tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967694277763110629.post3431165794139199409..comments2024-03-28T00:21:43.198-07:00Comments on Experience Points: In the Nude for GamesJorge Alborhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04857765716032886965noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967694277763110629.post-58620841618167474852009-03-11T11:55:00.000-07:002009-03-11T11:55:00.000-07:00Thanks for another great comment csecrist! I defin...Thanks for another great comment csecrist! I definitely remember some titillating gamer moments when games brushed the border or decency. I wonder of excess violence has allowed certain, perhaps associated, adult themes to become more accessible, or if we really don't see violence and a strictly "adult" concern.Jorge Alborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04857765716032886965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967694277763110629.post-84271150533528096232009-03-09T14:27:00.000-07:002009-03-09T14:27:00.000-07:00It's funny that we treat sex as such a taboo in th...It's funny that we treat sex as such a taboo in this culture. From an ethical viewpoint, committing acts of violence and murder is far worse than having a little fun knockin' boots, but (for some reason I will never understand) our culture is much more preoccupied in preventing people from engaging in enjoyable sexual fantasy than preventing enjoyable violent fantasy. Horrendously violent video game content is so commonplace that if you were to ask me how many times I played a game where the main character decapitated someone, I honestly am not sure I could do it without first slowly going through my game collection and doing some research. I could maybe, off the top of my head, count the number of games where I did NOT kill anybody. However, if you ask me to count the number of games where my main character had SEX (gasp!), well then, that is something I can count up easily. :) <BR/><BR/>This is part of what is so comical about the attempt to keep sex out of videogames-- it just makes the sex all the more memorable. <BR/><BR/>I will always remember being a little kid sitting on the carpet in front of my TV playing my NES when Golgo 13 went up to room 702 where Cherry Grace was waiting for me: "You know Duke... it's such a beautiful evening and yet... out there... Berlin at night... an iron curtain just doesn't seem right." I was too young to really understand the metaphorical parallels between the Berlin wall and a woman's restrained libido, but I knew EXACTLY what happened when the lights went out and my health bar went all the way up! I was giddy with excitement and had to call all my friends because you NEVER got laid in videogames. <BR/><BR/>Don't you remember just about every time a videogame dared to have any sexual content whatsoever? The endless cockblocking in Leisure Suit Larry? The trips to the island of horny women in Sorcerer's Get All The Girls? The X, [], O, /\ button presses to make the girls moan offscreen in God of War? <BR/><BR/>None of these moments are really all that sexy, it's just that we know that sex isn't allowed in videogames, so it suddenly becomes very titillating and memorable when it is actually there. Personally, I think our society needs to get off its moral high horse, get over its sexual issues, and get into dealing with its problems of violence, aggression, and intolerance. The only thing at all bad about sex is the fact that society tries to make you feel so bad for having it! Really, the only thing you need to worry about is not catching or spreading any STDs and not having any babies you can't parent. That's it. Everything else is fine and we shouldn't waste so much time demonizing pleasure. Pleasure is what life is about! <BR/><BR/>I will say this though... the one good thing about all of these attempts to restrict human sexuality is that since you see it so infrequently, you remember to appreciate it more fully when you actually get it. ;)JThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16467964766151573064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967694277763110629.post-73658894808591530452009-03-03T23:36:00.000-08:002009-03-03T23:36:00.000-08:00@ DenisI didn't think about the manhood & ...@ Denis<BR/><BR/>I didn't think about the manhood & manliness connection, but you are most certainly right. Though there have been a decent number of male gamers in defense of this particular crotch shot, so who knows. Maybe the people who actually see this content because they purchased and played the game aren't as offended. Maybe they just want all the content they can get. Either way, it was definitely ballsy of Rockstar. (Sorry. I had to.)Jorge Alborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04857765716032886965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967694277763110629.post-21380895921448144682009-03-02T20:24:00.000-08:002009-03-02T20:24:00.000-08:00I've been meaning to post on this, and perhaps I s...I've been meaning to post on this, and perhaps I shall. However, I've also been trying to stay away from games I have no played, and I know not the full context of this particular scene of nudity.<BR/><BR/>One of the reasons the gamers themselves have had a reaction is the same reason it took forever to take off a man's clothes in the media. While it's okay to show a female nude, we cringe and balk at doing the same to a male, especially if the penis is soft.<BR/><BR/>Somehow, there is a sense that manhood is tied to the penis. A soft penis, therefore, becomes a threat. A soft penis on a middle-aged man that has no context as a powerful tool of pleasure? Yee gads, how could people not feel uncomfortable and react so negatively against it?Denis Farrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259847318143495864noreply@blogger.com