Didn’t anyone teach you to knock first!?
I often find myself haunted by an observation from former PC Gamer editor Samuel Roberts on The Back Page podcast: there is no sight more unwholesome than that of an adult lit only by the light of a computer monitor. That supremely gruesome vibe is only maximized if someone you love ever has the misfortune of walking in on you when two „choombas“ are bumping uglies in Cyberpunk 2077, or, god forbid, you’re Naked Raiden getting choked by his stepfather who was also the president in Metal Gear Solid 2.
I have always been tactical about approaching such content when sharing a house with someone else, but there have been some close calls. I turned to the PCG staff and forums to find out about the times someone stumbled in at just the wrong moment.
Has anyone walked in on you during an embarrassing moment in a game? Here are our answers, as well as some from our forum.
Lauren Morton, Associate Editor: Like Ted, I was always quite tactical about my BioWare time while living under another’s roof. These days I can do what I damn please and romance whoever and whenever in the privacy of my own office.
Though I do sometimes wonder if my partner is going to come ask for my help with dinner while I’m mid-Yakuza. It’s not like there’s actually anything unseemly about me watching four tattooed dudes rip their shirts off at the top of Millennium Tower but, well, you know.
Mollie Taylor, Features Producer: Ugh, I’m about to expose my whole ass here.
I’m no stranger to games that err on the side of degeneracy, and yet somehow I was totally clueless about Senran Kagura’s reputation. I was on a bit of a rhythm game shopping spree back when my PS Vita was my prized possession, and picked up Senran Kagura: Bon Appetit dirt cheap in a sale.
The thing is, I used to play my Vita on my hour-long tram journeys to college. Yeah, see where this is going? I booted up Bon Appetit and, uh, perhaps I should’ve vetted it beforehand. There were a lotta boobs, a lotta butts and a lotta conspicuously placed whipped cream.
Unfortunately, I realised that the game was NSFT (not safe for trams) around the exact same moment the conductor leaned over my shoulder to see what I was playing.
