Japan censors Baldurs Gate 3
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Oh bullshit.
Yes, graphically things are very different now, but I came of age in the 80s and 90s and there was plenty of downloadable porn, pornographic games, etc. The early days of the Internet were wild.
I played a Star Trek text adventure game where you could fuck Troi, explicitly.
Before the Internet, there was a local BBS (does anyone remember those) with two phones lines--most only had one--that you could dial in on that had degenerate shit, super tame by today's standards, but pictures, stories, games, etc.
Leisure Suit Larry? From the 80s. https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/romancing-the-code-the-hooker-scene-in-leisure-suit-larry
The same as BG3/Witcher sex scenes? Nope, but this shit has only grown with the technology. It's been there since early days.
Bruh. I'm talking about mass market games, not schizo porn off Limewire and dodgy Geocities sites. 95% of kids were not aware of text ""games"" where you could diddle Troi
AND EVEN THEN
the exposure of the mass market is a totally different scale than the porn you could search on the internet. Exposure to porn is one of the most time-honored groomer tactics in the book. I wonder why the market developed this way?
Bruh, you may or may not be old enough to remember, but this shit was easily and widely available.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softporn_Adventure
Leisure Suit Larry was in every Egghead, Babbages, Funco, etc around. It was mainstream, by one of the most mainstream and family-friendly companies out there.
Why did the Romans have pornographic artwork. Why did most cultures around the world. Because people are nasty, horny, beasts who like looking at titties.
If left to our own devices, people want to fuck and and look at titillating things. Culture needs to fight against that. My beef is with your recency bias. This is NOT NEW.
You're acting like Leisure Suit Larry was a household name in gaming. I think we all know that's not the case.
Exposure and normalization of porn TO CHILDREN. Don't be obtuse.
I mean if we're being technical I don't think the Romans made any delineation between kids and adults seeing sexual artwork, even where they did have censors visiting houses. I recall reading some families had giant phalluses on the kitchen table "to promote fertility".
LSL was a household name but was explicitly marketed to adults. Your overall point about the shift in culture is correct, despite the fringe exceptions KeeperOfTheGate brings up.