Is there too much sex in video games?
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Well i was trying to say that i don't do BOTH poorly, just the game. but yeah if someone can play starcraft well while having sex then hat's off to that guy!gamer_parent said:
No. The insane churchy-religious-psychotics that get their message on the media all the time might disagree, but the act of sex really isn't in a lot of games. I don't think games NEED that kind of thing to be good. But I'm not against including more of it in games. Sexual ideas (like big bosomed bikini babes bouncing around on a beach instead of kicking each other in the head like normal) are in games and seem to get attention, but that's really nothing. It might come off as degrading to certain people who dig too much into it and can't have fun, but whatever, right?
Crescendo is already on my playlist (and has been for a while; I've just had several more in front of it). And yeah, the day I play Virgin Roster is the day I vomit up the blackened, blood-encrusted remains of my soul onto a keyboard and call it a user review.smokeraven said:
It's been part of my goal to show people the difference, oddly enough. Thankfully, that mostly entails playing the good ones.
Yes.
It's difficult to play games nowadays without having to worry that round the next metaphorical corner of the story, someone's going to "get it on".
Sure it adds to relationships and all that crap, but I don't like having to go through those scenes when mother's in the same room.
I miss the days when my choices were Crash Bandicoot, Spyro or Kula World. A more innocent time...
It's difficult to play games nowadays without having to worry that round the next metaphorical corner of the story, someone's going to "get it on".
Sure it adds to relationships and all that crap, but I don't like having to go through those scenes when mother's in the same room.
I miss the days when my choices were Crash Bandicoot, Spyro or Kula World. A more innocent time...
Depends on the individual game really. "Mario Cart" sure doesn't need anything remotely erotic tacked on, and showing explicit sex wouldn't really add anything to games like Uncharted or Fallout 3.
On the other hand, having brief interludes in God of War where Kratos gets to demonstrate his hypermasculinity in a way not incompatible with those of the ancient greek myths was a neat idea, and for straigt-up hentai games there really wouldn't be any point in not featuring gratious amounts of explicit sex.
If there's a use for a romance subplot, then featuring sex as well (implied or explicit) seems pretty natural, as that's generally a normal part of a romantic relationship. The problem, like all other media, is when it's smacked on for marketing etc. in places where it really doesn't belong.
On the other hand, having brief interludes in God of War where Kratos gets to demonstrate his hypermasculinity in a way not incompatible with those of the ancient greek myths was a neat idea, and for straigt-up hentai games there really wouldn't be any point in not featuring gratious amounts of explicit sex.
If there's a use for a romance subplot, then featuring sex as well (implied or explicit) seems pretty natural, as that's generally a normal part of a romantic relationship. The problem, like all other media, is when it's smacked on for marketing etc. in places where it really doesn't belong.
I don't think there's really that much sex in video games at all. Like Grimsprice said, there's a lot more of it in movies, and it's referred to a lot in music.
I don't see any real reason why it shouldn't be included in games; as long as it fits into the story in some way. Obviously you have the extremes of GTA which don't really add to storyline (although I suppose some might argue that?
), but in games like Heavy Rain it adds something.
I don't see any real reason why it shouldn't be included in games; as long as it fits into the story in some way. Obviously you have the extremes of GTA which don't really add to storyline (although I suppose some might argue that?
), but in games like Heavy Rain it adds something.