Sex sells. There’s probably no doubt about it, even in the most conservative of minds.

Porn and Pong has two of the hottest controversies that are NOT the current economic crisis our world is facing and tackles them in a pretty good way.

It’s funny. When I was talking withsome friends about reading about a book about sex in videogames, the only game people would mention would be Grand Theft Auto. None of the people who I talked this with would think about Lara Croft, or good old Custer’s Revenge or Leisure Suit Larry.

Some of us remembered the Nintendo Seal, however, being…what? 10 -15 years old, we just thought it was a quality (as in things done perfectly) seal and not a quality (where games are for the whole family, and not just for adults) seal that said “We, Nintendo, promise this is a safe game for the children”.

There’s probably so much sex in videogames that we barely pay attention to it. But that’s because Movies, Music and Television have also been piling it on in our faces, regardless of time or audience. Take as a very simple, unknown, example. My totally hot Blood Elf in World of Warcraft. Well, there are tons of those hot blood elves running around Azeroth, but, for someone “a little bit” more well known, how about Lara Croft, the first digital pinup for playboy?

I wish I was “legal” back in the times of Custer’s Revenge and Leisure Suit Larry. Imagine if those games were brought back! Sadly, with AO Ratings, all of these pieces of sexual history would never be sold.

I’m interested also, after reading a lot from Gamepolitics.com and other game related news sites, how weird people can be, with their “Think of the Children” attitude. I mean, you people get stressed just because the word “climax” was used in a videogame ad? Dearest…please go and give a nice, cold shower to your idiotic dirty mind.

So when people started seeing too much sex (really, is there something as too much sex?) and found out about a mod (that’s something that modifies a videogame) created by gamers let you see a sex scene in Grand Theft Auto, two things happened:

1. Parents got angry and scared

2. Someone called Jack Thompson

Nevermind that Grand Theft Auto is classified as Mature by the ESRB. Nevermind that a new game usually costs $40 – $60 dollars and kids usually don’t have that kind of money. Please, THINK OF THE CHILDREN because we’re seeing nudity in a Mature game.

Both industries are continuously growing. Videogames more than porn, though, and, little by little they will definitely become something as normal as Rock music and Comic books.

Yup. Just like those.