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A big issue sparked off by hot coffee. Hot Coffee of course being a mod for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas that allowed you to view and control your character as he has fucks one of his many girlfriends (some of the girlfriends being important to the plot). I've not downloaded it but Develop magazine has covered it in this issue, with a SS. There is no nudity so meh i think its a big fuss over nothing.

Basically i'm asking is it acceptable? Personally i think yes. If the film, tv and music (vids + lyrics) industries can use it then why is it wrong of games. However it should be tactful. Having sex scenes because you can is wrong, and maybe "controlling it" is a bad thing. I mean FFS get a lass! But as content in a game i cant see why it should be so unacceptable. It just shows how backwards people are.

The films industry went through the same issues as games for firstly existing, then violence, sex, drugs and so on. Games are having to go through the same public scorn, just much later. Personally I think people need to get of the games industry's backs and let them develop content as freely as other entertainment industries do. Censor stuff with equal weighting to the film industry. Surely its only fair.

However games developers would need to be tactful and sensible about their content. Especially UK developers as we need the sort of government support offered to our films industry and other countries cames/film industries.