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David Cage: "Why are so many people obsessed with sex?"

GamesThirst: You want to sell something? Then put sex in it; that's the society we live in today, shallow I might add, since life is way more than naked ladies strolling across your TV screen. Especially in video games, some developers carelessly plaster naked women at different points with no tie-in whatsoever as if to say, 'here, that's what you want, then here, indulge.' David Cage feels the same way, and in a recent interview with Eurogamer, he shared his thoughts.

Eurogamer: You said you were not afraid to show nipples. Does that mean you're confirming nipples in Heavy Rain?
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buckethead_911 - 13 days 4 hours ago
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Coz they're perverts.
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Blaze929 - 13 days 2 hours ago
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Why are United States citizens so ashamed of sex should be the real question. Over here it's treated like freakin taboo which is why we will more than likely get a censored version of the game. ITS NATURAL, its JUST....sex! Big whoop.
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Prototype - 13 days 2 hours ago
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I'll pay extra if there's lesbian action :D
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sunnygrg - 13 days 1 hour ago
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Orgasm?
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Anorexorcist - 13 days 1 hour ago
1.4 - Exactly Blaze929
Sex is looked upon as such an inappropriate subject (and to little 5-year old children it very well may be) but sh*t, teenagers 13 and older know what the hell a damn clitoris is!!!

It is so stupid how blowing off a person's cranium in a film is considered more social-acceptable then a hot women's fine a$$.

Sex is the only thing that has sold since the beginning of time, don't you think the human populous would have accepted it as a norm by now???
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RememberThe357 - 13 days 1 hour ago
1.5 - Why you ask?
1. It feels GREAT!

2. It's a social bonding mechanism. We are the only primates aside from bonobos who use sex for other reasons other than reproduction.

That's all I got...
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ThanatosDMC - 13 days 1 hour ago
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It feels good. It releases endorphins and keeps the blood flowing... errr... though it does take a toll on your body after a while (for guys).

Random fact: Did you know there are people that argued any form of sex is rape? http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
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cLiCK_sLiCK9 - 13 days 1 hour ago
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The two pleasures in life are:
1. FOOD
2. SEX!!!

Its almost like asking why people like food so much.
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AKNAA - 13 days ago
1.8 - @Blaze929
"Why are United States citizens so ashamed of sex should be the real question"

I don't think their ashamed of sex, just the inappropriate age range Having sex. I mean, seriously, 14-16 yrs. old getting pregnant and sh1t is just so wrong... Kids having children, yeah, I'd be ashamed of my country as well...
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sidar - 13 days ago
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Aknaa,
I think the problem also lies in the way some countries handle the subject.

When you try to censor stuff, people will only rebel against it.
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SaiyanFury - 12 days 21 hours ago
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@ Sidar

I'll agree on that point. To this day, I'm amazed there hasn't been a revolt in Australia over all the censoring that goes on over there. Of course, it's all "for the children". Sex is a natural thing that shouldn't be so taboo.
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Leio - 12 days 21 hours ago
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I think most people only obsessed with hot chicks :)
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LazyDevs - 12 days 21 hours ago
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Well maybe Sony should put sex in their exclusive's and they would sell then.
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Bilbo65 - 12 days 20 hours ago
1.13 - @1.12
Do you really have nothing better to do?
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sikbeta - 12 days 17 hours ago
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"David Cage: "Why are so many people obsessed with sex?""

Because is Awesome and really addictive

Cage is thinking with his visionary mind and not just like me lol

But the real problem is, why everyone is so shocked when see some kind of nudity or in Videogames or else
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ThanatosDMC - 12 days 17 hours ago
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Maybe David's not getting some or he's tired of "dragonslaying"?

Definition: http://www.urbandictionary....
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AKNAA - 13 days 1 hour ago
2.1 - Lol! you sure don't sound married..
I think its the other way around, if you Don't want sex, get a wife.

If you wanna Bang 2-4 a day, get a girlfriend.... or mess around with an ex you get along with(Like what I'm doing:)).
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SaiyanFury - 12 days 21 hours ago
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@ AKNAA

Really? When I was a teenager, I was never very successful with girls. When I got married in 2006, I married a woman that was always open for just about anything and she never made any excuses. Heh, maybe I lucked out, but I'm completely happy being married and not like some Lothario skulking bars hoping to land some drunken bar wench. Being married in a stable relationship is far more rewarding than always being on the lookout for some new conquest.
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xTruthx - 12 days 19 hours ago
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Couldn't of had said it better my self SaiyanFury, *bubbles*
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naughty57 - 13 days 3 hours ago
3 - Because they need help?
They need a wife, I agree. Get married or something.
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El_Colombiano - 13 days 3 hours ago
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This dude is a visionary in terms of gaming.
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RememberThe357 - 13 days 1 hour ago
4.1 - I agree
The way he explains it makes a lot of sense.

"It's not about creating this teenage feeling of 'Oh look, she's naked! It's so funny!' And then laugh like an idiot about it. It's really about her as a character: real, vulnerable. It tells you something about her."

This game is going to blow minds...
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spektical - 13 days 2 hours ago
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sex sells... guys like girls... girls likes guys... whats the problem? ... i have a gf and i love sex ;)
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Dutch Boogie - 13 days 1 hour ago
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amen to that bra.
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sidar - 13 days ago
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Well there is a difference in loving sex and being obsessed.
I also love food, but im not fat either.
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Citizen_King - 13 days 2 hours ago
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Because it feels good.

DUH!!!!
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electricshadow - 13 days 2 hours ago
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Word for word for what I was going to type too, but I just wanted to see if anyone else typed it already. Bubbles for you!
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harrykid32 - 13 days 2 hours ago
7 - Eh...
I clicked this article for the picture anyway.
Rofl xD.
Boobs......^_^
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toaster - 13 days 2 hours ago
8 - Everyone likes sex.
Just admit it. Kids can as easily flip to HBO to look at tits. Video games shouldn't be any different. I'm not saying I want more nudity in games, I'm saying I just don't really care.
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harrykid32 - 13 days 2 hours ago
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Moar boobies!!!! =D
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Natsu X FairyTail - 13 days 2 hours ago
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Japs are wayy to much into sex. imo
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Bodyboarder_VGamer - 13 days 1 hour ago
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not even close when compared to Thailand, China and some countries of Europe...

BTW for some japanese people the term jap it's as bad as calling a black guy, nigger. I don't understand the reason but lets respect it.
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sidar - 13 days ago
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" and some countries of Europe..."

Correct me if I'm wrong, isn't America basically the biggest porn industry in the world?
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Pumbli - 12 days 23 hours ago
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sidar - I think so yeah, but take the movie industry (Hollywood) in the US for an example, if there's a breast and a naked butt in the movie it's most likely gonna get slapped with an M rating.

I really don't understand all this tension with breasts, do people really think that if their 8 year old son sees a boob he's scarred for life? It's just a part of the woman body after all, do armpits on women hurt young kids?

I'll agree with one thing though, random sex and nudity in video games and movies is just plain stupid.
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devilhunterx - 12 days 23 hours ago
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It is spelt J-A-P-A-N-E-S-E
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kraze07 - 12 days 21 hours ago
9.5 - "Correct me if I'm wrong, isn't America basically the biggest porn industry in the world?"
I would change those words around and say the biggest porn industry in the world is in America. I grew up in LA and lived in Vegas for a while and the way sex is viewed in these cities is way different than how some people in other parts of the county look at it.
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NMC2007 - 13 days 2 hours ago
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Because it's taboo in the US, if it wasn't then nobody would care.
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RememberThe357 - 13 days 1 hour ago
10.1 - Oh, I really doubt that.
Sex is sex. It stimulates the same nerves whether it's taboo or not. Orgasms are Gods gift to humanity.
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sidar - 13 days ago
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"Orgasms are Gods gift to humanity."

And yet the prostate is accessible from the anus. Yet thats Evil...
(for those who don't know, stimulating the prostate can give orgasms as well)
L M A O.
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artgamer - 13 days 2 hours ago
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Hmm, I used too like sex, but that was before I discovered coding in Actionscript 3.0.

Nowadays when I'm having sex, all I can think of is solving compiler errors.
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NiteX - 13 days 2 hours ago
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Instinct I would guess? Teens and 20 year old's love the sex because they hear so often once you get married you never get whoopie again. I guess its a fear they just cant accept!
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arakouftaian - 13 days 2 hours ago
13 - because the people who rule the world
keep putting sex in our mind
on cartoons for kids, tv, magazines, movies .
internet.
every year is worse
i mean did the old hollywod movies had d!cks on the movies?
i don't think so , but know they do.

wake up people.
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sidar - 13 days ago
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You cant watch yourself naked in the mirror, can you?
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iceman06 - 12 days 11 hours ago
13.2 - Umm....
You DO realize that the porn industry goes all of the way back to the sex chambers of Egypt don't you? Sex has ALWAYS and WILL always be a part of life. It is a NATURAL instinct in animals to procreate. It just so happens that human beings get PLEASURE from it. Yes, it has become a marketing ploy for magazines and movies. However, it is the social stigma that has been placed on SEX and NUDITY that has caused it to be such a marketing ploy in the first place. As people have stated and I will restate, sex has a place in ALL forms of entertainment AS LONG AS it is context appropriate. No it shouldn't be censored in situations that cater to an adult audience, even IF it is a penis being shown in a movie (which is really not my thing). Ultimately, it is about educating young people about the responsibility, the ills, AND the beauty of sex. Forget about living in the black or white and embrace the gray. That is where the diversity of the human experience really exists.
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Gamer71 - 13 days 1 hour ago
14 - "Why are so many people obsessed with sex?"
Um....YOU are the one who felt the need to put nipples in a VIDEO GAME. Hypocrite much?
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Batman77 - 13 days 1 hour ago
14.1 - Looks like someone didn't click the link
He explains it if you read his quotes. He's not really being hypocritical.
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Gamer71 - 13 days ago
14.2 - Wrong, Batman77...
I did indeed read the interview. Cage's "explanation" is just plain ludicrous. He's basically blaming people's natural tendencies for his lack of good sense. There's NO REASON for GAMES to have pornographic content...unless they're developed/published by Playboy or something. As if games haven't gotten enough bad press by devs intent on "pushing the envelope" in games like GTA:SA, God of War, Mass Effect, etc....now we have this naive idiot setting out to test critics even further. The U.S. has a president who is ALREADY outspoken against video games, and who has Hilliary "games are evil" Clinton in his administration to boot. The ratings system for games is already ridiculous as it is; morons like Cage won't be happy until their games require a "21 or older" label on the front.
Besides, it only serves to splinter an otherwise HUGE demographic of gamers who could/would buy the game (or whose parents would buy it for them). But, if he's so intent on including needless crap in his games, then that's the price he pays. I guess the crappy sales of his LAST game weren't low enough for him; he's shooting for a new low.
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iceman06 - 12 days 10 hours ago
14.3 - David Cage is making a game for ADULTS!!!
His intent to make this game is to push gaming to a point where it CAN be like movies. Some movies are made for children, some for adults, and some ride the fence. For far too long gaming has been seen as a kid's industry despite the fact that adults are predominantly are the ones that drive the industry. What is in this game is FAR from pornographic. However, it IS an intense and potentially sexual situation (read: FOR ADULT ENTERTAINMENT). There is no splintering of the demographic simply because the intended demographic for this game IS adults. You'd have to be naive to think that the average adult could survive playing games if all that was offered was an experience akin to Pokemon or Mario. At some point, we NEED the gore, violence, language, and even sex that a more mature rated game gives. Most times, the experience needs that content to be viable. I would agree if it was just gratuitous usage of boobs, but this is contextual and integral to character development and most importantly to immersion in the game.
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DiffusionE - 13 days 1 hour ago
15 - "Why are so many people obsessed with sex?"
Ummm....Maybe it's because they aren't getting any.
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