BioWare Talks Video Game Romance In The Post-'SeXbox' Era
First there was "Mass Effect." Next there was the Fox News' report on the game's alleged "Luke Skywalker Meets 'Debbie Does Dallas'" themes. Then came the subsequent fallout. So at Game Developers...
View ArticleSex, Violence And Video Games: Developing For A Worldwide Audience Is A...
Want more sex in your games? More violence? What's culturally acceptable here might not be kosher somewhere else. But that pendulum swings both ways. I recently spoke with CD Projekt, the folks behind...
View ArticleFree Speech Advocate Talks AO Games, Thinks Sony Will Be First Console-Maker...
We've seen society's reaction when a game seemingly steps over the line (see: Hot Coffee). We've also watched legislation to restrict video games come and go. Adam Thierer, First Amendment champion and...
View ArticleIGN Yanks 'GTA IV' Sex And Hooker-Shooting Video: 'We Crossed A Line,'...
Did you hear about IGN's "Grand Theft Auto IV" montage that exclusively featured clips of the game's lead character having sex and shooting the women he had sex with? You won't see it on IGN any...
View ArticleMicrosoft: No Achievements Or Adult Content Allowed In Xbox 360 Community Games
There isn't much in the way of "Adults Only" content on consoles. Games dealing with sex and drugs are most often left to the indies on PC. That doesn't look to be changing too much, even with...
View Article'Alpha Protocol' Will Have Plenty Of Sex Scenes, 'Ladies' Man' Achievement
"Alpha Protocol"'s dialogue system doesn't just offer a variety of ways for player-character Michael Thorton to get missions. It can also help him pick up women. That is, if you select your responses...
View Article'Sims 3' Details: Sex In The Science Lab, Stealing Candy From Babies
Last week, I got a look at "The Sims 3" for the first time. To be honest, I hadn't played "The Sims" since the release of the "Nightlife" expansion pack* for "Sims 2"; it was then I had the sudden...
View ArticleFamily Research Council Learns of Same-Sex Relationships In 'The Old...
Seemingly indefatigable group's spokesperson calls homosexuality "the biggest threat to the empire" in a recent radio address. That would be the group's president, Tony Perkins speaking, by the way,...
View ArticleWatch This: Jay Smooth Calls out Online Sexists and it's Kind of Terrific
Ill Doctrine: All These Sexist Gamer Dudes Are Some Shook Ones from ANIMALNewYork.com on Vimeo. Hey you, about to anonymously comment about how misandry is totally a thing you have to deal with: watch...
View Article'GTFO,' Doc About Sexual Harrassment In Gaming Is Kickstarted
Wherever you fall in the gender spectrum, you probably know what proceeds "GTFO" when you're playing online. There's a weird trigger for some male gamers out there, a bizarre response to finding out...
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