Disclaimer: The opinions expressed within this column are those of the participants and the moderator, and do not necessarily reflect those of the GIA. I normally don't include a hidden message, but what the heck, I might as well tonight. Someone sent in a letter about them, so I figure I'd best oblige him. There is coarse language and potentially offensive material afoot.

Thanks goes out to Fritz for filling in for Drew on short notice on Friday. Fritz will be back for more fun on Monday, but right now you have me. And since Fritz brought up the sex in videogames thing, I suppose I'll have to comment on it. Joy.

Sex will sell just about anything. I read somewhere once that many technological advances, including VCRs, camcorders, computers, and the Internet had been driven by the strong interest in the innovations they brought to the pornography industry. One exception, to this point, has been the console gaming industry. There are relatively few adult-themed games, and even fewer (none?) full-blown pornographic games.

Bringing nudity into games is likely inevitable, but for now I don't forsee it happening very often. A very large percentage of the video game market is in little kiddies, and no one wants to alienate them (and their parents) at this point.

You and Fritz have sick minds, Vera. I don't approve. I prescribe watching Mary Poppins over and over until your mind explodes.

Mr. Allan Milligan has been, as we in the web-page industry say it, doing "behind the scenes" stuff. In other words, he sends a bitching email every few days and tells Drew and I to quit being dumb.

In all seriousness, he's been extremely busy with things unrelated to the GIA, and as such has been taking time off from it. He'll be starting college up in Canada very soon, too, making him more busy. Don't be surprised if you see him pop up every now and then, though.

Those graphing calculators can be a godsend during a boring class, but unfortunately every teacher/professor I've ever had has been on to the fact they allow you to cheat. As such, I've had to go through Calculus I and II without any electronic help. Bummer and a half, man.

The games are cool, though... but about as easy to get away with as playing a Gameboy in class, in most cases. Unless of course your teacher is a bit behind the times.

Your highness, I would like to thank you for choosing to visit this humble site. I am sure that you are very busy and only have time to visit a select few sites, especially since your pornography-hunting habits take up most of your time. As such, I would like to again thank you. Everyone, in case you want to email the king, just drop him a line at... nah. I wouldn't do that to him.

Did you forget your medication? And where would the Internet be without the letter X? We would have to have YYY-rated sites. Yawn. Another good use of the letter is Xenogears, of course! Just don't mention that to Fritz...

And as an aside, Brian Glick is in fact a large cyborg set on this planet to save the world. Unfortunately, he was placed in Canada, so he spends his time as a logger and saying the word "eh". Oh well.

Closing Comments

I'll be back for more fun tomorrow. Consider it Free Topic Sunday. Just email me your questions about anything, from Brian Glick's shoe size to questions about FF8's junction system.

Until next time,

-Andrew Kaufmann