Playboy Game Unveiled [Dec 11, 2002, 12:43 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
ARUSH Entertainment announces
that production is underway on a game that
sounds like it could be titled "Playboy Tycoon" (of course, you'll
only play it for the articles). Here's the deal:
The first Playboy- branded game, which will be playable on multiple platforms including PC, Sony PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Xbox consoles, is targeted to be in stores in 2004.
The game, which is based on the world-builder simulation genre of video games, will allow players to walk in the slippers of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, establishing and building the Playboy empire and living the ultimate Playboy lifestyle.
You ever play Leisure Suit Larry? Pretty funny series, though not exactly A+ material. And guess what? ALL about sex.
Not to mention that the attraction of games is as widely varied as the attraction of film: You see some movies, say Bowling For Columbine, to get your thoughts moving. Others you see for the sheer style (Femme Fatale, maybe), or even just because you want to see a predictable genre flick (any one of the recent action/comedy/romantic comedy releases). Similarly, not all games have the same draws. I'd hardly call the draw of a story-driven game like Grim Fandango or Baldur's Gate 'mastering the system'.
It's not that sex has no place in games, it's just that publishers these days are too juvenile to incorporate sex into a game without making a huge deal about it. I recall a big brouhaha over Citizen Kabuto, about the Delphi character not wearing a top. Putting the top on didn't exactly detract from gameplay, but neither did having the top off. I, for one, would rather experience the product the way the designers intended it.
Not to mention that the attraction of games is as widely varied as the attraction of film: You see some movies, say Bowling For Columbine, to get your thoughts moving. Others you see for the sheer style (Femme Fatale, maybe), or even just because you want to see a predictable genre flick (any one of the recent action/comedy/romantic comedy releases). Similarly, not all games have the same draws. I'd hardly call the draw of a story-driven game like Grim Fandango or Baldur's Gate 'mastering the system'.
It's not that sex has no place in games, it's just that publishers these days are too juvenile to incorporate sex into a game without making a huge deal about it. I recall a big brouhaha over Citizen Kabuto, about the Delphi character not wearing a top. Putting the top on didn't exactly detract from gameplay, but neither did having the top off. I, for one, would rather experience the product the way the designers intended it.
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