Games Should Be Like Female Orgasms

Gamers with Jobs has an excellent look at the pacing of games, and their resemblance to sexual response cycles. From the article: "The female sexual response cycle appears as a gradual (sometimes maddeningly so) upward slope from excitement to orgasm, with several 'false peaks' in the plateau region. Anyone who's ever performed cunnilingus while kneeling on a hardwood floor can attest to the validity of this representation. The male cycle differs radically. The transition from excitement to plateau in men is rather rapid, represented by a near-vertical line. The plateau stage is then almost horizontal for varying amounts of time (see: premature ejaculation) followed by another extremely rapid ascent into orgasm. Playing video games often reminds me of the above."

Comments

That is SO lame

[toygeek]

Slashdot just lost a reader for life. I don't need this kind of garbage when I go to a place for TECH NEWS. The editor who posted this should be fired!

To all of you who are leaving /. because of this:

[Pluvius]

We don't give a shit. Just stop posting and try not to let the homepage hit you on the way out.

Rob (I agree that we need to get rid of Zonk, though)

Re:You idiots!

[Golias]

The only "discussion" it really seems to have provoked is whether Zonk should be fired or not.

I think he should be. This "article" he linked and quoted says absolutely nothing interesting or new about gaming, while selecting the most vulgar and juvenile metaphor available to make a rather stale point.

games.slashdot.org should be doing stories about games. If I wanted to read about women getting vaginal juices all over hardwood floors, I would be browsing porn sites. There's bound to be enough perverts out there with a "floor wetting" fettish for there to be several sites catering to their desires.