Sex In Video Games

By Shane | September 13, 2006

Author Brenda Brathwaite, who was responsible for designing and writing Playboy: The Mansion, Dungeons & Dragons Heroes, and Wizardy 8 has a new book out titled “Sex In Videogames”. So what’s in the book? Is there a lot of video game sex pictures? Sorry, not this one. It has interviews with the “hot coffee” developer, censorship issues, the dreaded ESRB and the history of sex in games, plus a whole lot more. Here’s a snippet from Brenda herself:

“Since the first computer games became available, sex has played a role in some form. But with the release of games like Playboy: The Mansion, Leisure Suit Larry, and The Singles, sexual content has gained a firm foothold and for the first time, ventured into the mainstream. Even casual games like The Sims have started to rev things up a bit, and in on-line games, tales of