Nude women, and bouncing bare boobs in computer games
Poll: Nude women, and bouncing bare boobs in computer games
Total Members Polled: 125
Discussion
What have we had over the years, what have I missed? 
If 18 rated games can be so violent (grand theft auto) that they are sometimes banned from shelves in countries like Australia, why do we not have more topless women with big bare bouncing boobs running around virtual worlds, in those same 18 rated games.
Head shots, blood and gore, chainsaw deaths, throats being slashed... but no boobs
I remember a video games magazine writing an april fools joke about Lara Croft having a nude skin, accessible only via a cheat on the PS1... cue the following month, loads of people writing in, saying they had sold their other system to buy a playstation, and Tomb Raider, but were angry having not been able to get the nude version of Lara to appear. Clearly, sex sells.
IIRC, isnt topless nudity rated 15 in films, if not pornographic in nature? Whereas some of the violence mentioned above attracts 18 certificates...
Why no boobs then?
If 18 rated games can be so violent (grand theft auto) that they are sometimes banned from shelves in countries like Australia, why do we not have more topless women with big bare bouncing boobs running around virtual worlds, in those same 18 rated games.
Head shots, blood and gore, chainsaw deaths, throats being slashed... but no boobs
I remember a video games magazine writing an april fools joke about Lara Croft having a nude skin, accessible only via a cheat on the PS1... cue the following month, loads of people writing in, saying they had sold their other system to buy a playstation, and Tomb Raider, but were angry having not been able to get the nude version of Lara to appear. Clearly, sex sells.
IIRC, isnt topless nudity rated 15 in films, if not pornographic in nature? Whereas some of the violence mentioned above attracts 18 certificates...
Why no boobs then?
Baryonyx said:
The UK has more of an issue with sex and morality than it does with violence. We've got a fairly violent history going back hundreds of years, but violence for the right cause was never an issue for us. On the other hand, we're a Christian nation with moral values to match. You only have to look back a few years to feckless meddlers like Mary Whitehouse to see sections of the public campaigning against sex and sleaze in the media.
Similarly, America doesn't mind violence but sex is still a touchy subject. A massive issue for developers is that if they include sexualised content in a video game they run the risk of receiving an Adults Only (AO) rating, which many retailers in the US will not carry, and would see the game restricted to very few sellers. It would be the financially disastrous equivalent of a Harry Potter DVD being restricted to licenced sex shops in the UK, very few people would buy it.
Germany is an interesting case; they're fairly liberal as far as sexual content goes but have a tenuous relationship with depictions of violence and have a long history of censoring games.
Personally, I prefer a more liberal censor who is inclined to let the individual decide what they want. The BBFC acted in a frankly disgusting manner over Manhunt 2, and for what? Manhunt was far more violent, far darker in tone and relentless focus on violence. So you never know with these damn censors.
Good answer.Similarly, America doesn't mind violence but sex is still a touchy subject. A massive issue for developers is that if they include sexualised content in a video game they run the risk of receiving an Adults Only (AO) rating, which many retailers in the US will not carry, and would see the game restricted to very few sellers. It would be the financially disastrous equivalent of a Harry Potter DVD being restricted to licenced sex shops in the UK, very few people would buy it.
Germany is an interesting case; they're fairly liberal as far as sexual content goes but have a tenuous relationship with depictions of violence and have a long history of censoring games.
Personally, I prefer a more liberal censor who is inclined to let the individual decide what they want. The BBFC acted in a frankly disgusting manner over Manhunt 2, and for what? Manhunt was far more violent, far darker in tone and relentless focus on violence. So you never know with these damn censors.
If an AO rating is a possibility, why not skin and release AO rated games, for mail order and those that which to stock them. Given choice, we all know what we'd both end up buying.
Original Poster said:
Are you a bit of a pervert?
Along with the other 80% of voters 
Forget all this in gaming hands free w
k-talk nonsense.As mentioned above, if I want to spend however many hours immersed in a game like uncharted, I would much rather the female character lost her top, bikini, bra/whatever from time to time, and simply ran around topless.
Studies show 10 minutes of staring at boobs per day increase the life expectancy of man by 3-4 years, I once read. So I'd happily pay a fiver extra for a topless version of a game, for health reasons
Custers Revenge was amusing...
ShredderXLE said:
No one mentioned The Witcher rpg yet?
NSFW http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I-VIUI61SQ
Skip to 35 seconds in
Astonishing. She'd even trimmed her bush NSFW http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I-VIUI61SQ
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