Jan 13 2009

Are Gamers Scared of Sex?

Published by Chris under News

From gameplayer.com.au (via n4g.com):

sexgames Are gamers scared of sex? If you look at the last 20 years of commercially released computer and video games, the only conclusion you can draw is that game players are absolutely terrified of fucking. Only a handful of thousands of games have contained sexual content, and when sexuality is occasionally used in games it invariably causes controversy and moral panic. In Australia, games with sexual content are refused classification and banned from sale.

Australian gamers seem particularly fearful of sex and the Australian government, via the classification guidelines, has been making sure we don’t see anything ‘naughty’ involving pink bits since 1993. Extreme violence against law enforcement officers and innocent civilians in games is sweet – just as long as you can’t see a penis or vagina.

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Sep 17 2008

Pespective2 in Lansing’s Old Town hosts book signing for Porn & Pong

Published by Chris under News

From lansingstatejournal.com:

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"Old Town Lansing, Michigan ? McDonald’s has “Fast Food Nation”, the fish industry has “Cod”, but no book has successfully weaved the cautionary tales and humorous history of the world of video games into our modern society . . . until now.

In Porn & Pong: How Grand Theft Auto, Tomb Raider and Other Sexy Games Changed Our Culture, Playboy Magazine journalist Damon Brown spent five years exploring how the $20 billion video game industry traces our evolution in sexual mores, technological independence and personal interaction."

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