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More Sex in Video Games Please, Says MSNBC Blogger

by Lee Bains on March 3, 2009 at 02:42 PM



With all of the recent uproar over a lesbian's being banned from Xbox Live and a cartoon penis in 'Grand Theft Auto IV,' we've grown accustomed to the media's stern look and wagging finger. But Winda Benedetti, MSNBC's 'Citizen Gamer,' is using all ten of her fingers, not to reprimand, but applaud.

"Penis! Penis! Penis!" the blogger cries, charging the video game industry with a boyish, immature vision of sexuality.

"If all was right with the world," Benedetti explains, "depicting sex and sexuality in video games meant for adult players would raise nary an eyebrow. After all, adults in the real world have sex." If anything, Benedetti believes that GTA's inclusion of the male member levels the gaming field, as it were: "After all the jiggling jubblies, a gal gamer can't be blamed for cheering the appearance of some man meat."

As gamers grow up and mature, and their tastes with them, we think it stands to reason that the games, themselves, should follow suit. Even if it is a birthday suit. [From: MSNBC, via Joystiq]

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Tags: grand theft auto, grand theft auto iv, GrandTheftAuto, GrandTheftAutoIv, msnbc, nudity, sex, sex in games, SexInGames, video games, VideoGames

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