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02-08-2010, 12:48 PM
http://www.1up.com/media?id=3787443&type=lgIt's been a couple years, but maybe you remember the ridiculous fake controversy (http://www.techtalkboards.com/do/newsStory?cId=3165591) that erupted on Fox News after the first Mass Effect (http://www.techtalkboards.com/do/gameOverview?cId=3144257) was released, where they flagrantly misrepresented the game's sex scenes as being hardcore with full-frontal nudity. Well members of BioWare's forums remember, and one asked (http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/103/index/996475/1) the developer point blank if fear of another controversy led them to tone down the sex scenes in Mass Effect 2 (http://www.techtalkboards.com/do/gameOverview?cId=3170362). BioWare's answer: No.
"It's kinda funny that this topic keeps coming up over and over again," said BioWare's Stanley Woo, responding to the charge in the forum post (via (http://www.cinemablend.com/games/BioWare-Defends-Mass-Effect-2-s-Lack-Of-Side-Boob-22724.html) Cinemablend). "People who claim to be old enough and mature enough to handle sex and nudity in a game seem to believe that any lack of sex and nudity in the game is a sign of self-censorship. They generally don't believe that a game can be called 'mature' without explicit sex and/or nudity."
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"It's kinda funny that this topic keeps coming up over and over again," said BioWare's Stanley Woo, responding to the charge in the forum post (via (http://www.cinemablend.com/games/BioWare-Defends-Mass-Effect-2-s-Lack-Of-Side-Boob-22724.html) Cinemablend). "People who claim to be old enough and mature enough to handle sex and nudity in a game seem to believe that any lack of sex and nudity in the game is a sign of self-censorship. They generally don't believe that a game can be called 'mature' without explicit sex and/or nudity."
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