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Debate over Mass Effect's nudity dubbed "SE"XBOX

Man oh man oh MAN I can't believe how angry I am. This video contains a debate between a psychologist and a video game reviewer over the explicit adult content included in Mass Effect, an critically acclaimed RPG for the xbox 360. The debate is short, and Mass Effect is lambasted for it's nudity. The news team then discusses how evil it is after the short debate is cut off.

Granted - this is an age where the previous generation has very little exposure to the myriad of games that are out there and what is involved. But damn, it's like this is fucking HOT COFFEE all over again.

I can see parents getting angry over Bully, Manhunt, and Grand Theft Auto - the premise of those games are primarily being bad! Here is the premise of mass effect:

"Mass Effect" will deliver an immersive, story-driven gameplay experience presented in a cinematic style with high production values, extraordinary levels of visual fidelity, incredible exploration and realistic digital actors. Players assume the role of an elite human Spectre agent, Commander Shepard, entrusted with keeping law and order in the galaxy. As they discover and explore the uncharted edges of the galaxy, they come closer to an overwhelming truth — learning that the placid and serene universe they know is about to come to a violent end and that they are the only being who can stop it.

He keeps law and order in the galaxy! Then a game with relatively less hype than Assassin's Creed, Halo 3, Call of Duty 4, and the other big brand games is getting tossed around as some evil presence - "My dad's video game" as described by the reporters here.

Yes - there is a sex scene in Mass Effect and you can tout it as being a bad influence on your kids. But seriously - there are much larger enemies in this world if you believe that. seriously!

And how the reporters just dished on it at the end like "I won't allow anything like that into my house" -- man it really killed me.

For those that didn't really care for the pro-video-game rant above, please appreciate the following photograph: