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Aug 25, 2004 Video games have been around for decades, and the graphics have improved with every passing year. Also, video games have been racier and racier by each passing year with sex and violence; however, violence is not the issue here, but nudity is the segment for this column. Video games have pushed the boundaries of sex and nudity, but it seems that nudity and sex in video games are producing more and more recent with video games. A lot of people know that I’m a chronic video game player, and I have enjoyed many video games, but the one question that some people ask me is, “Do you think video games go too far with violence and sex.” Well, let me say this, in life there is violence and sex; you can’t hide the fact that violence and sex isn’t a part of everyone’s life. If the Bible can have sex and violence, why can’t video games? But like I said before, I’m not talking about violence in video games. During 1987, a video game for the computer was unleashed to the world. The game was called, “Leisure Suit Larry.” The game was really simple; you control a leisure suit wearing loser named Larry Laffer, and your mission in this game is to get Larry to “score” with some of the good, bad, and defiantly ugly of the female gender. It was an incredible game, contributing sex with comedy that made Larry Laffer one of the biggest video game icons of the 1990's. However, sex and nudity, just like all walks of entertainment, can go bad. From Lil’ Kim to the movie “Eyes Wide Shut”, sex and nudity can fail to appeal to anything that is sexy or interesting. For video games the one title that tried to use sex and failed to appeal to the masses was “BMX XXX”. “BMX XXX” was the combination of bicycles and topless nudity. The game was horrible and was a joke to the video game world. Sex and video games are going to combine once again during the fall quarter of the year. “Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas” will be released during the fall. In case you haven’t played Grand Theft Auto III or Vice City, there is a segment where you can pick up a prostitute in your car, and then find a place to “shag”. Of course you can’t see any details of the sexual encounter, except for the car rocking back and forth. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City even had strip clubs and the chance to own your own pornography studio. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas will be no different, in fact there is a special place in San Andreas called “Hanky Panky Point”, use your imagination on that one. Also, a strip club called “Pig Pen”. Must be where the cops hang out. Playboy has even gotten their mitts in the video game world. This fall, they will release a video game where you literally play, no pun intended, Hugh Hefner, the head of Playboy Inc. While being Hugh you can photograph naked women, be with naked women, and run Playboy magazine however you want to run it. Not much details have been released yet, but I’m sure with a game from Playboy there is going to be a lot of nudity and sex. Sex and nudity in video games can be a good thing; if they are used for comedy like Grand Theft Auto or Leisure Suit Larry, then that is acceptable. However, if some video games are made for cash cows like BMX XXX, then it’s just a crime against good taste. I hope the mothers will pay closer attention to the video games they buy this fall, because most likely they will have sex or nudity involved. ------------ About the author Eric Schomburg: Visit http://www.geocities.com/schomburg2002. The website is about my novel, One of a Kind, a story about a young boy who possess the powers of the natural elements. Email: schomburg2002@yahoo.com Tell a friend about this site! ------------ |
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