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You conceded the point? Wow, then what was that comment on Basic Instinct about? No Tomb Raider games that I know of feature plots in which Lara's assets are of any consequence. This does not imply that a game cannot be made in which sex is an important part, much in the vein of the movie examples already provided to you. But the plot of Basic Instinct would make no sense if instead of sex, they were having a passionate game of chess.

Don't forget the mind control.

Marx once thought as you do...

I was not speaking about video games specifically, as I was just addressing your blanket statement earlier, and your nitpicking of Basic Instinct's box office performance and DVD uncut versions, between which, incidentally, you cannot establish a correlation. In a h-game, sex is not an important part of the plot, it is THE plot, gameplay object, and selling point. H-games are pornography, which is out of the scope of the discussion. Again, you could just read some movie's script and be done with it. But movies are eminently visual (wow!), and what is shown on screen is what counts. You can leave some parts to the imagination, but some, you just can't. Once more, it depends on how and to what extent the details are rooted into the plot.

Again, only in times and places where ignorance is prevalent. In the West, we didn't eradicate religion. We eradicated (or greatly reduced, at least) ignorance. Starting to see a pattern yet? This is fallacious on so many levels, that I'm not even going to bother.

Yes. Because you can cut sex scenes out of a movie in which sex is pivotal, just like you can cut battle scenes out of Letters from Iwo Jima. Eh, if you say so. Yes, the plot would have been served the same if instead of going to the movies, you just read the screenplay, too. But it does, since that's the whole point of watching movies. Unless you do that to achieve some measure of higher enlightenment or something, in which case I'd recommend a different medium.

What nonsense is this? Many intellectuals through History have been deeply religious, Einstein among them. Ignorance only goes hand on hand with ignorance.

Yeah, so? Cut scenes or not, sex is fundamental to the plot there. And the uncut version is better overall. Indecent Proposal? What, want to discuss every example case-by-case?

Religion is just the scapegoat. Ignorance is the true problem. Wrong, actually. "Socialist" totalitarian regimes are worse - by far.

You mean an actual sex scene or sexuality? The distinction goes both ways. Yes. Because stuff like Basic Instinct and Disclosure can do without the sex just the same. edited for accuracy

Yes it's not that bad actually... or so I'm told.

Fallout? I assume you mean the first game only...

Is that for real? Wow, that explains it, then. If they don't sell porn flicks, they don't sell AO games, either. Makes sense, I guess. lol puritanism Yes, well. I'm sure everyone is familiar with the quality and consistency of the narrative of the majority of works in which (explicit) sex is featured... ahem. Sexuality, however, is a central part of human behavior. And as such, it stands to reason that it belongs with the rest of social conducts commonly presented in narrative. There's more to sexuality than just the act itself.

I was going to say exactly what Pidesco wrote, so I won't repeat it. What I don't understand is the seemingly irrational fear of the AO rating. If we're dealing with a story with adult motives and adult themes, then chances are that a mature, sensible portrayal of sex isn't out of place. It's not the kind of game a dev would buy for his children to begin with, sex or no sex. So why, then, the fear of getting an AO rating? It's a matter of time, I guess. When today's gamers are making laws tomorrow, something else will be The Book.

Oh, no. Hilde's going at it again...

What do you mean, more "respectable"? Given the situation of isolation in ToD, a (rather numerous) cult is a perfectly credible threat. As for interesting, well. I can't think of other group that's been used more to represent iconic evil as a whole, but that doesn't make nazis "interesting" by itself. More like the opposite, in fact. I see what you mean about the lack of traveling in ToD, but the way I see it, it's just another plot device that can be used to spice up a story, not a must-have.

I just came back from the movies, watched Indy4. It was kinda... meh. It's perfectly possible that the movie just didn't live up to the unrealistic expectations I unconsciously created due to Indiana Jones being my favorite childhood hero, however. But it seemed... uninspired. Some scenes (chief among them the one with the nuke) seem forced and out of place. And I think they got the character management wrong as well, at the end it's just too many "good guys" that detract from the lead, and don't really add anything. Also, it seems that all that made a cool character is gone. Finally, the fake russkies seem... too fake. I'm hoping my impression on that will change when I get to see a non-dubbed version. I can't seem to get enough of Cate Blanchett, though. All in all, this is the weakest Indy flick to me. Congratulations, my friend. You just won the Internets. Haaahaha! Ouch. But seriously, yeah. ToD is the perfect mix of silliness, adventure, and horror. Club Obiwan is probably the best opening of all four as well. Arguing that it lacks nazis and map overlay scenes is just nitpicking, really.

? Doublethink? ? Those are the premises for the upcoming Red Alert 3, right? Cool beans.

Everybody has an agenda. Except me. -Michael Crichton- Also, "neocolonists"?

Congrats, doc.

I want my two minutes back, please.

You mean the cringe-worthy choreography doesn't bother you? They are hot however, so all is forgiven. I guess the Czech have a rep to keep up.

The article says it was only captured in x-rays. If they make any pics public, they'll be the artificially colored kind. Also, it says the sat was "blinded" at first, which may limit the amount of material available. It'd be cool to have some pics, tho.

You could do that yourself, as it's a matter of copy-paste in the appearance.2da file. Or just stick to regular clothes. It's not like you'd *need* anything heavier...

I'm surprised Josh hasn't commented on this yet. Um. I don't remember pro footballers crying so much say, ten years ago. So, yeah. Definitely a fad. Refs answer to no-one and 99% of their decisions are final (100% in-game). That and the FIFA refusal to adopt new technologies to reduce human error ensures that we'll have dive artists for years to come.