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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:Not just with video games, but in general by Bemopolis · · Score: 1, Troll

    As opposed to the immaculate efficiency of warfare, which has never spread disease, broken up families, or caused anyone an iota of emotional consequences. Because if it did, we wouldn't make so many games about them, would we?

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