ExLibris wrote:Themes, yes. Ages, no. In the original version of Camping Trip, both Becky and Melissa were underage. It provoked a lot of discussion on aifarchive, and GB ended up releasing new versions that removed any references to their ages. Since then he's steered clear of that particular can of worms. If you've played SD3 you'll notice that he never mentions the ages of any of the characters. Likewise, in Meteor it's clear that Jenny is a high school senior, and jailbait Ashlee turns out to be an adult.
That said, the rules of this forum only prohibit images.
It's true that written references to characters age have disappeared from Goblinboy's games.
In games like "Camping Trip" and "School Dreams-3" we had underage girls with pretty developed bodies. In "Camping Trip" their ages were mentioned directly. In "School Dreams-3" ages were omitted.
Later, we can see a game like "Gift Of Phallius-3" where although the age is also omitted, in the picture, the character Asha has a preteen body.
But, again, it's a silly discussion. We are talking about an Adult Interactive Fiction game. It is fiction! It is for adults! If someone feels uneasy or offended either by the game theme or language or whatever, he/she can opt for not playing it. If someone is disturbed by reading about underage sex he/she can avoid reading Nabokov's "Lolita". But it is nonsense trying to ban "Lolita" from libraries.
