So Valve is prude as well as greedy?

And there's even this screenshot of an orgy scene from the game: http://gamersgate.http.internapcdn.net/gamersgate/screenshots_img/DD-AGEB/362907_age_of_barbarian_new_04_medium.jpg

Uh, maybe it's not an orgy...

Well... Yes, that's what I said.

That orgy looks like it ended pretty badly...

It has male nudity, yes.

But how come male nudity is even a bigger taboo than female nudity? It's only a "piece of flesh" :)

Bah, Isabella in DA2 was better.
I loved that pirate lady. One of the few characters in the game who didn't annoy me ^^

Because a lot of men are insecure about their sexuality and don't like male nudity, so they will be very vocal about their dislike for male nudity.

The best handled sex scene(s) by far can be found in Fahrenheit (or Indigo Prophecy). They don't exist to titillate but happen organically within the story (or in one case not at all, depending on your ingame choices) and reaffirm/reflect the respective characters' emotional state. They're handled very tastefully with a focus on the interpersonal instead of the mere physical aspects or a sort of "achievement hunt".

That's what we need more of.

What. You actually found the interactive sex scenes of Fahrenheit tasteful?
I think most people found those extremely awkward and juvenile, to say the least. It's pretty much an example of what not to do with sex scenes in games, for me. Give me a decent cinematic like in in Mass Effect over that thing any day.

Let me guess... were they "Press X to bone?"

They were "move the mouse up and down to thrust" actually.

On the other hand the build-up for one of the scenes was quite good (with the ex). But yeah, I sorta agree that it could have been done a bit better. But it is an old-ish game.

Yeah, I agree. Despite that "move your mouse to fuck", romantic relations between adults are one of the most mature ones I've seen in video games.

The build -up for the first scene was good, I guess, although gameplay-wise, it was a "succeed at these minigames to access the sex scene" which feels a bit silly.
The second sex scene, however, like just about everything else in the second half of the game, made no sense and seemed to exist pretty much only as an excuse to show the main female character naked.

They all are. I still don't understand why it's okay to sell M-rated games that has violence, dismemberment and gore, but it's an absolute no-no to sell games that shows sex. What the hell, really?