Aside from six being more taboo, mostly in Murica, games are still thought to be a pastime for children only. The media, both liberal and conservative, continually brings up the fallacy that they have the capacity to brainwash us all.

Europe and Australia more tolerant of six? the same that censored Stick of Truth? maybe it's a low brow thing.

Come on, now. In today's age, there is an outcry from some vocal group for almost everything included in video games!

May I ask why you want six in video games?

PS: I am a prude

Meh, everything you like doing is a sin

Well in some countries, having games with immense violence and gore is actually not okay. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_gaming_in_Germanyfor example.

So the short answer is: cultural differences.

The explain like you're five answer is: "I dunno. Go ask your mom."

I don't think that it's frowned on, but it would be really hard to make it work in a game, whether it's in a cut scene or being active in it by using a controller. What I'm trying to say is that it would not work well in a video game medium. At the very best it would look sophomoric.

I think the Witcher 2 and Daggerfall handled nudity as well as it could be done.

The Puritan roots in America run deep.

Honestly? Well, it is the western society. We have this "oh no, six is totally wrong, kids can't know what it is, teens can't know what it is, hide it, hide it, hide it" but turns out everyone is hypocrite like some have said. Here in Brazil during the 60s/70s/80s sixuality was totally normal, search for "pormochanchada or pormoxanxada" moveis only made to talk about six, show six and foul words. The poeple from this decades who now are parents, what to they do? They hide it from their kids, saying all kinds of bad things, that it is wrong and bla bla bla. Heck, recently I discovered that a friend's aunt was called "lumberjack" in her young ages because she didn't let a "wood stick" standing. (wood stick is a word for [censored] in portuguese)

Personally I can't imagine why anyone would want six in a video game to begin with. It's pixels. I've not seen any depiction of six or sixual parts that were even remotely realistic, and I doubt there will be any for quite a while yet.

Of course, saying that I feel Obligated to add that I'm not particularly into real pormography either, the last time I specifically looked at porm, I was still a teenager(So about 15 years ago). Don't find it interesting or fun to be honest, it's just meh to me.

"Son, did ya see the way that Bad guys brains flew outta his head?"

Vs

"Son, did ya see the way that guy [self censored] all over that girls [twins censored]?"

Personally, I don't mind six or violence in video games. That's why the M rating is there. What I don't get are parents that buy these M rated games then throw a fit when they find out there is M rated content in this M rated game.

"Hmmm, a bad ass dude with a gun and there are some sixy women on the cover and then there is this M... maybe it means Marvellous!"

Because people like me get sad when even videogame characters seem to get laid more often than they do.

And with violence it's kind of a good thing when you're not getting any.

That's my theory anyway.

I think this whole "violence is okay but six is bad" mindset is blown greatly out of proportion. Violence in videogames has always been a subject of controversy and still continues to be. Look at games like Hatred, or Manhunt 2, both of which were rated AO by the ESRB for violence. Look at the whining that Anita Sarkeesian and Jonathan McIntosh have done regarding the violence in Doom and Fallout 4. And while GTA has had its share of sixual content, again the moral panic around it seems to be more about the violence. Heck, look at the Sims franchise: while it's not explicit, six is an integral part of the games, yet it's never gotten worse than a T rating.

THIS is the problem, in a nutshell.

For me, there is big difference between "education" and "encouragement."

I'm all for education and dead set against encouragement

I don't believe I've ever seen a video game, movie, comic, etc. etc. that actually captured how death happens in reality. Every single depiction I've seen has not looked even remotely convincing to how the death of a human being happens.

One of the reason is because as you, yourself asked,"Can i please interact with the world?".

Because society demands it, right now at least. Society changes constantly, mind you, but it what controls what is acceptable and what is not for both public and privacy... (In this case, video games being counted as a publicity).

Simple as that. Maybe one day in the future it'll change, maybe not. In my opinion, six is just six... Who cares if it's shown in a video game, movie, etc... It's just two people doing it for whatever reasons they maybe doing it for (be it for love, lust, control, power, money, etc). To me, it's a disgusting and vile act. You will never catch me doing it. The mere thought is very sickening even. which also means that I do prefer NOT having it in my media, but that doesn't mean I am against it being in media... It has every right to be in media just like violence, mostly because people will commit violence for the exact same reasons...

Like a five year old? Okaaay...

Because the weapons industry is still larger than the porm industry. Once nudy pics become bigger than satellite guided smart bombs you'll see a turn around.

Either that, or they'll just carpet bomb the porm industry.

While the Drug industry is probably larger than both of the others combined, most of it is still illegal, which is bad.

Before this gets turned around more reporters are gonna have to write stories on politicians doing drugs, but there's a good chance the reporters will get carpet bombed as well before they get to print their stories..

..so don't hold your breath on that one.

I must admit to being completely flummoxed by this weird situation that love is bad and violence is good. I've had a few people attempt to explain why depictions of six are somehow gratuitous whereas depictions of violence are completely normal and wholesome but... I really don't get it. At all.

I guess this forum is similar in its obsessional censure of even the mildest "bad language" (some of which is really very debatable) at the same time as promoting games which are incredibly violent.

Part of me wants to just dismiss it as "meh, weird Americans" but plenty of American friends don't get it either so I guess that the explanation remains rather elusive. Even the thing with the Puritans seems like a bit of a stretch: while I agree they were obsessed with the idea that anything that might be mistaken as pleasurable was a sin, I don't think they were particular exponents of violence. Though I could be wrong.

Americans are prudish wankers, and also have a stranglehold on the market.

Intersection of things; the Puritans, among (many) other religious immigrants, dictate what proper gentlemen should be seen to do, while [censored] like manifest destiny 'justify' extensive violence. Leave to ferment for a couple of centuries, and you get a screwy worldview taht's endemic to its nation.

From an entertainment perspective, violence is more universal than six. It is exciting, and necessary for certain genres of storytelling. You can't have a super-hero movie without violence, for example.

six is much more personal, and it's depiction in entertainment is somewhat voyeuristic in nature. It is far less universal because what is titillating to one person might be repulsive or offensive to another. While there are obviously genres dedicated specifically to six which allows those so inclined to find exactly what they are looking for, it's inclusion in general entertainment is more tricky and usually less necessary so it's easier to dispense with. Nobody wants to watch intimacy between two unattractive people, yet what one finds attractive varies from person to person. This is why Hollywood only tells the stories of pretty people.

Hmm, didn't the UK government just enforce regulations on *ahem* "private" internet viewing material?

This is a pretty big generalization here. America does have a hot button for nudity, but if you think that America is the only one in the world that has these hot buttons you are sadly mistaking.

http://i.imgur.com/d6JgZgh.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_banned_video_games_in_Australia

http://www.wired.com/2008/11/japanese-fallou/

I understand people's reasons for dissing on America, but we aren't alone in being "prudish wankers."