In the first part of this column I discussed the political risks associated with making a sexually explicit computer game. Such games already exist, though, and there will inevitably be more of them. Although it's unlikely that mainstream American publishers will start producing them any time soon, a recent article on the Fox News website described how adult-video makers are planning to distribute explicit games for the Sony Playstation 2, circumventing both Sony's licensing procedure and the game industry's rating system by releasing them as DVD movies rather than games. The Japanese have been making games based on hentai (erotic cartoons) for some time now, and they have a growing fan base in America. And of course there are already dozens of "reveal the pornographic picture" games available - strip poker and the like. But they're not about sex, they're just sex-themed. How do we design a game that is literally about sex?
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