# How come video games and porn have not been successfully combined?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-video-games-and-porn-have-not-been-successfully-combined/650684>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [February 18, 2013, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-video-games-and-porn-have-not-been-successfully-combined/650684 "2013-02-18T11:02:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-video-games-and-porn-have-not-been-successfully-combined/650684/41 "2013-02-21T16:19:16Z")

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> [@DocCathode](#):
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> second sentence in the OP.

Read it too fast. Sorry.

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**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-video-games-and-porn-have-not-been-successfully-combined/650684/42 "2013-02-22T06:16:16Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> For purposes of what collides with what, most games treat a person and whatever they’re holding as just a vertical cylinder.

Isn’t this the basic premise of porn as well? 😉

> [@Acsenray](#):
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> To the chagrin of Linden Labs, I believe, Second Life has basically become an interactive porn game.

Wow, you’re not kidding. The splash page (as it were) [shows](http://secondlife.com/) a nymph falling out her diaphanous clothing.

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**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-video-games-and-porn-have-not-been-successfully-combined/650684/43 "2013-02-22T13:47:52Z")

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> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#):
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> Isn’t this the basic premise of porn as well? 😉

No, in pron it’s a horizontal cylinder. 🙂

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