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General: Dragon Age Sex Controversy Examined
Stradden
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MMORPG.com's Dana Massey writes this article taking a look at the recent controversy sparked by what WorldNewsDaily described as "dirty gay sex."
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I confess. I boinked the elf and I did it for the achievements.
Recently, as videos circulated online, conservative website WorldNewsDaily kicked off a controversy about Bioware’s Dragon Age. The video in question shows (and I am quoting WND) “dirty gay sex” in a video game.
Naturally, people freaked out.
The problem is that the original WorldNetDaily report was quite clearly based off a YouTube video, not any actual experience with the game itself.
If they had played the game, they’d probably be far more upset. Dragon Age also features digital prostitutes, lesbians, rather clean three way sex, inter-species erotica, war, decapitation, thinly veiled social commentary, alcohol, drug addiction, slavery, racism, sexism, sexual harassment, genocide, the death of children, demons, and more blood than a vampire drinking game.
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Jon Wood
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Wouldn't be the first time it happened.
www.youtube.com/watch
It's about as funny as it is pathetic. BioWare should push more buttons I like watching the media make a big deal out of nothing.
I have nothing against the game, I'm an adult, I'm not challenged by pixels.
However the writer(s?) on website which called it "dirty gay sex" should be condemned as a bigot and a homophobe. He/she didn't criticize the game for its "dirty straight sex," did they?
Sigh. To think we're living in thee 21st c.
A popular role-playing combat video game featuring graphic homosexual sex between a man and an elf has hit store shelves just in time for Christmas.
"Dragon Age: Origins," released Nov. 3 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, depicts two men in various sex positions in a secret scene of homosexual seduction.
The game is by BioWare, makers of "Mass Effect," "Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic" and "Baldur's Gate." It has a "Mature" rating.
In one video clip posted online, a player selects the role-playing option, "I want to discuss something personal."
During a fireside chat, the player's Grey Warden character asks warrior elf Zevran, "Can you join me in my tent?"
The elf reveals he specializes in assassination, and the other character replies, "I bet you're good at a lot of things."
The elf responds, "Mmmm, that's quite an offer, especially coming from another man – if we are both speaking of the same thing."
If the player selects the response, "I suspect we are," the elf agrees to have homosexual sex with the character.
The video cuts to a scene in which the two men are dirty, naked and kissing. They are depicted in various homosexual sex positions, and the clip concludes with the two nestling together and gazing into one another's eyes.
*giggle* Anyways, it doesn't even mention....Leliana and a female character just Zev and a male character...this is only part of the article it goes on about Connor after that.
What is the problem really??? You don't HAVE to be male to sleep with Zev, you can be female too...She says they are naked too...I believe we are still in undergarments when having sex..unless you mod the game to be nude.
Oh no! A mature rated game has mature content! It's clearly evil and Bioware should be ashamed for not being pigheaded bigots and forcing a single-minded point of view on everyone! I mean, you're forced to not only play this game but you're forced to partake in sexual actions against your will in a virtual world!
Oh wait, none of that is true.
This is just to fuel the many prejudice fools into a rage. This will also upset more religious followers then anything, wonder what Westboro Baptist Church would do with this?
I don't even understand why games have ratings anymore, I guess they missed the big M that contained information about sexual activity in the game. I'll never understand people being so uncomfortable with sex.
People who get upset over the content of a video game need to gtfo. If you dont like it, dont play it, dont let your kids play it. Its as simple as that. There are far worse things in movies than in any Bioware game, so why does the fact that its a game make it different? There are adult movies, and adult games, leave it at that. End nerd rage.
*sigh* At least if they were offended because there is sex scene even if almost everyone can agree that seeing 2 person in undergarments is far from being a sex scene that would be fine. But nooo, they pick up on the male/male relationship that can be established.
And people say society progress. That show right there it's not the case, well not everywhere anyway.
Anyone create a full nudity patch for Dragon Age yet?
I don't see a reason to make a mountain out of a mole hill. They did it tastefully in my opinion, and that makes all the difference. The fact you can play your character as a homosexual shouldn't be considered derogatory.
Grand Theft Auto, you can play a homicidal maniac.
God of War I, II, III had sex mini games that were far more graphic.
Dragon Age is PG in my opinion compared to those two games, and it still has an M rating.
Nothing excites jaded Grandmasters more than a theoretical novelty
what controversy?
I will never understand this idea that it is more socially acceptable to murder a person than to have sex with one. I see it again and again. It confuses me every time.
How does what WND post on their site affect any gamers who may or may not play Dragon Age? WND doesn't like graphic depictions of sex of ANY kind: gay, bisexual, transgender and yes, guess what HETEROsexual sex either. No, I'm sure they don't want to censor this game, but let's see: even if they DO, so what? It has an "M" rating, it's been distributed, and every news site in the world can condemn it if they want to. It doesn't affect YOUR gaming experience in any way.
Not sure why Dana wrote this one. So we can start a flamewar about religion, censorship & politics? So we can all start condemning "the other side" without bothering to actually find out they are real people with opinions of their own? Not getting it...
It's good to read an article from an impartial source.
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More right wing fanatics trying to impose their morals on everyone else. What's new?
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With all do respect, they started it. Today this shouldn't even be a problem.
Oh, Welcome to the internet real life, where your opinion will be judged, if you would not like to be judged don't share your opinion which means we wont have to share ours.
Apparently homosexuality is the root of all evil and is the most pressing concern to conservatives.
Then again, global warming is a myth. (lol).
WND is for retarded people.....
Apparently homosexuality is the root of all evil and is the most pressing concern to conservatives.
Then again, global warming is a myth. (lol).
Hahaha, there isn't even "various homosexual sex positions" in this game like they claim so they are lying to start controversy. You kiss the person and lie down (with underwear and bra still on) and the scene ends!
I would think we have more important things to worry about in this world then a Mature 18+ game.
Apparently homosexuality is the root of all evil and is the most pressing concern to conservatives.
Then again, global warming is a myth. (lol).
Hahaha, there isn't even graphic sexual positions in this game like they claim. You kiss the person and lie down (with underwear and bra still on) and the scene ends!
Apparently the writers have something against spooning.
Apparently homosexuality is the root of all evil and is the most pressing concern to conservatives.
Then again, global warming is a myth. (lol).
Hahaha, there isn't even graphic sexual positions in this game like they claim. You kiss the person and lie down (with underwear and bra still on) and the scene ends!
Apparently the writers have something against spooning.
Spooning! Oh, the horror! What is this world coming to when we can watch 2 males spoon in a video game. We are all doomed I tell you! Repent now!
Great start. I'm waiting for the Wookie sex.
Yes they have...I have it. Lol
Wookie nookie?! (my apologies for that)
Apparently homosexuality is the root of all evil and is the most pressing concern to conservatives.
Then again, global warming is a myth. (lol).
Here we go, a nice conservative bashing thread. Guess it had to happen. Since we're doing thread derails on Global Warming, we might as well have some fun: http://volokh.com/2009/12/08/the-homogenized-data-is-false/
Honestly, I'm so tired of having to hear this absolute bologna. Now, I would agree that this shouldn't be around kids younger than the age of 16, but it has a Mature rating. If it falls into an 11-year old's hands or the hands of a 13-year old, it's not the creator of the game's fault, it's the parents. As for the gay sex, I don't care. This simply makes the game more open for those people who are gay/lesbian. It's just another example of art imitating life. Finally, a game pushes the limits of right wing morality. Sex is just another part of life. I really want to get Dragon Age It looks like a really fun game. ^^
LOL, I have enjoyed gay sex in my day and I can say it is as dirty or clean as straight sex. When will people stop imposing their moral views to the rest of us? Consensual sex is something private, whatever its form. Beheading, killing, slaving is not consensual, it is evil, yet some self-righteous people are shocked when a nipple is hinted while ignoring the blood and gore elsewhere in the games. These guys, and all those listening to their crap, are in need of some moral rewiring of their brains.
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