that strays from the concept. Even if a game only does it in the interest of some good natured raunchy fun.

In an effort to disprove our detractors we've become them, and it's kinda ridiculous. I don't see what the big deal is about this game however stupid it may be. It shouldn't be kept from the U.S.
I can't add much more than just plain "hear, hear". I feel a little as if the world has gone mad today...
 

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Bloodstain said:
Sex?! OMG HIDE YO CHILDREN, HIDE YO WIVES

Is America still that conservative? Oh well. Sex and video games; the two biggest evils of our time are once again one.
Now I'm happy to live in Europe.
The Majourity of the US Citicen isn't.

But pff, what has the Majourity of a democratic country ever to say. X-P

However, in this case i think they are some lucky bastards. ^.^
 

Staskala

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Rationalization said:
Why is it, that if it happens in America it's because Americans are repressed, or stupid, or too guarded. But when Germany or Australia bans a game, it's "Oh well, that's those damn game boards. Can't wait for the next meeting."

Edit: Wow look at all these posts, that immediately ask if it's because of the American people. Not the government, nor the political groups, nor any other bias'd faction but the American people.
Germany never bans games. They "only" get cencored or indexed.
 

Verrenxnon

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Really, this is the kind of game I'd like to see in North America (probably after the court case) simply to state that if any other medium can use sensation as a selling point, so can games. This isn't the type of game that I'd ever play, but it is an interesting use of the medium.

That is assuming, of course, that this isn't an April Fool's prank.
 

CheckD3

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mrverbal said:
Are american's really so repressed that this game would cause an outrage? Or even be better than fracking aweful?
Yes, there would be an outrage in America, because the people of my wonderful country hold video games in the light of the devil because they won't take responsibility for things that are obviously their faults, and they don't want to have to explain themselves because they're too retarded and inattentive to pay attention to what the youth of America is doing

I'm proud of being American, but sometimes I consider fleeing to Canada, it's not too far from myself, plus they say 'eh' all the time and they mispronounce the 'ou' sound in words like about

Seriously thought, what's the difference between We Dare the game, and Truth/Dare w/o the system? Because there's probably worse things done w/ that game than any video game could make you do
 

godofallu

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Clearly the Profits generated from selling this product in the US is < the cost of advertising + court battles + the loss in goodwill.

What does this actually say about the US? Well we have a strict rating system and a ton of people who watchout for the interests of others, due to high living standards giving them insane amounts of freetime.

Do they fight too hard over nothing often? Yes. But when people actually should fight they fight too, how many of us actually do that?

These groups can't keep Ubisoft from actually selling a product, and they can't actually win large amounts of money in court either.

Americans are people, some could handle it some couldn't. The majority though wouldn't buy this trash.
 

Rex Fallout

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Bloodstain said:
Sex?! OMG HIDE YO CHILDREN, HIDE YO WIVES

Is America still that conservative? Oh well. Sex and video games; the two biggest evils of our time are once again one.
Now I'm happy to live in Europe.
Hardly, we advocate how everyone should be treated equally, have riots on the streets for homosexual marriage and then these protesters get together with the people their fighting and protest that Video games are EVIL. I have no idea what America is. I think we made a completely new department.

Why cant this be allowed? Rate it A and then go along your happy way, we have freedom of speech, its about time we used it for something so... *cough* educational.