Japanese man marries video game character

[Sporkman]

While many people would say they love video games, few would go so far as saying "I do" to a computer creation, except a few Lara Croft nuts perhaps.

But gamer Sal9000 fell head over heels for the sexy skirts, doe eyes and wit of Nene Anegasaki, the star of dating simulation game Love Plus...

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Tokyo-Man-Sal9000-Marries-Love-Plus-Video-Game-Character-Nene-Anegasaki-In-Japan/Article/200912315502540

The beautiful bride:

http://news.sky.com/sky-news/content/StaticFile/jpg/2009/Dec/Week3/15502561.jpg

[sydbat]

I don't think "Epic Fail" even covers this...

[razorboy5]

i don't think "epic fail" even covers this...

+1

what would his mom say?

[chucky chuckaluck]

marriage - the two person shooter game

[kevCast]

Living the dream.

[HappinessNow]

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Tokyo-Man-Sal9000-Marries-Love-Plus-Video-Game-Character-Nene-Anegasaki-In-Japan/Article/200912315502540

The beautiful bride:

http://news.sky.com/sky-news/content/StaticFile/jpg/2009/Dec/Week3/15502561.jpg


An L.A. secretary named Jannene Swift married a large chunk of rock in 1976 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/05/16/ST2008051602975.html

[Странник]

I want to marry Faith from Mirror's Edge.
She's cool

[NoaHall]

If stallman was a game character, would this happen several times over?

[Hallvor]

How romantic.

[kevCast]

Shotgun wedding?

[razorboy5]

btw i slept with her

[pricetech]

btw i slept with her

Tramp.

[murderslastcrow]

Just wait, pretty soon people will be marrying their service robots that they put cute faces on, then we'll have mail-order robotic brides. You know, for people who are shallow and don't have very advanced needs relating to the opposite gender, I can see our modern culture accepting such things.

[DeadSuperHero]

Just wait, pretty soon people will be marrying their service robots that they put cute faces on, then we'll have mail-order robotic brides. You know, for people who are shallow and don't have very advanced needs relating to the opposite gender, I can see our modern culture accepting such things.

Sounds like a good future to me.

I wonder, would this cause misogynists to shift their attention over to robots instead? Would men tell robots to "Get back in the kitchen" in those stereotypical types of jokes?

[liamnixon]

How will they have sex?

[renkinjutsu]

How will they have sex?

uhh.. she plays 'hard to get'?

[dragos240]

marriage - the two person shooter game

Hahahahahahhaa

[HappinessNow]

Shotgun wedding?Virtually.

[JDShu]

Virtually.

:lolflag:

That is awesome.

[n0glu3]

How will they have sex?

The headphone socket.

[liamnixon]

The headphone socket.

Sounds hawt. :-o

[xuCGC002]

Not the stupidest thing to come out of Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Boy).

[Exodist]

How will they have sex?
I herd Japanese men are byte size?!?!

[kevCast]

Not the stupidest thing to come out of Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Boy).

Never played it, but I know a blind guy who did.

[n0glu3]

Sounds hawt. :-o

You know it.

[MaxIBoy]

Probably the only legal way for him to marry someone who looks 14 at the oldest.

[pricetech]

Call me old fashioned, but I'll stick with living breathing mammals of the opposite sex.

[forrestcupp]

This is almost as bad as that guy in India who married a dog as recompense for abusing a dog.

[Sporkman]

Call me old fashioned, but I'll stick with living breathing mammals of the opposite sex.

You can find plenty of them at the local animal shelter.

:P

[RiceMonster]

You can find plenty of them at the local animal shelter.

:P

I lol'd

[Sporkman]

Is "animal shelter" a euphemism for brothel?

No - it is a place where stray and/or unwanted dogs, cats, and other organisms are housed.

[pricetech]

No - it is a place where stray and/or unwanted dogs, cats, and other organisms are housed.

Organisms ?? Not sure I go along with that. I"m strictly a mammal kind of guy.

[Sporkman]

Organisms ?? Not sure I go along with that. I"m strictly a mammal kind of guy.

The fact that there are plenty of available mammals there remains true.

[pricetech]

The fact that there are plenty of available mammals there remains true.

<serious>
Sadly that is true. I'm not making fun of the shelters at all. I wish they didn't have to exist. I'm fond of dogs and cats both.
</serious>

[00ber n00b]

why o why o why does anime (asian cartoons) characters have big, rounded eyes? When in fact asians have slanted eyes.

[dragos240]

There's only one thing to say about this. 何で糞 (nande kuso.)

[JayKay3000]

Love is just an emotion.

But I dont get it. Is this like one of the online role playing games where the players on the other side are real or is this litterally a pixelated love affair?

I heard people fall in love over wow and marry the real people behind the game screen which is kinda cool.

Guess it's better he plays eletric tonsil hockey with the screen than goes on a gun run through the street.

Odd but harmless :P

[Adele74]

Ha ha ha ha....cant do anything but laugh :lolflag:

Poor man

[alphaniner]

Not the stupidest thing to come out of Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Boy).

I played some tennis game on the Virtual Boy. It was a loooong time ago, but I remember it being pretty impressive.

[pricetech]

There's only one thing to say about this. 何で糞 (nande kuso.)

Which means ??

[Tristam Green]

why o why o why does anime (asian cartoons) characters have big, rounded eyes? When in fact asians have slanted eyes.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/70/Mickey-004.gif

that's why.

[alphaniner]

<snip>

that's why.

Really? I read it was because of Betty Boop.

[pricetech]

Betty Boop.

Now she's HOT !!!!!

[Shibblet]

+1

what would his mom say?

She'd say... "When you come upstairs from the basement, bring some corned beef hash up for dinner."


How will they have sex?

There's a pen-hole on the side of the DS.

[jrusso2]

My only question is how the cartoon can give consent to the marriage?

[pwnst*r]

freak.

[MaxIBoy]

My only question is how the cartoon can give consent to the marriage?
It's a dating sim, according to the article. So all he has to do is beat the game or something.


Naturally, the next step is TV commercial endorsement for whoever published the game...