..can’t get a date?
Well how else are you going to explain news-fad-of-the-day: The Virtual Girlfriend from Artificial Life Inc. The business model seems to be that you buy the character stuff and, according this BBC story, ‘she’ will introduce punters “to different aspects of her life”.
So, it’s a cute Tamagotchi with a slot marked ‘keep inserting money here’?
If any one wants to send me money to reveal different aspects of my life the bidding starts at $/€ 500 per go – I promise to make something up that is almost mildly interesting.
"Mildly interesting", you say?
Posted by: Jeff Freeman | Aug 25, 2004 at 03:23
Jeff Freeman>"Mildly interesting", you say?
Actually, he said "almost mildly interesting". If he reveals anything that actually is mildly interesting, you can report him for false advertising. Hey, that amount of interest could be just enough to distract you while you're driving and cause some kind of accident!
Richard
Posted by: Richard Bartle | Aug 25, 2004 at 06:43
It's hard to decide if Virtual Girlfriend is more insulting to women or to men. It could very well be a tie.
Posted by: Betsy Book | Aug 25, 2004 at 20:03
The implication is that to get a date and make her happy, you need to spend a lot of money. That should be welcome news to geeks, because geekyness is strongly related with earnings potential.
On the other hand, geeks might be intelligent enough to recognize this as the scam it is, and prefer to satisfy their hormonal urges by the time-honored method of looking for porn on the internet.
Posted by: Tobold | Aug 26, 2004 at 03:42