Taboo genres in games

Hey there,

I've seen many posts regarding whether or not something like incest should be implemented in future games etc. My personal opinion about this is, mostly everyone has or had normal sex in real life. It's always the same and It'll never change. I personally see both, real sex and digital stuff in completely different ways and I do enjoy both, except real porn which I don't like. So firstly, digital games especially with those taboo settings gives us something "interesting" from a very different perspective. You see many fantasy and monster stuff too of course which isn't bad but apart from incest as instance, it's something too far away from real life which is the crunchpoint here. It's something we'll never want to see in real life of course, but that's also the point what makes those settings interesting. And that's also why people rather support more games with those settings overall. Of course, aside from the settings, the most important thing at least for me is the story. There are some talented writers out there and I absolutely enjoy reading their stuff. Also what I wanted to mention, some stuff which happens in games are much better than a similar situation which happens in RL. As instance, when I entered few years ago a strange club with a friend of mine, a half naked not bad looking woman came and spluttered right into his mouth. He spluttered back and she gave him a french kiss after that whilst her husband was on his knees right behind her. I just thought jesus christ the fuck is going on... and even though it might sound sexy, it was not, at least not for me.

Tl;dr: Supporting interesting and 'good' stories with taboo stuff in it is not a bad thing.

Ps: I'm sorry for my bad english... I've changed some mistakes. I hope it's understandable.

Bruni Multimedia said:

Yes and no.
A video won't give you the interaction a videogame can (and should). I think there's more to it than just the taboo thing.

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That's true. As I mentioned, the most important thing in my opinion is the story and content itself. Fortunately, there are many talented writers out there. But I also think, even if you start out as a amateur, you have a big chance to improve yourself massively with these kind of things.

GuyFreely said:

Humans have a long history of doing things when we are told we can't. We seem to have to innate desire to push boundaries and go against the grain. Even if you don't buy the story of Adam and Eve, the lesson is that we can't follow rules. Something about being told it's forbidden can make us even more interested in it. I'm not saying this is a good trait, but it seems to be part of who we are. Most of us are sensible enough to not do things that are illegal or things that would cause harm to others. Still, somewhere in the back of our minds we wonder what it would be like if we did. So we are drawn to media with depictions of things we know we shouldn't do. Whether it be novels, movies, or porn games. My personal philosophy is that there is nothing wrong with indulging fetishes in fiction. As long as nobody was harmed and no laws were broken to indulge it, then who cares?

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Absolutely. You seem to have a healthy ideology, which is also kinda rare these days unfortunately. As long as the human being doesn't cross the taboo line on his brain which includes all the crazy stuff for getting jailed, it's good. A healthy human being is someone who knows where he must stand and where his limits are in my opinion. If you fight with someone as instance and you stop before the guy gets badly injured, you know your limits. I do respect people who value themselves and others, I do call this karma.

Malaficus said:

It is more fun to play the villian.
Not to be the villian.

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That's a good quote right there.