The intersection of video games and pornography has always been controversial. Over the last few years the industry has made an effort to make games more inclusive, meaning we see more female protagonists and fewer damsels in destress. As a result of this modern climate video games that feature sexually explicit components tend to be criticized harshly.
Despite this the history of pornographic video games is still interesting. The Atari 2600 had a handful of adult titles that featured everything from women catching semen from a man jacking off on a rooftop to full on sex simulators. They were about as hot as beating off to 5 flesh colored squares with one pink one in the middle, but things were simpler then.
Porn games of today are obviously as advanced as the resources available. Photo realistic 3D graphics and virtual reality hardware are all being used to make erotic software. The exception being You Must Be 18 or Older to Enter.
This game is about hiding internet porn and it fully captures the experience of browsing erotic sites for the first time. However, despite its low fidelity approach that shows zero sexual images it was still no match for prudes.
You Must Be 18 or Older to Enter is classified as a horror adventure game and it’s basically about someone browsing internet porn for the first time while trying to keep their activity hidden from the people around them. It uses storytelling to create a feeling of paranoia that you’ll be caught, as you navigate a series of text options to advance.
The purpose of the game is to explore the excitement and suspense of watching internet porn for the first time in a crowded house without actually showing any sex. The game’s graphics are essentially nonexistent as everything rendered on screen is just text. Even if something in the ASCII style images were erotic, all the good stuff is blurred out.
Unfortunately, the game was pulled from Steam’s digital distribution service for violating their rules against pornographic games. Despite the game having almost zero erotic content and less sexual imagery than other big studio games available on the same service, it was still deemed inappropriate. Sometimes the just the idea of pornography is too much for people the handle even if the reality is far from sexually explicit. C’est la vie.
Although being pulled from Steam’s online store and its millions of users has probably hindered sales, You Must Be 18 or Older to Enter is still for sale elsewhere on the interwebs.
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