Dearest CrunchGear readers: I recently had the honor and privilege of speaking to Karen Dyer, who is not only the voice of Sheva Alomar, from Resident Evil 5, but who also did said character’s motion capture. I hope you enjoy it on this day, our day of freedom.
Obviously, “K” is for Karen, and “N” is for Nicholas. With that…
N: Well, first off congratulations. Resident Evil 5 was a big hit. It sold something like 4 million copies.
K: That’s what I hear!
N: Excellent. But before we get into the game, I just wanted to bring up something I saw on your bio. It says here you’re known for your circus skills, and I just wanted to say how that awesome that is. And I wanted to ask, where do you study that? Because I don’t know if your average community college offers that type of training.
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K: You might get a juggling course, but maybe not everything that I do. I’ve actually been doing a bit of circus stuff for a while. I’ve been doing fire eating, breathing, twirling performance, stilts, juggling, walking ball, and aerial. It started off just kind of knowing the right people and hanging out with them, and then getting involved with different circus troupes and doing a little bit of circus myself. Now I’ve kind of created this alter ego, Eva La Dare, that I get to use as my sexy circus outlet, if you will. [Note: Here's a video of Eva La Dare in action. I'd say it's mildly NSFW because she's eating fire in a sort of exotic dance setting.]
The country’s lack of a video game rating that applies to games with content aimed at those 18 years of age or older — which does exist in Australian film ratings as R18+ — has long been a frustration for video game publishers. Games that would fall into that hypothetical category are currently denied classification and barred from sale at retail, effectively banning them.
Under the new internet filtering, detailed by communications minister Stephen Conroy (pictured right) it could also become impossible to obtain such games — labeled “RC,” for “refused classification” — through online means. According The Age, the filtering could apply to sites that have unclassified games for sale, for download, or playable in a browser.
“We’re rebooting Lara Croft…It’s a great origin story that we’re going to tell, a very character-oriented, I would say more realistic than the past Lara Croft movies…It’s not full-on action. I would say it’s like Terminator, it’s character driven action. For me, the Lara Croft games and movies have gone a little too action-oriented. I wanted to have action, but with character.”
LONDON – AUGUST 11: Former gymnast Alison Carroll, 23, is presented as the new face of computer game character Lara Croft at Pineapple Studios on August 11, 2008 in London, England.Image by Getty Images via Daylife
Here’s the case, made by Alexander Gambotto-Burke: In 2004, Playboy began publishing a yearly “Gaming grows up” feature showing video game heroines in the buff. But many of the games included in the issue have either reported huge losses or ceased production entirely.
Far from the porn-crazed sex ghouls they’re frequently portrayed as, male videogame players appear to be developing quite a potent resistance to exploitative, sex-based marketing practices. Indeed, even Lara Croft has given into this progressive zeitgeist: her breasts and lips have shrunk in recent years, and the rest of her body has been reduced to more anatomically feasible proportions. On cue, her critical stock has risen, and while the first two games in the post-2006 Tomb Raider revamp (Legend and Anniversary) sold unfavourably compared with past instalments, the latest, Underworld, is selling healthily after a lacklustre launch.
EA sent me a copy of The Godfather II for the PlayStation 3 last week. A Godfather trilogy fan, I was excited to see how the game would turn out.
After escaping from Cuba, I was ordained the Corleone family‘s New York boss and set out to take over some turf. The first place I was told to capture was a bordello. I had to make it clear to the owner, through violence, that I was now in-charge. After a short drive, I walked through the “front” business and proceeded into the brothel. I was greeted by a woman offering me sexual favors. But there was something special about this prostitute. Unlike the dozens I’d seen in the Grand Theft Auto series, this one was topless.
It wasn’t the first time a woman has been shown nude or partially nude in a video game. Nudity in gaming dates back all the way to the Atari 2600 when Mystique, a “Swedish Erotica” video game developer, started making adult titles for the console.
Ladies, you might want to rethink buying your bf a new Xbox game for his birthday. Listen to this: A new study found that a third of men would prefer to play video games rather than have sex with their partners. Even scarier stats: When newly released video games were thrown into the equation, the percent of men opting for virtual stimulation skyrocketed to 72 percent. Lame.
If men can find better things to do, we certainly can. So tell us, ladies, what’s more satisfying to you than doing the deed? Vote in our poll or write your own answers in the comments.
What’s even better? The game’s about losing your virginityand they managed to design a game in significantly less time than their fellow competitors.
Heather Kelley and Erin Robinson stepped in with only 36 hours to create a game after another competitor left the contest because the theme “your first time” was a little too risqué for her employer.
DIGITAL PLAYGROUND’S SUPERSTAR STOYA™ TESTS NEW XBOX GAME FOR G4
News release: March 4, 2009 — VAN NUYS, Calif. — Stoya™, Digital Playground‘s porcelain contract star, was the first choice by G4tv.com to test the latest title for Microsoft‘s Xbox Live Community channel. The video review featuring Stoya evaluating the new Xbox Live user designed and developed game Rumble Massage is rapidly being posted by top gaming and lifestyle sites all over the Internet, like Gizmodo.com, Kotaku.com, and N4G.com. Stoya, the year’s unanimous pick for Best New Starlet, lends a savvy, intelligent persona to the adult industry—traits which make her a favorite among the gamer community. “G4tv.com chose Digital Playground star Stoya to review the Xbox Live Community game Rumble Massage because she possesses true gamer skills and tech knowledge, plus she is the definition of Nerd Chic,” says G4tv.com Sr. Interactive Content Producer Frank Meyer. “It turned out to be a good call, as the video is blowing up in the Internet and getting picked up everywhere.”
Lux Alptraum, Editor of Fleshbot.com, one of the first sites to pick up the video of Stoya off of G4tv.com says, “At Fleshbot, we love Stoya because she’s the total package: brains, beauty, and yes, a whole lot of geek cred all packed into one hot, porn star body. The G4 video is just more proof that Stoya’s not playing at being a geek girl—she genuinely loves games and gadgets—which, not surprisingly is why so many gamers and gadget geeks lover her back.”
“Fans of Digital Playground and our contract stars like Stoya appreciate the tech-forward vision of our websites and the company as a whole,” states Farley Cahen, Digital Playground’s VP of New Media. “From our innovative members sites, which are accessible on a computer, PS3, and iPhone, to our BD-Live offerings inside our Blu-ray™ discs, Digital Playground delivers the hottest girls in the highest quality on any web-enabled device. Also, techies tend to gravitate to us because our girls are themselves educated on the newest, revolutionary ways to reach their fans.”
Stoya says, “The guys at G4 were super awesome! While Rumble Massage requires a bit more work in the developing room, it was an interesting attempt to sex up the Xbox. I hope G4 has some other unique gadgets they would like me to try out.”
About Stoya™:
Stoya™ is original, outrageous, and all natural. With striking features and porcelain skin, this tall and slender 22-year-old beauty is chipping away at the common misconceptions regarding the adult industry and sexual perceptions as a whole. Stoya’s youthful, pristine body envelops an old soul and intellectual mind. She is a rare combination of book and street smarts. Starring in adult films for Digital Playground allows Stoya to explore every inch of her body on camera. She’s discovered that there are no limits in sex or life. In 2008 Stoya achieved a unanimous sweep of best new performer awards, including the coveted AVN Best New Starlet and XBIZ New Starlet of the Year. Each day brings new sexual fulfillment to the luminous Stoya, who continues to live without a script. For more information on Stoya, visit www.StoyaXXX.com or http://tinyurl.com/stoyabio
About G4TV.com:
G4tv.com is the top web destination for the latest news, original videos, reviews, trailers, cheats, and information on gaming, plus technology, gadgets, and internet culture for today’s digital generation. G4′s Multiplex also includes G4 Mobile, G4 Podcasts, G4 On Demand, G4 Video Player, G4 Wii Portal, and G4 PS3 Portal. For more information, visit www.g4tv.com
About Digital Playground:
Digital Playground is the world leader in adult filmmaking and interactive formats boasting the largest HD library available. Since the Company’s inception in 1993, Digital Playground has earned over 200 awards, currently garners more than 80% of high definition sales within the adult market, and is a leading provider of Blu-ray™ titles, with 25% of the market. Female owned and operated, Digital Playground emphasizes quality first, employing fastidiously high production values in erotic film for women, men and couples. Digital Playground’s commitment to excellence, innovative technology, brilliant full-length productions and exclusive Contract Stars are the secrets to its success and makes Digital Playground the most highly demanded supplier of content for hotel, IPTV, cable, pay-per-view and mobile networks worldwide. For more information, visit www.digitalplayground.com
Yes boy and girls, NC-17 content has just hit the App Store. And here I thought Apple employees were a bunch of prudes for removing applications with pictures of scantily clad women. But now, while the floodgates may not exactly be open to all types of adult content — Apple has said in the past that it would keep explicit sexual material out of the App Store — there appears to be some new places that Apple is allowing developers to explore.
Specifically, Apple lists the following warnings on the page for Amateur Surgeon:
Rated 17+ for the following:
Frequent/Intense Mature/Suggestive Themes
Infrequent/Mild Horror/Fear Themes
Frequent/Intense Profanity or Crude Humor
Frequent/Intense Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
Infrequent/Mild Sexual Content or Nudity
Infrequent/Mild Realistic Violence
Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References
You’ll note that both “nudity” and “drug use” make that list. Just how far Apple is going to allow developers to take those two often prickly issues remains to be seen. After all, Amateur Surgeon is a comedy game with cartoon graphics — real blood, violence, sex or drug use may still cross the line.
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