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Alpha Protocol's sex scenes are 'satisfying' but 'tasteful' photo

Ah, videogames and their sex scenes. FOX News was right to panic about the sex in Mass Effect, because now every single game in the world is doing it ... and by that we mean a small handful are putting brief bits of sauce in. One such game is Obsidian's Alpha Protocol, that promises such steamy shenanigans will be tasteful, but nonetheless satisfying.

"No, it’s tasteful," says programming producer Nathan Davis. "We do some things with our cinematics, too. It isn’t just like a hand up on a thing! We cut around it a little bit. It’s an American game! What can I say? There are limits to what we can do there. I’ve seen a few of the cinematics for those and it ends up being satisfying without being… you know… over… you know?"

Davis was also asked if the scenes may be interactive, and he was quick to put that down: "No, no, no! No God of War sex scenes! We don’t have that."

No spy adventure is complete without some inappropriate sexual liason, so I'm glad Alpha Protocol is sticking to its guns in that respect. Hopefully if enough games put do it, sex in games will stop being shocking and news networks will cease their ridiculous prattling about such silly nonsense.


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TKurata's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/23/2009 13:17
TKurata
Oxymoron innit
Havoc Fang's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/23/2009 13:18
Havoc Fang
I was going to get this anyway. Bonus.
Phantom Spaceman's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/23/2009 13:20
Phantom Spaceman
So... money shot?
Br0th3rGr1mm's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/23/2009 13:25
Br0th3rGr1mm
The Spy Who Loved Me Long-Time?
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/23/2009 13:33
Holyetheline
I can dig it.
Brocklesocks's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/23/2009 13:36
Brocklesocks
Here's my question: Who the hell wants "tasteful" sex?
CRAZYAPE69's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/23/2009 13:42
CRAZYAPE69
....this is just spy effect.
Mr Wrighty 987's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/23/2009 13:43
Mr Wrighty 987
tasteful? so i take it there will be no anal?
ArrestedDeveloper's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/23/2009 13:50
ArrestedDeveloper
I think by tasteful they mean there will be swallowing.
Br0th3rGr1mm's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/23/2009 13:51
Br0th3rGr1mm
>> INSERT PUN / QUIP ON WHAT ANAL TASTES LIKE HERE <<
socialnorms's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/23/2009 13:56
socialnorms
Jesus, I hope they mean "tasteful" in response to Mass Effect, the name of which was probably an inside joke among giggling programmers. There's no way anyone involved in the production of those scenes has been anywhere close to having sex. They didn't even get to come back to their drunken college roommates having sloppy futon sex with the fat girls from Kappa Phi.

Can we please keep this shit out of videogames? There are better outlets for this. It's either that or go with Phantom and Wrighty and fuckin' bust out the nastiest shit of all. Go tribadism!
Soulwax's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/23/2009 14:09
Soulwax
So does this mean there's no angry dragon quicktime events?
HiddenAHB's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/23/2009 14:12
HiddenAHB
So, the lead character will be covered in ice cream,strawberries and chocolate ?
That's what tasteful means right?
dj-anon's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/23/2009 14:36
dj-anon
I'm hoping for creampies and bukkakies.
Nicojay2's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/23/2009 14:37
Nicojay2
How does Obsidian know what satisfies me?
Isay Isay's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/23/2009 14:38
Isay Isay
"satisfying" "tasteful"

Man I could really go for a Snickers bar right about now
GoldenGamerXero's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/23/2009 14:40
GoldenGamerXero
Yes because lord knows everyone loves it when you start off with some annoying bitch in a video game, have to go through hours of bad dialogue as the writers try to play off their obvious lack of female contact as "Sexual tension", then go through the most annoying level you would think possible just so you can see video game chracters fuck each other ONCE and have to go through ALL of the processes again skipping the so called fun part. I see sex scenes becoming the developpers way to live bicuriously through their games (No that was not a typo).
bleep's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/23/2009 14:56
bleep
Oxymoron innit
walkyourpath's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/23/2009 15:21
walkyourpath
Satisfaction in sex has a lot in common with satisfaction in gaming -- it helps when you avoid quick time events!

HEY-O!
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/23/2009 20:52
Chronic Logic
Tasteful sex? No orgasmic loving sounds? No orgies? Zzz...
JustLikeBuck's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/24/2009 03:37
JustLikeBuck
Tasteful? So, reverse cowgirl?
BoBoTheChimp757's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/24/2009 08:49
BoBoTheChimp757
:: sigh :: will the day ever come when you can write a story without bashing Fox News? I'd rather watch them then the obama-worshipping alternatives.
BattyAdroit's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/24/2009 11:25
BattyAdroit
@BoBo: because it's news for people looking to not be accurately informed about anything. That's why.
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