However, recently companies like Bioware have figured out that sexuality can actually be used to assist in story telling! How shocking?! Do you mean to say that the same techniques that authors, artists, and filmmakers have used for decades to centuries have some merit after all? Well consider the fact the all humans, regardless of gender or sexual preference think about sex all the god damn time then I would think that someone who is creating some form of narrative experience would consider sex as part of the many different potential plot lines to entice people into enjoying the experience.
Role playing games were some of the first video games to treat sexuality with a paintbrush other than that of a snickering adolescent obsessed with seeing boobies on his computer. The problem with this approach is that it takes time. You cannot simply shoehorn in sex into a video game or it becomes sophomoric and juvenile. This is immediately apparent in games like God of War where your character can run up to topless chicks and bone them for in-game bonuses.
…more continued in Part 3.
-Andrew DeWitt
