Come December and we shall see renewed activity in the Senate against sex and violence in video games. Earlier in July, Democrat Senators Hillary Clinton and Joseph Lieberman called for renewed crackdown on the gaming industry by the federal government to snuff out sex and violence in video games.



The two senators claimed that sex & violence has spiraled out of control pointing to the recent allegations of embedded sexual themes in Rockstar Games’ popular Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas video game.



Clinton in a statement said; “Parents should be able to make sure their kids can’t walk into a store and buy a video game that has graphic, violent and pornographic content” She also announced that a bill will be introduced when the Senate resumes after the vacation on Dec. 12. This coincides with the release of a report by the National Institute on Media and the Family calling the industry-operated rating system for video games ‘beyond repair.’



Over the last few months, the world has had a lot of things to say on the topic of sex and games, some of it good and some of it bad. At first, there was the “Hot Coffee” incident [”Hot Coffee” refers to the mod which, when installed on a PC with San Andreas on it, unlocks several minigames that prompt players to have the game’s hero engage in X-rated acts], which arose after secret sexual content was discovered in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. That jacked the lawyer and anti-gamer, Jack Thompson into some kind of superstardom, whose starkly conservative views on sexual content earned him public attention well after the scandal had passed. This was followed by a wave of attempts at game-related legislation, which stressed the sex-related concerns of politicians and parents over in-game violence; the latest being Hillary Clinton & Joe Liberman.





There had been several attempts to sell video-games through sex by many companies. Jameson recently launched ‘Virtual Jenna’. The game allows players to ’simulate control of her sexual activity and even decide when she reaches a state of bliss.’




Playboy too jumped into the gaming business earlier this year with adult content. “Playboy: The Mansion” lets players embrace their inner Hefs, taking pictures of polygonal Playmates in their birthday suits and building a media empire.





However, in my opinion, it would be virtually impossible to snuff porn from games no matter how many legislations are passed. Besides, patches and add-ons will always be available on the net to download and install to add porn (and/or violence) that will be made by third parties exclusively and from places where such things are legal in games. Who will the government crack down upon then?



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