http://www.gamespot.com/pages/profile/show_blog_entry.php?topic_id=24055311&user=Hunter_Shuemais

You are making a valid point here, and one such game that depicts America's reaction to sex is Xenosaga. If you remember there was a scene were Albedo "probes" Momo (i use the term very loosely here) with a psychotic laugh, rolled eyes and looking up to the heavens. This scene was modified for the American release when the cut the portrait of his head and only showed Albedo's mouth. They also cut back on the amount of psychotic laughter. Another scene is where Albedo rips his head off and sticks it on again (if my memory serves me correctly) but again this was deemed too much and was censored to something simpler...

The religious issues in Xenogears almost made it such that the game was never released in the US until it was deemed acceptable. There are many cultural differences between nations, and the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction did not help the US in its stifling fear of sex.

I have been playing Digital Devil Saga, and though there is no sex the game is rated M for its blood, gore and violence. I am happy the game was not toned down because this is how it is meant to be played. I can understand that most of the money comes in from the T rating, but watering down an M storyline is flushing down much of the character of the game. This is what is being done, games are watered down, and I tip my hat for all those publishers (mainly ATLUS for me) who refuse to go down that path and release a game in all its gory mature glory.

I want to see banning of videogames being played by teens, even if it is under the supervision of parents. There is so much violence around us that I would not want my children (don't have any yet) to be exposed to anymore than they already are. I would like to do my bit and expose them to as little as possible through the means available to me which are limiting what they watch and what they play.