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Gaming and Porn go Hand in Hand

There is a great deal of overlap between the two key demographics that drive the most progress in the world of entertainment technology: serious porn enthusiasts and gamers. This probably comes as no surprise, seeing as the two forms of media feed into each other quite a bit. Both are ways to pass the time when you are spending some ‘you’ time at home. Both involve a certain affinity for computers. And both feed into the realm of fantasy. Whether you are playing video games or watching porn produced by your favorite sites, the act is one of slipping away into a different world. Whether that world is one driven by lust and desire or one driven by whimsy and the thirst for adventure is entirely dependent on one’s mood. Traditionally speaking, though, these two parallel portals to alternative states of existence and experience have been, for the most part, separate indulgences. Until more recently. Within the last 20 years or so, there has been a huge merger between the worlds of gaming and adult entertainment. And, unsurprisingly, this marriage of these two formerly disparate leisure activities has been a smooth and seamless one. Every day, it seems, a new pornographic game lands on the web. But that is not the only way in which we have seen a crossover between video games and porn. Virtual Reality technology was initially thought to be the ultimate application for video games. When people first began developing VR, it was believed that it would find the most success in that industry. It was designed, it seems, with gaming in mind. As the years passed, however, the tech seemed to fall short of expectations in that field. It was, in fact, the porn industry that has expanded and driven the push for better VR applications the most. VR porn today is as common (and as immersive) as people thought VR gaming would be by now. And, of course, we are on the brink of the age of VR porn games, too, which will finally complete the combination of the gaming and porn worlds, once and for all.

What Makes a Good Porn Game?

For now, though, there are many sites on the web that are dedicated to porn games … for those of us who love adult entertainment just as much as we love the challenge and mental stimulation that gaming can provide. Why should these two be separate? Why not please the body and the mind at the same time? There are countless game designers out there who subscribe to that very philosophy and, thus, spend their time and utilize their talents to blur the lines between gaming and porn even further. But the question, of course, remains … which free porn game site is right for you? In order to answer that question, you will first have to consider a few other prerequisite concerns. For one, are you looking to find one game that you download and play offline, or would you prefer to find a sort of pornographic Steam, from which you can access hundreds of different games in one convenient location? Secondly, when it comes to porn gaming, do you prefer a challenge or a sexual simulator? Some sites are far, for lack of a better word, ‘gamier’ than others. If you are mostly in it for the 3D or cartoon interactive porn element, there are plenty of games out there for you. However, the site we will be looking at today is more geared to those of you who enjoy the gaming and the pornographic aspects equally. And that site is, of course, the adult section of New Grounds.

An Oldie, but a Goodie

Perhaps you remember New Grounds from the 90s or early 00s … for a moment there, New Grounds was one of the most popular sites in the world. Everyone was playing their cheeky games for a while. Often controversial and violent (but always cathartic), New Grounds wasted absolutely no time in making a name for themselves … especially amongst teenage boys. But now those teenagers who grew up playing New Grounds games are all grown up. And New Grounds has grown up with them. Perhaps you weren’t even aware of it, but New Grounds has a huge section of their site dedicated solely to adult games now … all of which are curated and crowdsourced in classic New Grounds fashion. The site still specializes in hosting user-generated content – games, sure, but also film, audio, and visual art. The content that survives and remains prominently featured on New Grounds is dependent on visitor-driven voting and a ranking system of user-generated games. So, say you knew how to create the game you always wished existed. Once you finish building it, as a budding game designer, you are more than welcome to upload it to New Grounds to have people test it out. If users seem to enjoy the game, well, you now have a successful game to add to your resume. Or, alternately, if your game still needs some work, it can be invaluable to receive feedback on it, seeing what issues players seem to have with it … and then it’s back to the drawing board.

Enter the Pornographic Arcade

But maybe you aren’t interested in actually creating a game and posting it to New Grounds. If you’re reading this, chances are you are more concerned with whether New Grounds will be a good resource for top-notch porn games or not. Well, let’s take a trip to New Grounds and, thus, for some of us, a trip down memory lane, and see what New Grounds’ adult gaming section looks like, shall we? From the moment you land on NewGrounds Adult Games, the site should look pretty familiar. For a site that’s been around since the mid-90s, surprisingly, New Grounds has not changed its look and layout all that much. Usually, this would be a criticism. However, New Grounds has always been known for its expert and cutting-edge site design. In other words, since the company first launched in 1995, New Grounds has been way ahead of its time. And the fact that the site design hasn’t changed a whole lot, therefore, doesn’t really matter – it looks just as modern as any other similar site out there. On the left-hand side of the page, you’ll find a handy site menu bar, which allows you to browse all of New Grounds’ adult games and content conveniently by category. Browse by all Adult Games, Adult Toons, Dating Sims, Dress-Up Games, Gay Adult content, or Hentai. We all have our different preferences, when it comes to game type and sexual proclivities, so, it’s great to see that New Grounds makes it easy to tap into your own individualized portal, so to speak. To the right of this site menu, you’ll find a large list of adult games available for play. Each game is listed as its own entry and contains the title, a screenshot, a description, its rating (out of 5 stars), and how many views it has. It appears as if games are arranged from highest to lowest rating … so, you don’t have to spend too much time weeding through potentially shoddy games (unless you want to click through to the last page).

A Few Minor Faults

Where the site design falls short in this regard, though, is in the fact that New Grounds does not allow you to select the order in which games appear. So, if you wanted to browse a list of games by date added or number of views instead of rating, you do not have the ability to do so. Another shortcoming of the site is that there is no tags system to speak of. This makes browsing games a little more difficult than it needs to be, seeing as you can only search based on broad game categories, as opposed to, say, thematic elements or something of the sort. New Grounds could probably stand to update, if anything, its organizational structure a bit. Having said that, though, the gameplay occurs in-browser, which is great. No downloads, no cumbersome files to deal with or installs to sit through. All you need to play games on New Grounds is an internet connection, Adobe Flash, and a decent web browser. As far as the games themselves go, the majority of them are definitely geared towards the porn lover who fancies hentai and/or toon porn. They are, for the most part, click-through choose your own adventure style games as well. That being said, for the most part, the games on New Grounds do a good job at finding balance between their gaming and pornographic elements – neither one taking up too much time All in all, New Grounds Adult Games is a great site to find unique, user-generated porn games that you wouldn’t be able to find anywhere else on the web. There is a good community, too, and plenty of games that are equal parts fun and erotic.