My Nordic Game Jam 2025 Presentation
Making the world a better place with Adult Games
While Adult Games are one of the fastest growing segments of the video game industry, they also represent an amazing opportunity to provide a freedom of sexual exploration unmatched in the history of human civilization. Join Annie as she talks about the social and societal benefits of adult games as well as some of the unique challenges faced with adult game development.
Links and Citations:
Does playing violent video games cause aggression? A longitudinal intervention study
Do Angry Birds Make for Angry Children? A Meta-Analysis of Video Game Influences on Children’s and Adolescents’ Aggression, Mental Health, Prosocial Behavior, and Academic Performance
Much ado about nothing: The misestimation and overinterpretation of violent video game effects in Eastern and Western nations: Comment on Anderson et al. (2010).
Effects of Violent Video Games on Aggressive Behavior, Aggressive Cognition, Aggressive Affect, Physiological Arousal, and Prosocial Behavior: A Meta-Analytic Review of the Scientific Literature
Violent video game effects on aggression, empathy, and prosocial behavior in Eastern and Western countries: A meta-analytic review.
Violent Video Games Cause an Increase in Aggression Long After the Game Has Been Turned Off
Sexual fetishes: sensations, perceptions, and correlates
Sexual desire for non-normative sexual behaviors: differences between centennials and millennials considering sexual orientation
Relative prevalence of different fetishes
Sexual Deviance and Society: Section on Fetishes
Taboo or Temptation? The desire that dares not to speak. Exploring the Enigmatic word of perception of fetishism in Pakistan
The prevalence rate of sexual violence worldwide: a trend analysis
Trends in the Prevalence and Characteristics of Sexual Violence: A Cohort Analysis
Reported forcible rape rate in the United States from 1990 to 2023
Pornography and Sexual Aggression: Can Meta-Analysis Find a Link?
The relationship between social desirability bias and self-reports of health, substance use, and social network factors among urban substance users in Baltimore, Maryland
Nonconsensual Porn as a Form of Intimate Partner Violence: Using the Power and Control Wheel to Understand Nonconsensual Porn Perpetration in Intimate Relationships
Recognizing Connections Between Intimate Partner Sexual Violence and Pornography
Problematic Pornography Use: Legal and Health Policy Considerations
Projekt SEXUS
Male-Centric and Female-Centric Pornography
Consumption: Relationship With Sex Life and
Attitudes in Young Adults
Pornography Consumption, Modality and Function
in a Large Internet Sample
What Types of Pornography Do People Use and Do
They Cluster? Assessing Types and Categories of
Pornography Consumption in a Large-Scale Online
Sample
Next stop, Pleasure Town: Identity transformation and women's
erotic consumption
Women’s Rape Fantasies: An Empirical Evaluation of the Major Explanations
The Nature of Women's Rape Fantasies: An Analysis of Prevalence, Frequency, and Contents
Otome Games Market Trends and Growth 2025
Homosexual foot fetishism
Body image and Self-Objectification in a Confucian Cultural Context: Self-Representation and Consumption of Desirable Feet on Douyin (TikTok) in China
The Literary Darknet of Independent Publishing
The Image of Amusement Arcades and Differences in Male and Female Video Game Playing
Boys' Love and Female Friendships: The Subculture of Yaoi as a Social Bond between Women
Victim reactions in aggressive erotic films as a factor in violence against women
Mass media sexual violence and male viewers: Current theory and research.
Rape fantasies as a function of exposure to violent sexual stimuli
Six dimensions of sexual disgust
Examining How Sex Appeal Cues and Strength Cues Influence Impressions of Female Video Game Characters
International Furry Survey: Summer 2011
Tolerance, Dissenting Beliefs, and Cultural Diversity
Comments (10)
How did the question period go?
I think I did poorly, but we'll see what they end up posting.
by the way, and i don't know if this is off topic, but one thing i always wanted to know about is how to invest in adult games. like if you want to help fund or advertise them
Depends on what kind of outcome you're looking for. There is more passive support like funding a game through this platform. As for advertising, paying a Streamer seems to be the most effective way. Like I shared a picture of a Mango Party game on a bus, but I'm not sure that is effective advertising. I mean it was cool.
so many wonderful citations, someone raised you right. Also, great presentation I hope you get some converts!
Thanks! This was a lot of work!
amazing work, Annie. we need more voices out there talking about this subject. i can only speak for myself, but i found viewing adult content when i was younger taught me to be more open minded sexually and more open to alternative sexualities like LGBT sexuality and what not. maybe that's why some don't want people to view it?
It is hard to say. There is so much research in this space where the main conclusion is, "We need to study this a lot more."
Thanks for your work🫡
My pleasure!