Saturday, November 29, 2008

SIMulated sex

I'm just looking over my computer games, and I saw a duo which I love, the Sims series. I was twelve when I started playing the games, and haven't played either for quite a while now. Unfortunately, I know of an eight year old girl whom just bought the second one, and this unnerves me. The second game is much more explicit, especially on the theme of sex.

In The Sims one can have recreational love by using the love bed with a partner in the Livin' Large expansion pack. With a cheat, the user can see the Sims "doing it", though if memory serves, the image is hardly pornographic. However, in The Sims 2, a cut scene initiates, complete with suggestive whispers and beds bouncing. Personally, I find this much too explicit. Being a teenager, I feel obligated to want the sexuality, but for the sake of younger kids, I think there should be an option of disabling these scenes. To be fair, the games were given a higher rating, bumping it from an E for everyone to a T for teen in Australia. But why should younger gamers with conservative parents miss out on spending time simulating the lives of others?

After searching Youtube: I could not find a video of a sims one love or "do you want to have a baby" scene. Yes, the porn addicted internet does not find this scene sexual enough to host, yet "Sims 2" brings up scores of videos of Sims "gettin' it on!"



A "woo-hoo" in Sims 2


There are many forms of this woo-hoo.One's simulated humans can fornicate in a bed, a hot tub, even a changing room.

2 comments:

Bartelmy said...

I've never had a problem with the sex in the Sims 2, although I admit to blushing.

I also think that, yeah, maybe parents should be able to disable it for younger children, but where exactly would you draw the line? How far can the sims go? Have you seen the make out interaction?

Sixteen said...

In the original, a message just popped up saying "would you like to have a baby?". That was good.

Personally, I like my sims to carry their babies and mate realistically, though I have concerns for youngin's