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Curves and Angles

Leather Goddesses of Phobos – Released in 1986, this is an Infocom text adventure with some raunchy elements. They aren’t the main focus of the game, but that kind of thing is usually going to stand out. It’s mostly a campy … Continue reading

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Cubes Are for Squares

Spellbreaker – The last game in the Enchanted trilogy has a pretty good story, but there isn’t as much of a sense of exploration as in the previous two. The playable character, now head of the Circle of Enchanters, begins … Continue reading

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Spelling Class

Spellcasting 101: Sorcerers Get All the Girls – This was the first game released by Legend Entertainment, with Steve Meretzky from Infocom as the designer. It’s about a young man with an abusive stepfather who goes to wizard school, where … Continue reading

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Identifying Impurities

I was thinking recently about how bizarre the view on sex is in some religious communities. When I saw John Waters, he made a joke about how asexuals are just Catholics. It was funny, but from what I’ve gathered, asexuals … Continue reading

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Priestesses and Prostitutes

One rather controversial idea presented in a book I read recently was that temple prostitution didn’t actually exist. I’m not sure if she was referring just to the Arabian Peninsula, or proposing that it didn’t happen anywhere. There’s apparently a … Continue reading

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You Know What They Say About Guys with Big Blogs

I know Donald Trump and Marco Rubio discussing penis size at a debate is old news now, but it bothered me for more reasons than just the obvious one that it was crass, and I’m going to try to put … Continue reading

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I’m Insanely Jealous of the People That Aren’t Me

I am by no means an expert on relationships. I’ve only ever dated one person, and I’m the only person she’s dated as well. I have done and still do a lot of things wrong. That said, there are still … Continue reading

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Splitting the Adam

There are quite a few things I don’t really get about the Adam and Eve story, but one that I thought of recently involves the notion of being fruitful and multiplying. Actually, this isn’t part of the same story, but … Continue reading

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Fundamentalists on Fornication

This post on Slacktivist addresses some of the issues concerning the Duggars’ warped sense of morality, and that of fundamentalists in general. As another blogger puts it, fundamentalist sexual ethics can largely be summed up with two boxes, one for … Continue reading

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Arousing Advertising

It’s an old adage that sex sells, and we’ve been seeing examples of it for ages, some much more brazen than others. I’m sure you’ve all seen busty model Kate Upton advertising what appears to be another generic point-and-click phone … Continue reading

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