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February 12, 2006
Regina Lynn: Older and Softer Could Be Better
Regina Lynn's latest Sex Drive column on Wired.com is interesting from a game design perspective for a whole bunch of reasons.
For one, she points out how erotica targeted at women tends to be, well, dumbed down or softened. Is this a stereotype? An assumption that this is what women want?
. . . movies marketed to women and couples bored me to tears. I didn't want soft focus and cameras lingering down a woman's body. If I was going to rent a sex movie, I wanted to see sex.
Regina challenges these stereotypes and also encourages people to experiment and explore everything that's out there, from games to traditional hard core offerings.
It's our responsibility as sexual beings to experiment and open ourselves to ideas that might not have inspired us in the past. I think we owe it to ourselves and to each other, because the more fun we're willing to have with sex, the stronger our relationships will be.
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