I'm a big fan of nudity in games, as I am of nudity in most situations.
I like how it helps push us past this last, weird, Puritan taboo this country has about sex and body image and all that. Never afraid of courting a little controversy if it gets them a lot of free press (you're soaking in it), Rockstar Games has included some genuine, unabashed, in your face full frontal nudity in the new download-able episode for Grand Theft Auto IV. What's particularly brilliant: They're not using it to titilate — no tits at all in fact, just some jack-ass businessman getting a massage while he wheels and deals with a biker gang. It's meant to make teeneage dudes uncomfortable, and it works great on that front.
Want to see for yourself? Of course you do. Follow the jump.
This article appears in Feb 18-24, 2009.