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Why Do Videogames Struggle With Sex?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the because-we-all-do dept.

brumgrunt writes "Why do videogames still treat sex in such a two dimensional way? Why do they snigger at it, or treat it as a reward? Den Of Geek has been taking a look." I always figured it was some combination of games being made by our inner adolescent, marketed to the outer ones, and getting banned whenever they take sex seriously.

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  1. Re:Sex is a reward by lisaparratt · · Score: 5, Funny

    Orgasm's the reward - offspring are the dirty trick.

  2. The wait is almost over... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Balance will be restored to Sex and Video Games with the upcoming release of Duke Nukem Forever.

  3. Re:Not just with video games, but in general by killmenow · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't believe you. Mostly because you purport to be a female on slashdot.

    "That's a joke, son! A joke I say!" - Foghorn Leghorn

  4. Heh... by kitsunewarlock · · Score: 4, Funny

    From what I've seen on my friend's PC, this is another article that needs the tag "except in Japan".

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  5. Re:Not just with video games, but in general by Conspiracy_Of_Doves · · Score: 2, Funny

    Seriously? You mean like all the right-wing congressmen who were cheating on their wives? Usually with congressional pages or guys in the restroom.

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  6. Re:Not just with video games, but in general by Locke2005 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wait... can't sex have blood and explosions too???

    Or am I doing it wrong?

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  7. Re:Not just with video games, but in general by Locke2005 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I assure you, there's no shortage of casual and shallow sex here in the US.

    The anecdotal evidence on that is conflicting. I have had a very difficult time finding a supply of casual and shallow sex here in the US, whereas my wife doesn't seem to have any problem coming by it...

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  8. Re:Not just with video games, but in general by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    This seems to be more of a problem with the way US thinks about arrogance, while we here in Europe can just have it casually and not make a big deal out of it.

  9. Re:Not just with video games, but in general by squidflakes · · Score: 4, Funny

    (or octopus you during climax?)

    My god, is this something I can request? I, personally, would LOVE to be octopused during climax. Do... do I get to specify the species, or is that something that comes up during dating? Would I come off as shallow if I told a girl about my favorite species and asked if she could provide it? Should I just accept that while I may want to be Giant Pacific Octopused (E. dofleini) during climax, the girl I'm with may only have, or be able to, Red Octopus (O. Reubescens) me; or god forbid Blue Ringed Octopus (H. lunulata) me.

    What if I meet a girl that likes to cuttlefish?

  10. Re:Not just with video games, but in general by Chelloveck · · Score: 4, Funny

    I was in the grocery store checkout lane last night, and I saw a Cosmo with the headline, "50 WAYS TO SEDUCE A MAN". Look, ladies, if you get past the second one, he's just not interested.

    "Would you like to—"
    "Yes!"

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