PauL o_O said:
Can anyone explain to me why I can openly rip a man's arms off, beat him to death with them, and then smoke crack out of his eye sockets in a video game and have in completely uncensored.... But anything involving the act of live (sex, sexual body parts, even references) is entirely censored out of the game? What sick minded person decided that's how things were gonna go?
God of War games are a perfect example.
/Discuss
PauL o_O said:
Can anyone explain to me why I can openly rip a man's arms off, beat him to death with them, and then smoke crack out of his eye sockets in a video game and have in completely uncensored.... But anything involving the act of live (sex, sexual body parts, even references) is entirely censored out of the game? What sick minded person decided that's how things were gonna go?
God of War games are a perfect example.
/Discuss
Well, for starters violence has been heavily censored or cut out, as have other things like drug use. Consider the censorship Australia has been involved in, which included the removal of the character in "Fallout 3" being shown jabbing needles in their arms, and using drugs with real names like "Morphine". Not to mention what happened with "Manhunt 2" in general. Violence has not gotten away totally unscathed.
There has been plenty of sex in video games as well if you know where to look for it, including an entire genere of "adult" video games that are nothing but non-stop sex.
"Porn" has always been a touchy subject when it comes to any kind of media, things either being "adult films" with a lot of sex, or a regular movie which might have an "R" rated sex scene. Combining actual sex or kink, with an otherwise straightforward movie is something you just generally don't see done.
A big part of the problem is the guardianship of children and not wanting to see them exposed to sex too early, and it's not just a matter of them turning into perverts, sex can be scary to someone who doesn't understand it and doesn't have that kind of drive. The quintessential "kid warped for life by wandering in on his parents having sex", or thinking he sees some guy attacking his mom, or whatever. A lot of people who argue these points don't really try and see things from the perspective of a child.
When it comes to adults the issue is less moral and religious than many people might think. There are a lot of perfectly temporal/rational arguements made about pornography and how it objectifies women and so on. I tend not to agree with this (men are just meat in porn too, and there is plenty of it directed at women as well), but consider there are a LOT of people who believe this, and a lot of feminist leaders depend on being able to argue against porn and similar things to keep their platform active and wield political power. Porn represents an enemy, and with the right arguements can be an enemy that unites women under a banner that a few people control. Sort of like why a lot of racial stuff still exists as an "issue" instead of being let die, without something "racist" to attack there is no enemy to justify "black rights" (or whatever ethnicity) groups, and that means the people controlling those groups, making money, and being important enough to be consulted and have a say in policy lose their power. A good enemy is almost priceless, especially when it only exists in the eyes of the masses. Porn is one of those political enemies.
To put it into perspective, how many times have you heard people say that rape is worse than murder? Probably quite a few. You've probably also heard a lot of people talk about how this justifies being able to continue persecuting a sex offender even after society has officially punished them via sex offender lists, community information, and other things. The issue of rape being tied to the "objectification of women" (which can be a teneous chain of logic) and of course it's porn that objectifies women. What's more if it's a horror game or something where rape is present, it is argued that it encourages this behavior even if presented as a bad thing. A game where you have a sexy female lead who has sex a lot, can be seen as giving a bad message and either teaching girls to be promiscuous, or teaching men that all men are like that. A game where you have some dude who is a stud who has a lot of sex can be argued as encouraging men to see women as sexual playthings or less than full humans.... none of these arguements are correct, or accurate, but they don't have to be, all you need to do is convince enough people, form a platform, and if your vocal enough policy can be influanced no matter how many people actually disagree.
