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Leisure suite larry2/27/2023 For teenage me, this was forbidden fruit in all its pixelated glory and I lapped it up, enjoyed everything about it from the surly humour to the racy content. Back in the day, we’re probably talking the mid to late 90s, I was a (clearly underage) “fan” of the Leisure Suit Larry games. I think it’s important I level with you straight away. Bringing Larry kicking and screaming then into the 21st century, then, is an interesting choice, and one that certainly needs delicately balancing. A sleazy old man leering to get his end away with anything with a pulse could and should feel repugnant. Its bawdy, over-the-top, sexual objectification of women in the 80s and 90s feel completely at odds with the general public that these days are championing gender equality and the acceptance of broadening sexual preferences and identities. And if I had to come up with a videogame example of that, the Leisure Suit Larry series would be top of my mind. With the constant march of time and the changing attitudes and awareness that comes with it, some things just seem out of touch when reviewed two or three decades later. It’s a throw-away phrase spouted from curmudgeons like me when we see media from yesteryear just wouldn’t cut it in today’s society. “You wouldn’t get away with that these days.”
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