RE: [scifinoir2] Man marries video game girlfriend

[Martin Baxter]

Well, I guess that means that, if I can find a life-sized Zoe Washburn...

Martin (ready to leave now, thanks)

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To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
From: hellomahog...@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 15:05:25 -0800
Subject: [scifinoir2] Man marries video game girlfriend


















 



  



  
  
  

















Man marries video game girlfriend


Groom 
wore white suit. Bride dressed in red plastic case.




By Chris Gaylord | 

12.02.09









 








YouTube Screenshot

Man marries video game girlfriend: Nene Anegasaki, the virtual bride, is a 
character from the Japanese video game Love Plus.










 
Oh, Japan. Land of techno toilets, seven-patty burgers, and where a man 
can marry his video game girlfriend. Mazel tov to the groom and virtual bride!


Last week, a Japanese man, who goes by the name SAL9000, tied the
knot with Nene Anegasaki, a character from the digital dating simulator
Love Plus. The two had flirted for some time through SAL’s Nintendo DS.
Clearly crazy for each other, the pair got hitched in a public ceremony
in Tokyo on Sunday and streamed the whole thing over the Internet on
the YouTube-like video website Nico Nico Douga. Check out a clip below.

BoingBoing reports
that the event included a DJ, MC, priest, and speeches from the best
man and from a friend of Ms. Anegaskai’s (i.e. another character from
the video game). The article quotes a letter from SAL saying that
“there were over 3,000 connections and 7,000 comments made online, and
the people who showed up in person at the ceremony also offered their
congratulations. It was great.”

The happy couple then honeymooned in Guam. They only needed one
plane ticket, since SAL simply brought the Nintendo hand-held system
with him. We’re guessing he also carried her over the threshold – good
thing she weighs only 0.6 pounds.

––

Video of him and his new bride: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsikPswAYUM

––

While everything looked very serious, there was an ironic wink
throughout the wedding – a puckish acknowledgment missing from other
tales of virtual love taken to extremes. The same Boing Boing reporter
recently wrote a piece for The New York Times documenting a man’s attachment to 
a different video game character:

Now, after three years together, they are virtually
inseparable. “I’ve experienced so many amazing things because of her,”
Nisan told me, rubbing Nemutan’s leg warmly. “She has really changed my
life.”

Nemutan doesn’t really have a leg. She’s a stuffed pillowcase — a
2-D depiction of a character, Nemu, from an X-rated version of a PC
video game called Da Capo, printed on synthetic fabric.

Thoughts? Concerns? Congratulations? Share them below or through Twitter. We’re 
@csmhorizonsblog.

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Re: [scifinoir2] Man marries video game girlfriend

[Omari Confer]

Doesnt seem strange to me.

c w m

On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 5:05 PM, Mr. Worf  wrote:

>
>
> Man marries video game girlfriend
>
> *Groom wore white suit. Bride dressed in red plastic case.*
> By Chris Gaylord | 12.02.09
>
>  YouTube Screenshot
>
> Man marries video game girlfriend: Nene Anegasaki, the virtual bride, is a
> character from the Japanese video game Love Plus.
> --
>
> Oh, Japan. Land of techno 
> toilets,
> seven-patty 
> burgers,
> and where a man can marry his video game girlfriend. Mazel tov to the groom
> and virtual bride!
>
> Last week, a Japanese man, who goes by the name SAL9000, tied the knot with
> Nene Anegasaki, a character from the digital dating simulator Love Plus. The
> two had flirted for some time through SAL’s Nintendo DS. Clearly crazy for
> each other, the pair got hitched in a public ceremony in Tokyo on Sunday and
> streamed the whole thing over the Internet on the YouTube-like video website
> Nico Nico Douga. Check out a clip below.
>
> BoingBoing 
> reportsthat 
> the event included a DJ, MC, priest, and speeches from the best man and
> from a friend of Ms. Anegaskai’s (i.e. another character from the video
> game). The article quotes a letter from SAL saying that “there were over
> 3,000 connections and 7,000 comments made online, and the people who showed
> up in person at the ceremony also offered their congratulations. It was
> great.”
>
> The happy couple then honeymooned in Guam. They only needed one plane
> ticket, since SAL simply brought the Nintendo hand-held system with him.
> We’re guessing he also carried her over the threshold – good thing she
> weighs only 0.6 pounds.
>
> ––
> Video of him and his new bride: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsikPswAYUM
>
> ––
>
> While everything looked very serious, there was an ironic wink throughout
> the wedding – a puckish acknowledgment missing from other tales of virtual
> love taken to extremes. The same Boing Boing reporter recently wrote a piece
> for The New York Times 
> documentinga
>  man’s attachment to a different video game character:
>
> Now, after three years together, they are virtually inseparable. “I’ve
> experienced so many amazing things because of her,” Nisan told me, rubbing
> Nemutan’s leg warmly. “She has really changed my life.”
>
> Nemutan doesn’t really have a leg. She’s a stuffed pillowcase — a 2-D
> depiction of a character, Nemu, from an X-rated version of a PC video game
> called Da Capo, printed on synthetic fabric.
>
> Thoughts? Concerns? Congratulations? Share them below or through Twitter.
> We’re @csmhorizonsblog .
>
>
> --
> Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years!
> Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>
> 
>



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[scifinoir2] Man marries video game girlfriend

[Mr. Worf]

  Man marries video game girlfriend

*Groom wore white suit. Bride dressed in red plastic case.*
 By Chris Gaylord | 12.02.09

  YouTube Screenshot

Man marries video game girlfriend: Nene Anegasaki, the virtual bride, is a
character from the Japanese video game Love Plus.
--

Oh, Japan. Land of techno
toilets,
seven-patty 
burgers,
and where a man can marry his video game girlfriend. Mazel tov to the groom
and virtual bride!

Last week, a Japanese man, who goes by the name SAL9000, tied the knot with
Nene Anegasaki, a character from the digital dating simulator Love Plus. The
two had flirted for some time through SAL’s Nintendo DS. Clearly crazy for
each other, the pair got hitched in a public ceremony in Tokyo on Sunday and
streamed the whole thing over the Internet on the YouTube-like video website
Nico Nico Douga. Check out a clip below.

BoingBoing 
reportsthat
the event included a DJ, MC, priest, and speeches from the best man
and
from a friend of Ms. Anegaskai’s (i.e. another character from the video
game). The article quotes a letter from SAL saying that “there were over
3,000 connections and 7,000 comments made online, and the people who showed
up in person at the ceremony also offered their congratulations. It was
great.”

The happy couple then honeymooned in Guam. They only needed one plane
ticket, since SAL simply brought the Nintendo hand-held system with him.
We’re guessing he also carried her over the threshold – good thing she
weighs only 0.6 pounds.

––
Video of him and his new bride: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsikPswAYUM

––

While everything looked very serious, there was an ironic wink throughout
the wedding – a puckish acknowledgment missing from other tales of virtual
love taken to extremes. The same Boing Boing reporter recently wrote a piece
for The New York Times
documentinga
man’s attachment to a different video game character:

Now, after three years together, they are virtually inseparable. “I’ve
experienced so many amazing things because of her,” Nisan told me, rubbing
Nemutan’s leg warmly. “She has really changed my life.”

Nemutan doesn’t really have a leg. She’s a stuffed pillowcase — a 2-D
depiction of a character, Nemu, from an X-rated version of a PC video game
called Da Capo, printed on synthetic fabric.

Thoughts? Concerns? Congratulations? Share them below or through Twitter.
We’re @csmhorizonsblog .


-- 
Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years!
Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/