Comments on: Video Games And Sex

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By: Tom OBedlam

Tom OBedlam — Sat, 29 May 2010 13:53:57 +0000

As a writer, how do you feel about describing an act of violence or a conversation? Do you see a purpose in its depiction if its part of the narrative?

By: Medyumlar

Medyumlar — Sat, 29 May 2010 13:43:42 +0000

As a writer, I see no function in describing the act of sex, nor do I see a purpose in its depiction if you have a narrative to attend to.

By: Tory

Tory — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:11:21 +0000

Very poignant and interesting stuff. And I found the presentation to be very witty as well. Does anyone know where I can get a copy of Daniel Floyd’s essay on “Sex in Video games”?

By: Captain Angry

Captain Angry — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:40:54 +0000

I suppose it is a compelling argument. I can totally get behind the author on the “video games as a storytelling art form” angle, but if you ask me sexuality just isn’t necessary in most games.

Yes, sex is an important part of any coming-of-age tale but I don’t think I would be willing to spend money to play “The Breakfast Club: The Game” or even “Boyz in the Hood: Online.” Those are great movies but it comes to video games I enjoy a larger than life story that I can’t experience just by walking out of my home, interacting with people in real life.

Going along those lines, I’m the one who sighs and rolls his eyes when I’m watching an action/adventure movie and–despite the end of the world going on–the two main characters begin to develop a budding romance from their first meeting, and inevitably end up taking a convenient 15 minute break from the apocalypse to knock boots–as if there aren’t more important things going on.

With all due respect to Hollywood, if aliens are invading the planet, zombies rising from the grave, or a terrorist is holding the world ransom with an arsenal of nuclear weapons, getting laid “one last time” is not very high on my list of priorities. They shouldn’t try to shoehorn it into video games for that “extra spice” either.

If you back me into a corner, I guess I’ll admit that sexuality is perfectly at home in games like The Sims or any other kind of sociality simulation, and the role playing purist in me would argue that you should be able to “do anything you want” in an RPG, but in 99% of stories out there it simply isn’t crucial to the progression of the plot, and stinks of unneeded taboo or shock value.

PS: Your original artwork was good, but don’t get crazy with the image-search-o-matic method of video making. Proficiency with Google image search ≠ Yahtzee.

It saddens me to see this outbreak of “clever” people putting random web images to song lyrics and other text on youtube and other media outlets and calling it a good video.

“The script said ‘piece of cake’ so I flashed up the cake symbol from Portal, LOL” “You’re so talented!! LOL 5 STARS!”

I guess I’m just gettin to old for this…

By: Chris Keegan

Chris Keegan — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 18:43:14 +0000

Your missing the point. Its the very reason we all go around killing each other, is to release a bit of pent up tension. If they put loads a sex and naughtiness all over the place we would stop killing each other, stay indoors with the “pixel misses” the war would be lost, there would be no crime rate and the whole games industry would literally go tits up!

I say no to nooky in games.

By: Bobsy

Bobsy — Thu, 29 May 2008 16:06:53 +0000

I’m tempted to argue the opposite: I can’t think of a work of art that couldn’t be improved by a bit more fucking.

ET: The Extra Terrestrial?

But seriousfacetime: my first experience of sex in a game? Baldur’s Gate 2. After pursuing a relationship with one of the characters for a long time eventually the option became available to have sex, or not to. As it turned out having sex meant she’d break the relationship off the next morning so in order to keep her close you’d have to pointedly not do so, at least until the expansion where you can get her pregnant. Okay I’ve made it all sound super-crude but those relationships in BG2 hit a pretty high level of intimacy in all cases before sex ever gets on the menu. And of course, there was no special, er, visuals for it, just the same 5-second cutscene you got whenever you stopped for the night.

By: ronin

ronin — Wed, 28 May 2008 19:33:33 +0000

@ Rook If games aren’t art, then it must stand that you don’t think that movies or books are art, either.

Is this correct? They are nearly identical mediums.

By: The Shed

The Shed — Wed, 28 May 2008 19:20:48 +0000

I guess supporting James T’s argument would be the In-Betweeners: Will’s sex scene is most definately in there- because it says a whole lot about his personality.

Although that definition of art is a fairly loose one, it has to be said. It still gives games chance ;)