There's more background on Free Lives' blog, but the joy of Genital Jousting is that, even if you're not especially interested in its underlying message, you still get to be a wang in a dress, play a bunch of silly penis-themed mini-games, and politely penetrate your friends.Īnd if that tickles your fancy, you can grab it for $6.99 USD / £5.19 on Steam.Yandere Simulator the big debate! Over a year ago now Yandere Simulator was banned from being streamed on gaming website Twitch, something of a crushing blow to Yandere Dev with the site rising in popularity every day it’s a great place for indie games to receive recognition, interest and ultimately much needed funding however were the guys over at Twitch correct in their view?Īs with all games the majority of us understand there is a difference between what happens in computer games and reality however as seen through the years along with movies they have often been blamed for copycat crimes and inciting violence from a personal view I’d say you’d have to be quite a twisted person or have a certain amount of desire to do harm to someone and perhaps to extent you could argue games and movies may be the trigger for that but the intent to do something harmful or evil purposefully must have always been within that person. In the early days of the project, we were highly motivated by the fact that Genital Jousting gave us a vehicle to have those discussions amongst ourselves." These are also the kinds of conversations we want to have with our friends, but as men, we've been socialized not to. "How do you feel about penises touching each other? Why do you feel that way? What about anal pleasure? These are the kinds of questions we hope the game can elicit. "We have feelings to explore, and things to say, and by wrapping them in a big joke, we're hoping to sneak some of our ideas past the watchful gaze of unsuspecting cis-het dudes." It's a comedy game, and a lot of the design is simply informed by what we think is funny, ridiculous or gross But we like to think of the game as a trojan horse - a way to deliver a sex positive message to an audience that might never get to hear it otherwise. As it explains in its developer blog, "Genital Jousting is undoubtedly a joke.
This fully-narrated escapade recounts the touching journey of John, a penis in search of a date for his high school reunion.Īs extraordinarily juvenile (and, yes, funny) as Genital Jousting frequently is, Free Lives readily admits that it designed the game in part to perhaps foster discussion around more serious issues. Somewhere along the way though, Genital Jousting gained a special romance mode for two players - in which potential soulmates can gently woo each other while picking roses, slurping spaghetti, bowling, and engaging in other seductive, sensuous activities - plus an honest-to-goodness story mode. Here, up to eight human-controlled wangs can battle it out across a surprisingly diverse range of maps and mini-games (with names like Double Delight, Obstacle Intercourse, and Weiner Round Up) for ultimate sausage supremacy, usually by frantically attempting to consensually penetrate their peers.
Last time I spent a few happy hours Genital Jousting, the focus was undoubtedly on its hilariously raucous Classic and Party modes.
Genital Jousting, developer Free Lives' delightfully puerile multiplayer cock-'em-up, has finally released on PC after 14 months in Early Access development.įor those unfamiliar with Genital Jousting, it's described as an "online and local multiplayer party game about flaccid penises and wiggly anuses".
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