Hello everyone, A teaser on the Onion's AV Club just alerted me that our own Laine Nooney has published a fascinating article in The Atlantic showcasing her work on the history of Sierra Online's early Softporn Adventure (later remade as Leisure Suit Larry). I was lucky enough to comment on this material when she presented it at SIGCIS-sponsored session during the SHOT 2012 meeting in Copenhagen. Laine also served on our workshop organizing committee earlier this year. http://www.avclub.com/article/read-how-first-erotic-video-game-presaged-cult ure--212483 http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/12/the-odd-history-of-the -first-erotic-computer-game/383114/?single_page=true As Laine explains, the Softporn advertising shoot featured a bounty of naked women (all Sierra employees) in a hot tub with a butler and a computer. In contrast I recall Larry itself, played with my fellow interns during the lunch break at a small computer company in 1990, as curiously reluctant to engage in wish fulfillment or titillation. The pathetic antihero spent the game squandering money in a depressing environment humorously attempting with little success to score. Also no onscreen nudity. Checking an online walkthrough suggests that it was necessary to get married to complete the game! No consequence-free hot tub orgy for you. Also great: her quoted characterization of the computer as a "sexless tool". Best wishes, Tom