is i found this article on games industry.biz by Mike Williams Titled
Robert Yang: "The game industry needs to get laid"
Developer Robert Yang talks about the game industries issues with sexual content the link of the article can be found below:
in the article Yang has called for the industry to be more open with topics like sexuality noting how sexual content is banned or minimized in certain spaces. and according to yang its the case of the industry being afraid to talk about it or even tackling sexual content.
Yang later discusses the problems he found when creating games with sexual content especially with Paypal and twitch.tv
"'Certain sexualities are banned.' Which sexualities? They won't tell you. They say not to cross the line, but the line is invisible and shifting," Yang said about PayPal.
He later explains that if games are transcending into this powerful medium then idea's and policies need to changing and running form ethical issues need to be looked at and not banned
"If games want to be the most powerful industry and art form in the world, don't freak out about dick jokes," Yang said at the end of his talk. "Everyone loves to play games, some games are about sex. Don't ban games just because they are about sex. Society will not collapse. Chill out, go get laid. Go get over it."
this is a interesting topic to discuss and in class and also as it might prove an interesting article piece for my final essay as there is many ethical issues with this that can be raised and what if these games are available to people under the legal age or
i know film and tv have sex scenes and have done for a long time and have dealt with serious ethical issues with sex like rape but games have not and with the interactive element there needs to be caution and the subject of sex needs to be handled careful but i do agree with yang a bit that the industry can't hide form it if it proclaims to be this art form and must find a away to approach the subject in a delicate manor and not use it as a tool mechanic.
it also stems the questions if these sex scenes and games are there must be guidelines in place as it could be easy to force in a interactive world a sex scene on a character would that not be ethical wrong?
there are so many interesting ethical issues with the statement by yang but i do agree its issues that need to be discussed
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