xboxscene.org forums

Xbox360 Forums => M => Xbox 360 Specific Game Chat (wip) => Xbox360 Game Forums => Mass Effect => Topic started by: Xbox-Scene on January 11, 2008, 01:04:00 PM

Title: Conservative Site Charges 'Explicitly Graphic Sexual Intercourse' in M
Post by: Xbox-Scene on January 11, 2008, 01:04:00 PM
Conservative Site Charges 'Explicitly Graphic Sexual Intercourse' in Mass Effect
Posted by XanTium | January 11 14:28 EST | News Category: Xbox360
 
From gamepolitics.com:
Quote

The Cybercast News Service, a conservative site, claims in a report published this morning that best-selling Xbox 360 title Mass Effect contains "explicitly graphic sexual intercourse."

The charge seems to be based on a well-known episode in the game in which there is a romantic liaison between the player's character and an NPC. However, in our view, it's quite a stretch to describe what appears onscreen as explicitly graphic sexual intercourse, which generally denotes hard core pornography.
Mass Effect is far from that.

However, a lawyer quoted in the article specifically refers to the game as porn. From the CNS piece:
The game is "clearly marketed to minors," Cathy Ruse, a lawyer and senior fellow for legal studies at the Family Research Council, told Cybercast News Service.
"There are cultural implications for feeding porn to kids in this way," ...Ruse said.

Full Story: gamepolitics.com



Title: Conservative Site Charges 'Explicitly Graphic Sexual Intercourse' in M
Post by: bucko on January 11, 2008, 01:43:00 PM
LoL I've never played this game but some how I get the sense that this lawyer has never played the game either lol.

If the industry goes down this route well then you might as well rate everything 18+ =/
Title: Conservative Site Charges 'Explicitly Graphic Sexual Intercourse' in M
Post by: grim_d on January 11, 2008, 01:19:00 PM
i always wanted to do the romance subplot but never found it in the game.

i LOVE the fact their example was girl on girl laugh.gif
Title: Conservative Site Charges 'Explicitly Graphic Sexual Intercourse' in M
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on January 11, 2008, 01:55:00 PM
I just put it back in the gamefly envelope and after beating it, didnt run into the inter-galactic lesbian scenario or whatever it was supposed to be...

oh well.

"explicitly graphic sexual intercourse, which generally denotes hard core pornography."

lool.
Title: Conservative Site Charges 'Explicitly Graphic Sexual Intercourse' in M
Post by: Base8 on January 11, 2008, 01:58:00 PM
Thats pretty dumb, but I'm sure you could have a whole news page full of the retarded rants of these conservatives.  Although it is funny sometimes, I haven't played mass effect for more than a few minutes, i agree with the guy above me, I don't think this guy has either.
Title: Conservative Site Charges 'Explicitly Graphic Sexual Intercourse' in M
Post by: echto on January 11, 2008, 01:30:00 PM
I give them a hand for trying, ...because thats all I saw. laugh.gif

beerchug.gif
Title: Conservative Site Charges 'Explicitly Graphic Sexual Intercourse' in M
Post by: socalbluetooth on January 11, 2008, 02:14:00 PM
It's exactly this kind of nonsense that has our country (USA) so screwed up.
Title: Conservative Site Charges 'Explicitly Graphic Sexual Intercourse' in M
Post by: DMAddict on January 11, 2008, 02:00:00 PM
umm. . .screenshots please.  love.gif
Title: Conservative Site Charges 'Explicitly Graphic Sexual Intercourse' in M
Post by: signum on January 11, 2008, 02:42:00 PM
I have played Mass Effect 4 times through and got 1000/1000. The sex scenes are very weak. Its actually amazing that the game got rated an 18. This guy doesnt know what he is talking about to be honest.
Title: Conservative Site Charges 'Explicitly Graphic Sexual Intercourse' in M
Post by: Master Reefed on January 11, 2008, 02:47:00 PM
probably someone just looking to make a buck off a lawsuit.

if its rated M for MATURE, who cares anyway?

I get so sick of all this bullshit... fuck it ban all games that dont have elmo in em!
but if ya do that, ya gotta be consistent, so take all R rated movies off the shelves as well!
we can all live on seseme street, cause that most like the real world.

for every violent video game, there 1000 violent movies out there, and I'm sure the numbers are even greater for sexually explicit games/movies!

Title: Conservative Site Charges 'Explicitly Graphic Sexual Intercourse' in M
Post by: us1111 on January 11, 2008, 02:52:00 PM
Hmm... This game is about shooting people to death with all sorts of nasty weapons and those guys are triggered by 2 people making love to each other?? Isn't that a bit, how do i say it politely.... well... plain stupid?? If they call -that- explicit intercourse you wonder how those people propagate in the first place (and have a little hope (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif))

This post has been edited by us1111: Jan 11 2008, 10:57 PM
Title: Conservative Site Charges 'Explicitly Graphic Sexual Intercourse' in M
Post by: d-range on January 11, 2008, 02:22:00 PM
Very funny. Shooting up everything around you is ok but beware if it has even only slight sexual references  rolleyes.gif. Make love, not war people! laugh.gif
Title: Conservative Site Charges 'Explicitly Graphic Sexual Intercourse' in M
Post by: sirsmacketh on January 11, 2008, 02:39:00 PM
QUOTE(Master Reefed @ Jan 11 2008, 05:47 PM) View Post

probably someone just looking to make a buck off a lawsuit.

if its rated M for MATURE, who cares anyway?

I get so sick of all this bullshit... fuck it ban all games that dont have elmo in em!
but if ya do that, ya gotta be consistent, so take all R rated movies off the shelves as well!
we can all live on seseme street, cause that most like the real world.

for every violent video game, there 1000 violent movies out there, and I'm sure the numbers are even greater for sexually explicit games/movies!


I completely agree. This lawyer has probably never played the game. If parents aren't watching what their kids are playing, then it's their problem - not the software devs.

Marketed towards minors.... M is for mature not MINORS you dumb twat.

How many minors do I see playing on HALO 3? You're telling me it's ok for an 8 year old to be playing a violent video game online? Give your fucking head a shake.

I just read some of her crap on - http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=BY06K07. Always some agenda some bible thumping lawyer has to push.

Title: Conservative Site Charges 'Explicitly Graphic Sexual Intercourse' in M
Post by: Norco on January 11, 2008, 02:49:00 PM
QUOTE(d-range @ Jan 11 2008, 10:58 PM) View Post

Very funny. Shooting up everything around you is ok but beware if it has even only slight sexual references  rolleyes.gif. Make love, not war people! laugh.gif


That's why the United Status is so screwed up, and I live here. Guns are ok, but if there is a breast on the screen, everybody is like OMG kids can't handle seeing a nipple!

Its more of this conservative bullshit that screws up our society and makes everything so watered down. F- that conservative site & its lawyer, and F- people like Bush.
Title: Conservative Site Charges 'Explicitly Graphic Sexual Intercourse' in M
Post by: stewii griffin on January 11, 2008, 04:16:00 PM
free press cant beat that! this is gonna make the game even bigger! just like gta
Title: Conservative Site Charges 'Explicitly Graphic Sexual Intercourse' in M
Post by: quall on January 11, 2008, 04:21:00 PM
Yah, there is nothing hotter an more hardcore than the naked back of a blue girl. Oh, and the side of the back of her breast, which you can see from any girl with a bikini.
Title: Conservative Site Charges 'Explicitly Graphic Sexual Intercourse' in M
Post by: Andronicus on January 11, 2008, 04:30:00 PM
QUOTE(DMAddict @ Jan 11 2008, 10:36 PM) View Post

umm. . .screenshots please.  love.gif


Anyone?
Title: Conservative Site Charges 'Explicitly Graphic Sexual Intercourse' in M
Post by: gabe681 on January 11, 2008, 05:07:00 PM
ummm somepeople have to much time on their hands.  Maybe they could find something more productive to complain about next time...but somehow i dont think they will.  ID10T's
Title: Conservative Site Charges 'Explicitly Graphic Sexual Intercourse' in M
Post by: Mozbius on February 02, 2020, 05:45:00 PM
Wow! I'm telling you those conservatives should be arrested for public dumbness!

This post has been edited by Mozbius: Yesterday, 01:46 AM
Title: Conservative Site Charges 'Explicitly Graphic Sexual Intercourse' in M
Post by: disrockerdude on January 11, 2008, 05:52:00 PM
haha rated M for Minors.. I like that. lol


but to be serious, it is rated M. its the parents damn fault for buying it.
Title: Conservative Site Charges 'Explicitly Graphic Sexual Intercourse' in M
Post by: THDVL on January 11, 2008, 06:09:00 PM
Wow this is really stupid. I did the sex scene with my female character and the blue alien chick.. Liara or whatever. The scene lasted for maybe 10 seconds and didnt show anything that I would consider even remotely close to Explicitly Graphic Sexual Intercourse. Conservative morons!
Title: Conservative Site Charges 'Explicitly Graphic Sexual Intercourse' in M
Post by: Naquadah on January 11, 2008, 06:45:00 PM
this is ridiculous, the game is a 12 here and 12 rated movies have some pretty graphic things in them, but if its a game then ooooooh noooooo! ...idiots
Title: Conservative Site Charges 'Explicitly Graphic Sexual Intercourse' in M
Post by: Altima NEO on January 11, 2008, 07:02:00 PM
Marketed to children my ass. How is a game thats rated "M" marketed for children? Hell, stores arent even supposed to sell M rated games to kids, and if its the parents buying it for them, then thats up to the parent for screwing that up.
Title: Conservative Site Charges 'Explicitly Graphic Sexual Intercourse' in M
Post by: HotKnife420 on January 11, 2008, 08:04:00 PM
[Additional generic x-s member comment]
Title: Conservative Site Charges 'Explicitly Graphic Sexual Intercourse' in M
Post by: proger on January 11, 2008, 08:18:00 PM
I'm sick of hearing this shit. Do these kind of people ever SHUT THE FUCK UP!?


Obviously this only makes the game more popular!
Title: Conservative Site Charges 'Explicitly Graphic Sexual Intercourse' in M
Post by: dmitri on January 11, 2008, 09:23:00 PM
For those that suck at the internet..  jester.gif

Title: Conservative Site Charges 'Explicitly Graphic Sexual Intercourse' in M
Post by: bieseroner on January 12, 2008, 12:59:00 AM
So that scene is making someone rich? Ok so where are the parents of this minor? who sold him the game? Trust me, i have gone to the store with my kid sister and she tried to ask for a game and they have ask her if a parent or guardian is with her... so if the retarded parent bought it for that minor...then thats the parents fault.  mad.gif