The Escapist: Won't Someone Think of the Children

Bonnie Ruberg has a new article up on the Escapist: Won't Someone Think of the Children?

Sex in videogames: Is it corrupting our youth? Politicians and parents across the country have certainly voiced their resounding "Yes." After all, what's the world coming to when teens, lured in by the simple promise of a cup of coffee, can find themselves simulating intercourse?

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GameDaily.biz: Senators, Researchers & Industry Reps Debate Violent Games

Check out GameDaily.biz's article on the current Senate Judiciary subcommittee's discussions and testimony on violent video games: Senators, Researchers & Industry Reps Debate Violent Games.

While the adjective in the title is "violent", in the testimony, "pornographic" games are mentioned.

Is legislative reading the sort of stuff that can put people to sleep? Yes, sure, it is. However, what's at stake here is our First Amendment protection as makers of video games. If this were happening to any other form of art, people would be protesting in the streets. Get involved. Join the IGDA. Going the ESA's voter network. Contact your Senator. Do something. It's a very serious issue.

GamePolitics is a great place to keep on top of all legislation affecting video games.

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April 02, 2006

Link of the Day: Silicon Challenge

Today's link

Adult link

Silicone Challenge

As you may have guessed, this is a classic quiz format where you attempt to discern the natural from the non.

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AVN Online: A Porn Squad G-Man

Check out AVN Online's article Your Tax Dollars at Work: Say hello to a porn squad G-man.

Recently, the FBI became part of the Bush administration’s War on Porn. The bureau’s Washington Field Office began recruiting for their fledgling obscenity squad and selected 10 agents. What follows is my interview with one of them, who – naturally –requested anonymity.

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Regina Lynn: A Burning Need for More Porn

The adult entertainment industry, like the game industry, is moving to digital distribution to make its products more accessible to the mainstream. This article, A Burning Need for More Porn, by Regina Lynn explores Vivid Videos' plans.

If you could buy a porn video, download it in about an hour and burn it to a DVD that will play in any standard drive, would you do it? What if it had built-in digital rights management (DRM) code that only let you burn the file to disk one time, and one time only?

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April 01, 2006

Link of the Day: The Kinsey Institute

Today's link:

The Kinsey Institute

The leading center for the research of human sexuality in the world, The Kinsey Institute is a resource to those developing sexually themed games.

According to its site:

The Kinsey Institute at Indiana University promotes interdisciplinary research and scholarship in the fields of human sexuality, gender, and reproduction. The Institute was founded in 1947, just before the publication of Sexual Behavior in the Human Male in1948. Today the Institute investigates sexual behavior and sexual health today, and carries out its mission through:

* development of collections of resources for scholars;

* programs of research and research publications;

* interdisciplinary conferences and seminars;

* provision of information services; and

* graduate training.