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Porn & Pong: How Grand Theft Auto, Tomb Raider and other Sexy Games Changed Our Culture 1st Edition, Kindle Edition

by Damon Brown (Author), Jon M. Gibson (Foreword) Format: Kindle Edition
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“A stimulating look at two of today’s most controversial subjects. . . . Sure to amaze and titillate anyone who’s ever hoisted a videogame controller.”—CNN Tech Correspondent Scott Steinberg

No book until Porn & Pong has explored how pornography and video games have influenced America’s sexual mores and technological compulsions on a massive scale.

The first Atari systems and their phallic joysticks began to sell by the million along with the rise of the VCR and the modern porn industry. Reality TV skyrocketed the same year as The Sims, and the surgically endowed Pamela Anderson was only outshined by one other woman: Lara Croft.

Porn & Pong’s publication comes at the time of the release of several highly anticipated adult-oriented games, including a new Leisure Suit Larry, Tomb Raider, and the sequel to the most controversial video game of all time, Grand Theft Auto. Author Damon Brown examines how politics, hidden agendas, and financial pressure affect the controversial art forms of gaming and pornography.

Damon Brown writes for Playboy, Spin, New York Post, and the Inspector Gadget column for PlanetOut, the largest gay and lesbian website.

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Brown, a journalist for Playboy and The New York Post, maps the course of sex in video games from the Atari era to the present in this slim, fun read. Asserting that video games fulfill the cultural need for "dark sexual thrills," Brown's roving (occasionally rambling) exploration looks at the young medium in context and finds that, even in its infancy, video games were already as influential, potentially dangerous, and worthy of dissection as any other art. The first mainstream porno game, 1982's "Custer's Revenge" for the Atari 2600, spurred debate over the non-consensual nature of its crudely depicted virtual sex, culminating in crowds of protesters, lawsuits against the publisher, and the sexual assault of a Native American woman by thugs verbally invoking the game. Despite his graphic description of games many may find abhorrent, Brown comes off as neither a libertarian geek nor a moral custodian, and he keeps his history lively with personalities like Toby Gard, designer of video gaming's all-time "It Girl," Lara Croft. The talented programmer's admission that "maybe subconsciously, Lara Croft was my sister" is just one of the quirky insights Brown unearths, revealing the digital artistry and skewed lust that fuel the industry's ever-expanding reach: in erotic content, artistic merit and culture at large.
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About the Author

Damon Brown is an author for Playboy, Spin, New York Post and many other publications. Among his books are The Pocket Idiot's Guide to the IPhone, The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Satellite Radio and The Pocket Idiot's Guide to the IPod.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B002SN9U9Y
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Feral House; 1st edition (September 1, 2008)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 1, 2008
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3412 KB
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Damon Brown (damonbrown.net) helps side hustlers, solopreneurs, and other non-traditional creatives bloom. A best-selling author and 4x TED Speaker, Damon co-founded the popular platonic connection app Cuddlr and led it to acquisition within a year, all while being the primary caretaker of his infant first son. He now guides others through his consulting/coaching (www.damonbrown.net), M/W/F #BringYourWorth show (www.youtube.com/browndamon) and long-running Inc. Magazine column (incdamonbrown.com).

Damon is author of the best-selling series The Ultimate Bite-Sized Entrepreneur and his most recent, Build From Now: How to Know Your Power, See Your Abundance & Nourish the World.

You can now preorder his next book, Career Remix: Get the Gig You Want with the Skills You've Got (available January 2022), take his free best creative resources quiz at http://www.buildfromnowquiz.com, and subscribe to his free #BringYourWorth show at http://youtube.com/browndamon.

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J. Brown
5.0 out of 5 stars Sex Ed
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2009
Well, let me start by saying that when I first heard about this book, I was expecting to read about how bad sex in games is, or some other crap that you might hear from people like Jack Thompson. I even expected it to be pretty boring. But I decided to take a chance and get it, and let me say that I was pleasantly surprised. It is very educational and entertaining. Now while it is a good book for people to read, I would not recommend it to anyone under 18 for the plain fact that it does in fact contain some adult oriented pictures. I know my review is not very informational, but I do recommend this book. It talks about the origin of sex in video games, as well as a small history of the video game industry.
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Jesse J. Covey
4.0 out of 5 stars Well done and we’ll researched, but too short
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2022
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This book is definitely NSFW. It’s a great history of the parallels between video game technology and porn videos and how they shaped the politics of sex and media.
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R. Taylor
5.0 out of 5 stars Thoughtful and well-written
Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2008
A thoughtful, in-depth look at sexuality in the gaming world. Is it so very different from Las Vegas? Advertising? The voyeurism of movies? Do these things shape us or are they a manifestation of our collective urgings? Mr. Brown has a way of holding up the mirror to our most private selves and in allowing us to provide that answer, keeps us from retreating to an earlier comfort zone. Well written, as is most any offering by this author.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Se lit comme un roman
Reviewed in France on June 7, 2019
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J'ai lu ce livre d'une traite, il est passionnant. Une histoire de la relation entre le sexe et le jeu vidéo. Passionnant.
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Roman C
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on July 27, 2015
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Great book. Used it as a reference for an essay I had to write.
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