I've never really played any porn games more hardcore than Baldur's Gate 3 before, but you remember a couple weeks ago when GOG gave away those NSFW games, as a direct response to the whole thing?

Well I claimed the bundle just to boost their numbers (because censorship is bullshit), but recently I needed a low-difficulty gaming distraction, so I checked a few of them out, and... some of them are kind of good?

Like first off you have to be okay with visual novels (usually), but if you're cool with that, some of them actually have some compelling characters, and occasionally even good gameplay in between all the fucking and whatnot.

Leap of Love is amusing, kind of adorable when it comes to the not-sex stuff, and charming. It is also a game where you (a former frog) can marry and simultaneously bed 3 princesses and their stepmother after deposing of the evil king. My brain is still trying to reconcile this.

Huniepop is one of the best match 3 puzzle games I've ever played, with a chill as hell soundtrack. Also a scantily-clad foul-mouthed love fairy wants you to fuck every woman in a 5 mile radius who can fog a mirror.

And Crom help me, when I finished... sigh... Fetish Locator Week 1, I actually cared enough about some of the characters to buy the next one.

The point is, some of these games have more depth and value than I'd been led to believe, and I wouldn't have known that if the censorship thing hadn't started that chain of events. So congrats censorship people, and honestly thanks, I guess? Completely the opposite of your intended effect. Task failed successfully.

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[–] [S] 188 points 1 year ago (29 children)

One other side point that came to mind after the main post.

We're so conditioned to think realistic violence in games is fine, but realistic sex in games is "wrong" or "sad". But honestly, I realized I played through 3+ games without doing any violence* and had a blast, and that was actually really refreshing.

*^okay,^ ^no^ ^non-consensual^ ^violence.^ ^I^ ^may^ ^have^ ^slapped^ ^Lyssa's^ ^dick^ ^around,^ ^but^ ^she^ ^requested^ ^it.^

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  • [+] 166 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (13 children)
  • [–] 86 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    I've always felt that puritanical stigmatization of sex and sexuality have really fucked us up psychologically as a species.

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  • [–] 28 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Puritanism comes down to “happiness is bad.“

    Not just sex; dancing, music, poetry, novels, games, decorations. Anything which takes joy in life and expression is forbidden.

    Suffering while alive is seen as the proper punishment for being born human - seeing people and nature as beautiful and divine is legitimately blasphemy to these people.

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  • [–] 49 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    I remember a quote from a famous porn actor "nacho vidal".

    "I'd rather have my kids playing with "fake plastic penises" around the house than playing with fake plastic firearms."

    I'm not comfortable with the idea of kids playing with sexual toys. But it makes me feel something weird that I'm not more weirded out by kids playing to kill with fake guns.

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  • [+] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (5 children)
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    I didn't expect a media critique article to make it click why I don't find "ideal" body types half as attractive as a chick with a realistic belly (of any size sans starvation) and a flirtatious smile.

    But yeah, media and culture have become largely sterilized in regards to sex.

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  • [+] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)
  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Yeah, usually the stars are classically attractive still, but there's a lot more space for other people in other roles. I think comedy in particular has a lot of stars who aren't incredibly hot.

    However, probably a lot of people who are getting jobs as extras are trying to make their way in the industry. The industry, being dominated by attractive people, attracts attractive people. Ugly people fear they wouldn't succeed, so it creates a selection bias.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago*

    well tbf one of the detailed sex scenes (in the book) is between a 30 yrs old khal drogo with a 13 year old daenerys targaryen, and it's being depicted as a good thing, he's the first guy that cares about her

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  • [–] 52 points 1 year ago* (6 children)

    Leading up to the release of Cyberpunk 2077 there was a relatively innocent post about whether players would be able to romance anyone and sleep with them. The absolute mockery and scorn OP received was shameful. It really struck me because it was so clear how we've been conditioned to reject sexuality while at the same time being ultra-desensitized to violence.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    What I do recall was one guy asking very specific questions about how much we would be able to customize genitals, and whether sex would be fully interactive with visuals of full penetration.

    And while none of those things are wrong per se, the general vibe of asking about all of those things was very weird and pervy.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago

    And while none of those things are wrong per se, the general vibe of asking about all of those things was very weird and pervy.

    Unshackle your mind. Reject the puritanism bonk and embrace the horniness tentacles.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    And then you usually get "But the sex isn't realistic!!!"... yeah? Neither is the violence, unless you are frequently the Doomslayer or something?!

    Like, how is that even an argument. How can violence in games be preferrable to sex?!

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Part of the actual answer to that question is that, while violence is often loud and public (and sometimes government sanctioned on massive scales), sex is something that is usually done in private, intimate settings without observers.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    It was wild being raised by my mother who didn't mind if I saw consensual sex, because I should eventually have sex, but restricted all violence because ideally I'll never see violence in person.

    I have no idea how good this is a philosophy for raising children. Sample size is too small.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    Please note that this is mostly an American thing, in European TV and books we have naked people and (not too explicit detail in TV, books differ) sex.

    Some of us are always wondering about this. Something 18+ might be sex or gore related.

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