As American gamers across the land peruse the stores and online outlets for the hottest stocking stuffers, one company, D-Dub Software of Albuquerque NM, is hoping that by taking the initiative to try and prevent adult content from getting into the wrong hands it will have a leg up on its competition.
D-Dub's CEO 'Hod,' has been vocally frustrated with the apparent hypocrisy of the Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB) for putting the kibosh on his new Adults Only (AO) video game BoneTown.
"Since they’ve made it so that games like ours can’t be marketed and distributed through the channels other video games use, we are starting a new industry to get this game out to our customers."
D-Dub's solution has been to team up with Veratad to try and open up the adult video game channels by ensuring a more secure and robust ID verification system which it has implemented in its latest creation. D-Dub Software's proactive move utilizes Veratads system which is often used to confirm ID on many other age restricted products sold over the internet, such as alcohol and tobacco.
The label AO has traditionally been the kiss of death, commercially speaking, for the gaming industry as the major chain outlets refuse to stock the XXX rated titles and the big three gaming hardware manufacturers: Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft have all refused to license it for their systems.
No prizes for guessing what the predominant content in BoneTown is about, (to my surprise it has nothing to do with archeology), but it does include a hilarious digitized version of Mr porn himself, Ron Jeremy as well as many other colorful characters.
The game itself seems, at least from the promo clip, to be completely tasteless with masses of drug references and copious amounts of gratuitous sex and violence. Think of drug crazed version of Mike Judge's "King of the Hill" TV show. Ideal for the holiday season, I hear you say, but alas for some reason the adult gaming industry continues to be singled out for discrimination and the constant ire of the ERSB who seem to be intent on banning these types of games. This approach is definitely not consistent with the governance of other forms of adult entertainment.
The game is available online for $39.99 as a download or $49.99 in a box to those over the age of 18. It is also available—so I'm told—from adult stores across the land.
WARNING: The clip below is a promo video taken from YouTube, but I should warn you, especailly if you are easily offended that the language is extremely crude and it is completely politically incorrect in every way, but they have toned down the visuals to a 'T' for Teen, rating or maybe at most an 'M' for mature.