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Soundwave said:

Yes, probably. VR will be interesting in this regard.

Ironically, I was actually baking my noodle trying to figure out why PlayStation doesn't plan to make the PSVR2 PC-compatible considering more and more of their titles are coming to PC and the PC market is where VR is the strongest, and then it dawned on me: this topic is likely why.  I think that somewhere along the line, some executives in marketing probably figured if they made it PC-compatible, it would get used with porn games or porn games and the optics would be bad.

Of course, that's just conjecture, but there's literally no other legitimate reason NOT to bring PSVR2 to the PC market with compatibility where it'll likely sell quite well.  For what it offers, it's a premium mid-grade VR headset, something missing in the PCVR scene (it's either cheap stuff or mega expensive stuff).

Norion said:
ZyroXZ2 said:

Ehhhh, I partially agree with this.  For the same reason we wouldn't show or encourage violent TV shows/games to kids, a similar limitation exists on porn.  However, in terms of adult content, then I'd have to agree: it seems that once you get into the adult section, the primarily western world of media happily pushes extreme violence, gore, etc. but shuns away from sex.  This naturally extends to the avoidance of porn or pornographic scenes.

I'd actually find the balance to be better if, say, a horror movie had literal pornographic sex scenes along with its also horror.  We always use "sex sells" in horror movies, but then only use the tip (usually boobs).  Flip that into the gaming industry, and we imply sex for romance, but I think if a game is already at that maturity level, showing actual sex should just be the case (and have a toggle for turning that OFF if the viewer wishes to).

I was referring to adult content yeah. The US is pretty strange in how it handles this, being so prudish with sex but going hardcore with violence isn't really how Europe handles it.

I'd actually go further to say it's more about Western society in general and *dun dun dun* the stronger prominence of Christianity.  Even though I'm keenly aware that many places in Europe quite literally embrace nudity as normal compared to here, it's still relatively tame compared to how Japan embraces these perversions.

Granted, I think Japan goes a bit TOO far, and the whole old-man-highschool-girl dynamic makes me a bit sick, but there's a reason the majority of anime is focused on highschoolers or young girls in general.  And this is ironic: Japan censors the private areas.  Yet let's face it: the reason anime is even a topic here is BECAUSE the most perversions in media content can be found in... anime lmfao

EDIT: Typo

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ZyroXZ2 said:
Norion said:

I was referring to adult content yeah. The US is pretty strange in how it handles this, being so prudish with sex but going hardcore with violence isn't really how Europe handles it.

I'd actually go further to say it's more about Western society in general and *dun dun dun* the stronger prominence of Christianity.  Even though I'm keenly aware that many places in Europe quite literally embrace nudity as normal compared to here, it's still relatively tame compared to how Japan embraces these perversions.

Granted, I think Japan goes bit TOO far, and the whole old-man-highschool-girl dynamic makes me a bit sick, but there's a reason the majority of anime is focused on highschoolers or young girls in general.  And this is ironic: Japan censors the private areas.  Yet let's face it: the reason anime is even a topic here is BECAUSE the most perversions in media content can be found in... anime lmfao

The worst part of laws like the Japanese nudity one is that people avoid trying to change it cause it'll get them labeled a pervert even when it's from a freedom of expression angle.



Norion said:
ZyroXZ2 said:

I'd actually go further to say it's more about Western society in general and *dun dun dun* the stronger prominence of Christianity.  Even though I'm keenly aware that many places in Europe quite literally embrace nudity as normal compared to here, it's still relatively tame compared to how Japan embraces these perversions.

Granted, I think Japan goes bit TOO far, and the whole old-man-highschool-girl dynamic makes me a bit sick, but there's a reason the majority of anime is focused on highschoolers or young girls in general.  And this is ironic: Japan censors the private areas.  Yet let's face it: the reason anime is even a topic here is BECAUSE the most perversions in media content can be found in... anime lmfao

The worst part of laws like the Japanese nudity one is that people avoid trying to change it cause it'll get them labeled a pervert even when it's from a freedom of expression angle.

I really think it's, at least at this point, one of those cultural "understandings".  They really are some of the most perverted as a nation over there, so it's like "but hey, DESPITE how pervy we are, at LEAST we censor the actual sex organs!"

At least, that's how I view it.  If you take away their censors, then basically they're full blown the most pervy nation on Earth probably lmao



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ZyroXZ2 said:
Norion said:

The worst part of laws like the Japanese nudity one is that people avoid trying to change it cause it'll get them labeled a pervert even when it's from a freedom of expression angle.

I really think it's, at least at this point, one of those cultural "understandings".  They really are some of the most perverted as a nation over there, so it's like "but hey, DESPITE how pervy we are, at LEAST we censor the actual sex organs!"

At least, that's how I view it.  If you take away their censors, then basically they're full blown the most pervy nation on Earth probably lmao

Meh, maybe in the eyes of Americans.

On my virtual travels I've seen plenty lol. Including Bhutan with its Penis worship


Love Land amusement park in South Korea


Sex museums, lots of art and statues, Laydyboys of Thailand and so on. But true, Japan is still the biggest source of child porn (which was only made illegal there 8 years ago) however there is still no direct correlation to child abuse and questionable anime

https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5qbnx/japan-child-pornography-manga-anime


https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/Japan/United-States/Crime
Rape occurs 27 times more in USA compared to Japan

Anyway TLC came up with this new 'hit'
https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxnmwn/psychoanalyst-milf-manor-interview
MILF Manor is a brand-new TLC reality dating show, where middle-aged women compete to date each others’ sons.
Still less questionable than Toddlers and Tiaras :/



SvennoJ said:
ZyroXZ2 said:

I really think it's, at least at this point, one of those cultural "understandings".  They really are some of the most perverted as a nation over there, so it's like "but hey, DESPITE how pervy we are, at LEAST we censor the actual sex organs!"

At least, that's how I view it.  If you take away their censors, then basically they're full blown the most pervy nation on Earth probably lmao

Meh, maybe in the eyes of Americans.

On my virtual travels I've seen plenty lol. Including Bhutan with its Penis worship


Love Land amusement park in South Korea


Sex museums, lots of art and statues, Laydyboys of Thailand and so on. But true, Japan is still the biggest source of child porn (which was only made illegal there 8 years ago) however there is still no direct correlation to child abuse and questionable anime

https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5qbnx/japan-child-pornography-manga-anime


https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/Japan/United-States/Crime
Rape occurs 27 times more in USA compared to Japan

Anyway TLC came up with this new 'hit'
https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxnmwn/psychoanalyst-milf-manor-interview
MILF Manor is a brand-new TLC reality dating show, where middle-aged women compete to date each others’ sons.
Still less questionable than Toddlers and Tiaras :/

To be clear, I didn't say no other countries are pervy lol... Many eastern countries normalize sexuality (which is the healthier thing than the west mostly normalizing violence) because sexuality is a part of our everyday lives.  As in, natural mating culture... as in, you and I wouldn't be here unless our parents didn't shack up.  But Japan takes this a step further and fetishizes this into their mainstream media, THAT'S what makes them the most pervy lmfao

I mean, I can't even recall when the last time a rom-com or romance movie or anything of the sort swept our media over here besides Titanic, it's all about the big CGI fight fests and stuff, now!



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