{"id":679,"date":"2006-02-16T09:57:09","date_gmt":"2006-02-16T14:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/?p=679"},"modified":"2006-02-20T01:56:15","modified_gmt":"2006-02-20T06:56:15","slug":"frag-me-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/?p=679","title":{"rendered":"Frag Me, Baby"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not surprising but still interesting to see is an article over on Wired<\/em> discussing the rapidly increasing interest in virtual sex in videogames. Okay, maybe not increasing interest … more like increasing acknowledgement of interest. Businesses know there’s a ton of money in it. How to most effectively get at that money is the real issue. From the article (Link<\/a>): <\/p>\n

“Mature themes and sexual content in games is huge,” said Brenda Brathwaite, conference chair and leader of the International Game Developers Association Sex special interest group<\/a>. “The adult game market is taking off like a rocket!”<\/p>\n

Brathwaite pointed to titles such as VirtuallyJenna<\/em>, Playboy: The Mansion<\/em> and even God of War<\/em> as proof that sex is gaining a solid foothold in the video-game industry.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

After my own experience watching traffic skyrocket following the release of Virtual Eve<\/em> (see my post regarding that situation – Link<\/a>), I’ve been wondering just how quickly things would be “stimulated”. Well, considering we now have another acronym to serve as a benchmark (MMOEG), I’d say penetration could be “huge” in spite of current concerns regarding distribution. Heck, let them set up a streaming service; “Steamed”.<\/p>\n

The only thing that article (and this entry) needs is a few more double-entendre’s. That and perhaps a little more information on how ex-Doom<\/em>\/ Quake<\/em> programmer Dave Taylor coded his simulation engine to improve realism. No aimbots<\/a> allowed, guys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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