…is hardly the right way to do sex ed. I can’t help but think this idea is just dumb. Let me try and transport myself back to my teen years….Yup, I’m pretty sure I would have thought it was dumb back then, too:
If players get a question wrong, the Sperminator shoots their character with sperm, but if the question is answered correctly, their character uses a “condom shield” to shoot the sperm back at the Sperminator. A “Myths Maniac” also addresses and dispels faulty sexual information teens often hear at school or from friends.
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Brigitte adds: Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwww!!!!
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Nothing says parental love like give your kids a pornographic game at Christmas.
Yes, I’m sure all the cool kids will just be dying to play with the Sperminatory.
I would have been HORRIFIED if this game had been around when I was a teenager…and I would’ve been one of the ones at which the “message” was directed…
Seriously.. market research people???
It seems that nothing is too low these days to stoop to. I am sure that kids would want to be treated with more respect that this. Ditto Brigitte’s comment.
This is beyond ridiculous. My sons, now in their twenties, would never have played this with me, and my teen daughters would be repulsed by the premise, the characters, and everything else. From the description, I am at a loss as to how this promotes “safe” sex. Btw, I didn’t think the term “safe sex” was being used by health units anymore, having been replaced by the more accurate “safer sex”. Oh for crying out loud, just teach abstinence and then you don’t need to worry about this nonsense.
Yes, it’s dumb. It joins a long, long line of insulting attempts to educate children.
I’ve got a load up on the walls at the school I work at, educating them about online safety. The characters have names like ‘DZ Orbz,’ ‘Zoom’ and ‘Woosh.’ Even I feel insulted just being in the same room as them.
Looking at the title screen , I imagine a lot of teens will play it just for the laugh value of something so silly: http://healthunit.com/articlesIMG%5CSex-Squad-web-page-home-fin%5B1%5D.jpg
They might learn something, but nothing that couldn’t be presented in a fraction of the time with conventional means. And they’ll still feel insulted once the novelty wears off.
I just played this through. There is an option to play as a girl who wants to wait until marriage before losing the big V, but there’s also a question that says “Plan B is not an abortion pill.” That doesn’t sound quite right to me.
A problem with the myth method.
If you tell someone a myth, followed by the reason it’s not true… very often they’ll remember the myth, but not the following reason. It can spread the very misconceptions it’s supposed to oppose.