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A Retrospective On Sex In Videogames

Posted by simoniker on from the subjects-often-twinned dept.

Thanks to GameCritics for its (semi-NSFW?) feature discussing the history of sex in videogames, intended to "excavate and document those lucky digital few who managed to get their swerve on." Games profiled include the original Leisure Suit Larry ("the father of modern 'mature' videogames... despite being a screwball comedy at heart... one of the most realistic portrayals of sex in any videogame"), and the ever-notorious Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix ("the two female protagonists [may have been] straddling each other in their underwear for the print ads, but the actual game wasn't the promiscuous orgy that ads teased.")

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  1. sex in games by incubusnb · · Score: 5, Insightful
    it always has been and probably always will be a major selling point, even before the Gaming industry sex was used to sell everything from Magazines to soap. its just simple marketing to target the most basic of Human instincts.

    what, you gonna try to tell me that Tomb Raider had a top knotch storyline, or awesome gameplay? no, it had a big-breasted gunslinging Woman in it. even games like Duke Nukem owe some part of their success to Sex (a shootout in a Porn store... Throwing money at strippers).

    frankly, i'd be amazed if the VG industry didn't use Sex to sell games.

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  2. Fallout 2 by Xxanmorph · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'm surprised they didn't mention Fallout 2 considering what you could do in that game; get a job as a porn star (or a fluffer if you lacked the looks), use sex to solve quests and even get a girl pregnant.

  3. Kids today by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    spoiled with webcams and homemade tapes... while back in the 80s, we had to get our kicks with those slutty princesses in Defender of the Crown.