So as I said Friday, for most games, developers intend for a player to connect to the character they play. To under stand their desires, be it beating down an entire alien race, or to avenge their dear friend, a companion cube, or get lucky on Friday night.

For every ten games that star a space marine (I played one last night…was it Quake 4, or was it Halo? Maybe it was Doom) you see at leas one game that tries to stretch the boundaries of sexuality as opposed to blood spatter effects.
I really wish I would see more of exploring sexuality in video games.

Now let me make one thing clear. I’m not saying we need orgies and nudes running rampant in the next Mario game, rather understanding “which team the player’s character plays on,” or how a relationship with a boy/girlfriend/lover/spouse/whatever plays a part in the game world.

Take Mass Effect, or any of Bioware’s rpgs. Orientation is somewhat in the user’s hands, contributing to a better comprehension of the character, and an extremely immersive experience. While Homosexuality is fairly new to games, heterosexuality isn’t and it usually doesn’t go any farther than a sex scene or some mention that “look I have a significant other!”

It’s sort of frustrating to talk about this, simply because I can’t say “OMG MORE T&A!” or “Let’s tone town the sex, eh?” but I feel that story or character driven games lack a little extra something to truly assist me to understand the players and NPC's in a game.
I think Quantic Dream had the right idea with Indigo Prophecy, although most of it was really just a movie. You had an idea where people stood in that world (albeit some of it felt forced.)

I’m not asking for any thing but maybe a little innuendo. Not because I want games to become sexual. Just give us something else to help relate to characters. Single people play games. Hetero and homosexual couples play games. They can relate to the emotional and sexual aspects of relationships.

I would be interested to hear your take on this as well. For now, I’ll leave you with this conversation I had with a guy at a coffee shop…(written from memory)

Me: Yeah the Wii’s pretty cool. They need to release more games for it.
Guy: Everyone thinks it’s a damn toy, they need something for the adults!
Me: I know, maybe we’ll get something like Eternal Darkness 2.
Guy: No, no, no, I mean ADULT.
Me: huh?
Guy: Y’know, mini games. You would…
(He mimes holding a wii remote/nunchuck and…let’s just say the nunchuck does all the work)
Me: 0_o (I get up and leave quickly)