Loveless? Try Love Plus Virtual Dating Game!
A new virtual dating game is currently out in Japan. It has caused quiet a stir as some women complained that their men are "cheating" on them by spending too much time with their virtual girlfriends.
"Love Plus" is the new dating stimulation video game that allows men to "court" several different virtual girls. And here's how the "romantic" part happens:
"If you play your cards right, one of them will start to fall for you. As you grow closer, you'll need to take your new fake girlfriend out on dates - in real time, no less - and start planning your future together. Eventually she might ask for a kiss, which requires touching her on the lips. Or perhaps she'll ask you to whisper sweet nothings in her ear, which requires babbling pleasantries into the DS microphone."
A San Francisco man shares his odd love story with Love Plus virtual girlfriend, Rinko:
"Ok, this is pretty embarrassing. The DS has a mic and a touchscreen, so... one time, she asked me to say 'I love you' a hundred times into the mic. I was on the airplane when she asked me that, so I was like, no way. There was also this part where you have to hold her hand on the touchscreen. If you touch her hand with the stylus, you get to hold her hand. And then there's the part where you have to kiss her."
WOW! It takes a lot of shame, err, "courage" to win the hearts of these virtual girlfriends. So did he actually kissed her?
"No, no! The girl's face shows up on the screen, and you have to touch her lips to give her a kiss. That's pretty weird... this is embarrassing. I'm sweating right now just talking about it."
As they say, dating is just awkward moments that require energy and focus. Consider that applicable even to the harmless yet a little disturbing world of virtual dating.
Internet Dating: Is Anybody Virtually Home?
"Love Plus" is the new dating stimulation video game that allows men to "court" several different virtual girls. And here's how the "romantic" part happens:
"If you play your cards right, one of them will start to fall for you. As you grow closer, you'll need to take your new fake girlfriend out on dates - in real time, no less - and start planning your future together. Eventually she might ask for a kiss, which requires touching her on the lips. Or perhaps she'll ask you to whisper sweet nothings in her ear, which requires babbling pleasantries into the DS microphone."
A San Francisco man shares his odd love story with Love Plus virtual girlfriend, Rinko:
"Ok, this is pretty embarrassing. The DS has a mic and a touchscreen, so... one time, she asked me to say 'I love you' a hundred times into the mic. I was on the airplane when she asked me that, so I was like, no way. There was also this part where you have to hold her hand on the touchscreen. If you touch her hand with the stylus, you get to hold her hand. And then there's the part where you have to kiss her."
WOW! It takes a lot of shame, err, "courage" to win the hearts of these virtual girlfriends. So did he actually kissed her?
"No, no! The girl's face shows up on the screen, and you have to touch her lips to give her a kiss. That's pretty weird... this is embarrassing. I'm sweating right now just talking about it."
As they say, dating is just awkward moments that require energy and focus. Consider that applicable even to the harmless yet a little disturbing world of virtual dating.
Internet Dating: Is Anybody Virtually Home?
Labels: dating, relationships, romance, virtual dating, virtual girlfriends
posted by Maggie's Nest at
11/17/2009
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