tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17116691.post115835741391268143..comments2023-04-27T08:25:36.578-05:00Comments on Non-Waterlogged Blog: Sex and violence in videogames and puzzlesMischahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13407982680863803373noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17116691.post-1158608824095913452006-09-18T14:47:00.000-05:002006-09-18T14:47:00.000-05:00Regarding the "sexualized violence" of Hitman: Blo...Regarding the "sexualized violence" of Hitman: Blood Money. I think this is a hypersensitive button for some people. When in the linked Gilded Lily post I read the phrase "sexual violence" in reference to the ad spread she quotes, I turn completely off to the rest of her argument. <BR/><BR/>Advertisers use sex in ads because it sells. You buy it. If we stop buying it, they'll stop using it. Myself, I don't see the real issue with the general case - certain publications excepted.<BR/><BR/>In the case of the Hit Man ads, if you're advertising a game about a hired killer, dead people probably make pleasing ad copy. I found the ad she reference tastefully chilling, and utterly appropriate to its context in a gamer's magazine.<BR/><BR/>Granted, all of this is coming off of seeing <I>This Film Has Not Yet Been Rated,</I> so there might be a stronger bias than is usual.Judsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17341038668224372624noreply@blogger.com