BoVD: It was raunchy enough at times that I wouldn't let my children (Assuming I had any) read it until they were old enough to make distinctions between real and make believe.
Nudity: There is more comparable male nudity than most notice. The females that are pictured nude are typically bare chested, I have seen my fair share of bare chested men depicted as well.
Personal Belief: I could care less about nudity or naughtiness, its all just lines on a page, whether written or drawn. If they wanna make the next cover of Dragon a total shlong-fest more power to them, it won't have any impact on what is contained inside. I do believe it would effect sales though, since most of the hobby is dominated by men. It is sad, but true. Just like beer commercials, you cater them to your target audience. If there were more girls playing I think the demographics would change.
Dragongirl, you should start a whole new thread on this.
Interesting Observation: Why is it that all of the mens magazines feature really hot women on the cover? I suppose the answer is that sex sells. Then why do most of the womens mags (Cosmo, et al) feature....really hot women on the cover?
This book easily could have been much worse for simply the sake of being "over the top" whereas, instead, its not too over sensationalized. I hope to see more products like this.
