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after briefly browsing this article i was reminded of something i read the other day (i wish i could remember the exact quote...) saying that the real middle class objection to prostitution was not the degrading of sex by its association with money, but the degrading of money by its association with sex

so replace 'money' with 'video games' and you might be able to come up with a new twist on the argument going on in this thread (don't soil my sterile video game playing experience with the implication that someone else's video game might be tempting them to sin!!)

ok so there might be something 'funny' about taking any kind of kitsch object seriously enough to debate furiously, and perhaps simply discussing the merits of the best porno games is not the most insightful analysis, but hentai games and pornography in general make up such a large part of the current proliferation of interactive media, there's no reason why it shouldn't be discussed

ironically it seems like antitype, who is the most averse to talking about it, is the one who is making many of the most interesting comments. i don't think that its necessary to assume that everybody who plays/buys/fetishizes porno video games is some kind of horrible pervert caricature, but thinking about the kind of sex that is most prevalent in these games is kind of peculiar. but like antitype says, violence is the easiest way of expressing conflict--so is the fact that sex in most games is treated as a reward that is gained by and given to one person a reflection of some kind of psychological deformity on behalf of the player or is it the same as a violent videogame--if an inherent goal of video games is to present conflict and 'challenges' is violence always going to be a product of that?

if sex games weren't so focused on 'deviant' sex would people still be offended by them?

i dont know i think this thread is interesting, but it also seems like what really irks people is just the intimation that porn games and 'normal' games have a lot more in common than they're willing to admit. if it's as simple as that...

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