The above video should inspire women all around the world. This bizarre "game" uses a webcam and special boxes, a process known as Augmented Reality, to simulate a virtual girlfriend for you. A girlfriend which is heavily advertised as susceptible to all kinds of physical and mental abuse.
Can you believe it's from Japan? I would NEVER have guessed from hearing the concept.
The "Cyber Figure Alice" doesn't exactly portray women in a, shall we say, progressive light? In fact, the message of this commercial seems to be that if you consistently beat your woman and mess with her head until she's a hopeless, despair-ridden wretch, all it takes is one material gift and she'll instantly forgive you.
So, a pretty realistic portrayal of all women.
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11:03 AM on 11.15.2008
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This is what we were looking for when we bought Eye of Judgment!
Of course they'd have to leave the house for that, so I think we are all reasonably safe.
I think it's something of a marvel, really. It reacts when you twist it around, commenting about its master's room, moves about when you present it with a virtual present, and yelps when you poke it with a virtual hand. A little creepy, but about as harmless as a window-sitter or those pictures that follow the mouse cursor with its eyes.
Grow up, people.
As the people we mock react, was what I meant to say.
Not really.
Finding one thing creepy and finding something unrelated not creepy is nothing like hypocrisy.
Also, in case everyone isn't already aware:
slow news day = old news or complete nonsense from Jim
Well, people should know what to expect from us at the weekends.
What? Are you reading what you just wrote? You're implying that because sex is legal and obtainable without prosecution, it's more correct to be disturbed by someone's fetish, than it is to be disturbed by a person enjoying virtual murder, since you "can't" attempt to murder people in real life. You also "can't" poke, undress and otherwise harass women.
Our most common argument against video game violence concerns goes along the lines of "the fact that we CAN doesn't mean we WILL". I'd like to think that the same holds true for virtual sex and sex appeal.
Im fully aware of that. Im just advertising that Japanator has up to the minute Japanese perversion coverage 24/7.
I didn't assume you were, I'm just pointing out how illogical that implication is.
Now I can see what all the Japanophiles and the weeabos are clamoring about.
Yes, but no one else reads Japanator. ;)
@Zodiac Eclipse
Just so you're aware, the logic you're using is the same logic that Jack Thompson & Friends use. "If they do this in video games, then you can bet they'll do it in real life." I'm not defending this game, but I'm just saying, this is something to think about. Is someone who plays this game that much worse or socially reprehensible than someone who enjoys playing bloody, violent games?
I want one...
WTF
Are you drunk?!?!