I Feel The Earth Move Under My Feet!

I freely admit to being a bit of a geek, and although I haven't quite stepped over into playing a games console (unlike Andrew D, but he has an excuse!), a lot of the news I read includes information on new upcoming video games.

One hotly anticipated newcomer is Mass Effect. The gameplay is supposed to be pretty cool, but it has gained some degree of notoriety because of the inclusion of a "raunchy lesbian love scene". Now, I'm not sure which planet these journalists are on, but the scene, reproduced in its full-but-totally-safe-for-work glory above, is about as raunchy as peeling a carrot (of course it depends on how you peel it, and whose carrot!)

One of the lesbians is in fact a blue alien, so I am not sure it necessarily counts as "lesbian" if one of the partners isn't human. The wooden acting and total absence of any passion whatsoever puts it in league with most straight porn involving two women, but I suppose the awkward dialogue ties in nicely with my own experiences of trying to get someone into the sack. Check out the ultra-cheesy Titanic moment at the end.

I'm sure Mass Effect beats most games where you run around trying to shoot things, but while playing a lesbian seems to be fairly acceptable in the male-dominated gaming arena, it would really be revolutionary if, in the game, you could also let your male character get some hot gay human-on-alien action. Than again, having seen what the male aliens look like, perhaps not.