This is an informal paper describing the design process that went into the current version of my sex simulation game, Awkward Sex. Read this if you are interested in the thoughts that went into overcoming the challenges of representing sex in games. I don't feel that I have collected enough information or experience to give a new perspective on sex in games, so, if you expect this to be an instruction manual to effectively implement sex scenes in your game, you are going to be disappointed. Worse than that: if you expect this paper to provide any evidence or even make references clear you are woefully out of luck! I will mention obscure games and technologies as if they were every day's. On the bright side, if you are interested in seeing ...
Videogames have had to struggle with balancing the requirements of 'good' gameplay with a drive towa...
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are ongoing concerns. The best method for preventing the tran...
The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in unprecedented restrictions on physical touch, leading media pro...
This is an informal paper describing the design process that went into the current version of my sex...
This article critically evaluates and questions the growth and maturity of game studies as a scholar...
This chapter analyses the ‘gamification’ of sex. There are many analyses of gender in videogames, bu...
Sexuality tends to find its way through all media, video games included. Yet, in-game erotica rarely...
Sexuality tends to find its way through all media, video games included. Yet, in-game erotica rarely...
Early robotics research held that increased realism should result in increased positivity of the int...
I endeavor here to develop a taxonomy for describing and discussing forms of analog play which invol...
No sooner is a visual medium invented than it is used for pornographic representation - videogames a...
Socially awkward experiences are often looked upon as something to be avoided. However, examples fro...
Some social situations can be awkward. However, socially awkward situations are not always negative;...
Consider that uncomfortable moment in life when people discover a playful experience ceases to be wo...
Technological advances have provided the opportunity for the creation of graphically intensive video...
Videogames have had to struggle with balancing the requirements of 'good' gameplay with a drive towa...
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are ongoing concerns. The best method for preventing the tran...
The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in unprecedented restrictions on physical touch, leading media pro...
This is an informal paper describing the design process that went into the current version of my sex...
This article critically evaluates and questions the growth and maturity of game studies as a scholar...
This chapter analyses the ‘gamification’ of sex. There are many analyses of gender in videogames, bu...
Sexuality tends to find its way through all media, video games included. Yet, in-game erotica rarely...
Sexuality tends to find its way through all media, video games included. Yet, in-game erotica rarely...
Early robotics research held that increased realism should result in increased positivity of the int...
I endeavor here to develop a taxonomy for describing and discussing forms of analog play which invol...
No sooner is a visual medium invented than it is used for pornographic representation - videogames a...
Socially awkward experiences are often looked upon as something to be avoided. However, examples fro...
Some social situations can be awkward. However, socially awkward situations are not always negative;...
Consider that uncomfortable moment in life when people discover a playful experience ceases to be wo...
Technological advances have provided the opportunity for the creation of graphically intensive video...
Videogames have had to struggle with balancing the requirements of 'good' gameplay with a drive towa...
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are ongoing concerns. The best method for preventing the tran...
The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in unprecedented restrictions on physical touch, leading media pro...