Erotic game

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An erotic game (also called sex game ) is a genre of games that deals with erotic or sexuality .

Sex games in a relationship

Spanking as part of an educational game

In a sexual relationship, sex games can be used to create special experiences and to deepen intimate experiences by stimulating the imagination. For example, the partners can give each other tasks that they should solve alone or together, addressing and using different stimuli, practices , toys or positions .

So-called education or punishment games or dom / sub games take place in the BDSM area . However, attention should also be paid to sufficient security and mutual consent, since crimes, accidents and injuries can be committed without sufficient knowledge, experience and agreements with the partner ( safe, sane, consensual ).

Sexual role play

The Klinikerotik is a common theme for sexual role playing

In the erotic role play, two or more sexual partners take part, each taking on a certain role and behaving accordingly and, if necessary, dressing or disguised in order to create pleasure for himself and / or the partner . Frequent topics are relationships between doctor and patient ( clinical eroticism ), pupil and teacher, student and professor, family members, fictional characters (e.g. through cosplay ) and employees and employers or superiors or colleagues. Erotic role-playing games are often, but not exclusively, played in sadomasochistic or dominant-submissive circles. They can also be combined with ageplay , petplay and / or genderplay .

Sex toys

Different sex toys

The term sex toys (recently the English term sextoy has also become established) are items that can be used to sexually stimulate yourself or your sexual partner during love play. Until the 1990s the term was almost unknown, the objects were called aids because they were seen as a means of reducing “natural” sexual desire.

Sex toys include vibrators , dildos , pleasure balls , butt plugs , strap-ons , penis cages , penis rings , chastity belts , devices for erotic electrical stimulation , sex dolls , vagina replicas and much more. Such objects are offered in sex shops , at erotic fairs , in erotic catalogs and on relevant websites.

In a broader sense, special clothing , role play utensils (for example shackles , whips , diapers ), clamps and similar accessories can also be included. Normal household objects can also be used as sex toys, for example candles, fruit, vegetables, spoons, watering cans, feathers, ice cubes, inflatable objects ( armbands , balloons , beach balls, etc.) or finger paints for body painting during love play.

Since the 2010s, computer-controlled sex toys (so-called cyberdildonics or teledonics ) have also been gaining popularity, making it possible to control or program the toys remotely with a mobile app or via the Internet and to receive signals from it.

Board and party games

Strip poker

Many classic games ( card game , board game , party games , etc.) have also been given an erotic variant. Well-known examples are strip poker , the erotic spin the bottle and the erotic truth or dare .

Computer games

General motivations and implementations

Like other media, computer games use scantily clad characters to sell games better or to increase their value ( sex sells or fan service ). Some manufacturers go further and use sexuality or nudity as part of game and character design, as an in-game reward, or simply as a game element. These games are created worldwide on most platforms that are not child and youth oriented and can be from any computer game genre. However, some distribution platforms and console manufacturers try to restrict sales. Compared to other media, interactivity with the characters is particularly suitable for greater immersion .

History, protection of minors and controversy

One of the earliest (if not the first) sex-themed video games was the 1981 text-based Softporn Adventure published by On-Line Systems for the Apple II . Despite serious product piracy , around 25,000 copies were still sold, which corresponds to around 25% of the Apple II devices sold at the time. In a 1981 article in Time magazine On-Line reported that they were making a version of the game for straight women, although it never came about. The game was later continued under the Leisure Suit Larry series , which focuses more on humor and self-irony . At the same time, many eroge games appeared in the Asian market, which were produced by Square Enix , among others , but did not necessarily appear in the western world.

The computer game Custer's Revenge , released for the Atari 2600 in 1982, is now considered one of the most tasteless games of all time because you play a cowboy who is raping an Indian woman . This has sparked a great deal of controversy and protests from women's rights organizations and Indian associations, as the content of the game is sexist , racist and an insult to the victims of rape. Even Atari distanced himself publicly from the game. Before the game was taken off the market, over 80,000 copies were sold.

Logo for the reference to sexual content of the Pan European Game Information

With the success of online role-playing games and life simulations like Second Life and The Sims , some erotic games with social interaction with fellow players or an artificial intelligence have been developed. Well-known representatives include: Singles: Flirt Up Your Life , Red Light Center , House Party , Playboy: The Mansion , 3D SexVilla and Chathouse3D Roulette from ThriXXX , but Second Life also offers some options in the area of ​​eroticism.

Nevertheless, with such games, the question remains to what extent cybersex with fellow players is based on real people and to what extent they maintain a fake identity with regard to appearance, character, gender and age. Like other online games with social interaction, Second Life criticized the inadequate protection of minors , which did not protect children and adolescents strongly enough from virtual eroticism or real attacks. Games are protected by age verification and should feature sexual content. The Pan European Game Information has introduced appropriate labeling for this.

Furthermore, several economic simulations have developed on the subject, such as Red Light Tycoon or Big Bang Empire . With the development of computer games, sexuality has also become part of the characters in some open-world games , which through their fictional world, as in other media, allow scenarios that would not be possible in real life.

Mods and amateur games

The Internet makes it possible to modify many of the popular games and add sexual content or make characters appear naked. A well-known example is the frequently criticized Hot Coffee Mod for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Sexmods for the Sims series.

There are also many erotic browser games by fans and hobby developers that are based on Adobe Flash or Java . Often, however, the focus is more on humor than sexual pleasure.

Interactive porn and virtual reality

The HTC Vive , an example of a head-mounted display

An interactive porn is a porn film in which one can determine the course of action itself, by selecting from a menu or Quick Time Events responding. Some manufacturers also use special peripherals (so-called teledoronics), such as a masturbator or vibrator , that can send and receive signals.

Even 360 degree videos can be counted as a form of interactive videos and a head-mounted display in virtual reality are considered. There is a rapidly growing porn market for that. Take also augmented reality -Pornos by smart phones , this technique to be played with a special holder in a position to.

Special features in Japan: eroge

Example of an eroge game

As eroge ( Jap.エロゲー; phonological vocabulary from English. Ero tic ga me) are Japanese video or computer games with erotic and pornographic designated content. Alternative names are also, mostly only in Japan, Adult game (ア ダ ル ト ゲ ー ム, adaruto gēmu ), Jūhachi-kin game (18 禁 ゲ ー ム, Jūhachi-kin gēmu , German " 18+ game") and Etchi game ( H ゲ ー ム) or hentai game in common. For the games of the male target group, the term Bishōjo game (美 少女 ゲ ー ム, dt. "Pretty girl game") is often used, especially by the manufacturers of such games . Although this can also include games without erotic or pornographic content, this use is rare. Such adult games are more likely to be called Galgē (ギ ャ ル ゲ ー, gyarugē ), short for Gal game (ギ ャ ル ゲ ー ム, gyaru gēmu , English “girl's game”).

There is a large market for such games in Japan, but a large part of the games is produced and distributed by fans for fans (see Dōjinshi ), so that statistics on this vary greatly. They often belong to the genres Ren'ai Adventure , Ren'ai Simulation / Dating Sim or Visual Novel . As in other media of Japanese pornography , the themes of Futanari , Lolicon / Shotacon and anthropomorphic or fantasy figures can appear in some games.

Well-known representatives include:

literature

  • Rüdiger Boschmann: sex game. Devotion and ecstasy. 1971.
  • Paul G Nixon, Isabel K .: Sex in the Digital Age. Düsterhöft, 2017.
  • Denyse Beaulieu: Sex Game Book: A Cultural History of Sexuality. Perseus Distribution, 2007.

Web links

Wiktionary: Sex game  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

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