Barely legal? Strip poker hits Cingular phones
Found on CNet News on Wednesday, 05 January 2005
A tepid version of strip poker for cell phones is set to debut in the United States, and while there's no nudity--on the screen, at least-- the game's distributor is preparing for complaints that it stretches the boundaries of good taste.
Pfaff said the company is readying itself for a storm of indecency complaints. The U.S. version has been "toned down" from the one now available in Europe, where the virtual models are nude, due to more conservative U.S. attitudes towards nudity.
The U.S. version is "about as racy as a lingerie ad," Pfaff said.
What's so filthy about strip poker? Especially about a censored one. I remember more explicit games back on the Amiga, and nobody cared. Something like that wouldn't make me even shrug; let alone freaking out about nudity. Guess I'm not conservative enough.