

There were many tears, half of them from me. She actually wanted me to take away her phone, the portal to this hurt. She felt like it had actually happened to her in real life. The virtual world is so real to our kids. She shared a lot about how she was feeling as a result of this experience that made me want to weep and weep. She opened up, and told me about the things that appear in apps. Unfortunately, it was my kid who filled me in … I suddenly found myself looking into the tearful eyes of one of my babies who was telling me that, not only was this kid playing Minecraft when she saw this, but she was also propositioned in this “creative mode” room by another player … This child was crushed. Take a minute to Google “Minecraft + sex mod.” I’ll wait … not only did my brain explode, but my heart did as well. To read more about the history (and not-so-perplexing ubiquity) of the nude mod, check out “Stripping Down the Nude Mod” in Issue 238 of The Escapist.On 21 October 2016 a parenting blog published an editorial penned by a guilt-ridden mother about her purported discovery of “sex mods” for the massively popular Minecraft sandbox video game: Finally, pictures of this last project find their way online, where some images are re-censored because think of the children. Then another patch is invented to dress- up these already undressed bodies with the various bits that the creators omitted. So a patch is created that removes this blur, revealing featureless Barbie-doll bodies. These daily lives might sometimes involve stripping down, at which point the characters’ naughty bits are discreetly covered with a blur effect. You start with little people living out their daily lives. Take a game like The Sims, which capitalizes on this dress-up dynamic. And as Brendan Main explores in Issue 238 of The Escapist, they’re frequently included in fan-made patches of various games to get us questing along in a sea of naked breasts – though the implementation thereof can sometimes be a bit… odd.Ĭertain cases reveal a delightful absurdism. They’re taboo objects of desire, which explains our fascination with celebrity nipslips. Sometimes, they’re illegal … depending on where you are in the world. Humans have a weird relationship with our bodies – specifically, our naked bodies. From “Nude Raider” to The Sims to Oblivion, gamers have always been interested in getting their characters to take off their clothes – or at least to look like it.
