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In her latest “Sex Drive” column, Wired’s sex reporter, Regina Lynn, tackles cybersex, those looking to mix it more heavily with another popular online activity, gaming, and those resistant to the whole idea, namely most gamers and most cybersex…ers. We’re apparently holding back the free spirits by laughing at their demands to put dongs on orcs.

From what I’ve seen in blogs and forums, “real” gamers scoff at sex games. “Go watch porn,” they say, sardonic and superior. Games are serious, cybersex is not, and combining the two is just another example of the entertainment industry not getting it.

Well, if anyone is predisposed to putting something in someone’s mouth, even if it’s words, it’s a sex columnist. But listen, Regina: no matter if you’re a sore loser or not, deep down we all know games aren’t serious. That’s why they’re called games.

As far as the entertainment industry not getting it, well, yeah, but neither do you. See, just because the word “sex” is in the word “cybersex” doesn’t mean they’re the same thing. One is something that’s universal, and the other is a straight-up fetish. And you don’t cater to a fetish by mixing it with something ancillary and big-budget.

You’re in essence saying that all the S&M grocery stores don’t stock as much stuff as Kroger, but if they did they’d see huge success. I know that fantasy is an overactive component of the cybersexer’s psyche, but there’s fantasy and then there’s just plain wishful thinking.

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