Last week I was channel surfing and ran across CSPAN. They were showing something about Halo 2, so I paused for a few minutes to watch. A bunch of politicians were hearing evidence about the wonton violence and sexuality of video games from some organization of parents who are apparently too lazy to monitor their kids.

After the Halo 2 demo ended, they moved onto Halflife, and then into sex games like Leisure Suit Larry. At the time I didn't think much of it. They did show some soft core animated nudity, but it was cable and I figured nobody watches CSPAN, any way. But it did catch the attention of Brit Hume.

Media critics were up in arms over Janet Jackson's exposed breast at the Super Bowl and the locker-room towel-dropping on last week's "Monday Night Football," but don't expect to hear from them about the latest breast-baring on prime time TV this week. No, it wasn't on the latest episode of "Desperate Housewives," or some reality show wardrobe malfunction.

It was on CSPAN - the 24-hour political channel - during a broadcast of the National Institute on Media and the Family's annual video game report card. With Senators Joe Lieberman and Herb Kohl looking on, CSPAN aired an unedited, uncensored compilation of women baring it all in games like "Leisure Suit Larry" and "The Guy Game."

No word on whether the prime time porn boosted CSPAN's audience.

Of course all the games carried an 'M' rating or higher, meaning that they are off limits to children under 17. CSPAN is available to anyone with cable.