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Resort Attracts Men With Virtual Girlfriends

Posted by samzenpus on from the all-you-need-is-love dept.

disco_tracy writes "Long a favorite of lovers and honeymooners, a Japanese beach town with fading sparkle has found a new tourism niche in the wired age. A resort based on a game called 'Love Plus,' encourages players to develop long-term relationships with virtual women. From the article: 'Local souvenir shops in the resort town have caught on and capitalized on the love-struck new clientele, selling Love Plus-themed souvenirs, from good-luck charms to steamed buns and fish sausages. The local Ohnoya hotel even offers traditional rooms to the unusual couples, which feature two sets of futon beds and another barcode panel that allows the men to visualize their girlfriends in a flattering summer kimono.'"

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  1. Define 'real girl' by alphatel · · Score: 3, Funny

    What happens when the AR wears off and rogue LovePlus boys start kissing real girls by mistake? Find out tonight on VR-Smackdown.

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    1. Re:Define 'real girl' by Darinbob · · Score: 2, Funny

      "But honey, I didn't know she was real!"

  2. Oh no, they never saw the film! by istartedi · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh no, they must have never seen the film:

    DON'T DATE ROBOTS!

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    1. Re:Oh no, they never saw the film! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Electro-gonorrhea! The noisy killer!

    2. Re:Oh no, they never saw the film! by SleazyRidr · · Score: 3, Funny

      For all intensive purposes, "whom" is no longer a word. That begs the question, "who cares?"

      I'm a little scared to ask, but I have to. Is 'intensive purposes' part of the joke?

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    3. Re:Oh no, they never saw the film! by severoon · · Score: 2, Funny

      I think yes, as is "begs the question"...

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  3. I love you PHILIP J FRY. by Drakkenmensch · · Score: 4, Funny

    Please tell me about the CAN'T EAT MORE. (Would you like to take 5 minutes to register me?)

    1. Re:I love you PHILIP J FRY. by Abstrackt · · Score: 4, Funny

      Did I just read an article that had the terms "virtual women", "steamed buns", and "fish sausages" in the same paragraph?

      This is Slashdot, so the answer is probably no. :p

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  4. Japan's primary export by Iamthecheese · · Score: 5, Funny

    is WTF. Large quantities of WTF

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    1. Re:Japan's primary export by Blue+Stone · · Score: 4, Funny

      Speaking as someone from a land that has a surplus of FFS and a deficit of WTF, I can say in no uncertain terms, thank you Japan for your wonderful, ludicrous exports.

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    2. Re:Japan's primary export by Narcocide · · Score: 2, Funny

      ... not in Hollywood.

  5. Re:Oh, Japanese beach town. by cayenne8 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Strangely enough, this COULD catch on with much of the slashdot crowd. All you'd have to do, is get those barcodes down in the basements of many a /.dweller....then they could live with Mom AND girlfriend.

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  6. "steamed buns and fish sausages" by circletimessquare · · Score: 2, Funny

    ROR

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  7. Re:Why live? by swanzilla · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...then you should just kill yourself.

    After the steamed buns and fish sausages, of course.

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  8. Eh? by DNS-and-BIND · · Score: 5, Funny

    What's the matter, Japanese men? Japanese women not good enough for you? They are widely held by many cultures as the best women in the world. It reminds me of that ancient joke that goes:

    Heaven is:
    an American salary,
    a Chinese Cook,
    a British Home,
    and a Japanese Wife.

    Hell is:
    a Chinese salary,
    a British Cook,
    a Japanese House,
    and an American Wife.

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    1. Re:Eh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Originally it was this one:

      Heaven is a place where the police are English; the chefs are Italian; the car mechanics are German; the lovers are French and it's all organized by the Swiss.

      Hell is a place where the police are German; the chefs are English; the car mechanics are French; the lovers are Swiss and it's all organized by the Italians.

    2. Re:Eh? by Just_Say_Duhhh · · Score: 2, Funny

      Heaven is: an American salary, a Chinese Cook, a British Home, and a Japanese Wife.

      ...and a virtual girlfriend.

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    3. Re:Eh? by sznupi · · Score: 2, Funny

      I think that's just the general thing with the "wife" cidea; doesn't tell about the quaility of specimens, which was on the table here.

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    4. Re:Eh? by digitalhermit · · Score: 2, Funny

      Re: American wives

      American wives are awesome. Kinky, daring, willing to be a sugar mamma.

      You just got to watch out for their husbands.

      I kid.. I kid.

  9. Re:Oh, Japanese beach town. by treeves · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sorry, Sounds like you'll have to settle for Rosie Palm.

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  10. I read the headline as ... by joelsanda · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Resort ATTACKS Men With Virtual Girlfriends".

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    1. Re:I read the headline as ... by Abstrackt · · Score: 3, Funny

      Now that's a wave of destruction that's easy on the eyes.

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  11. Love Plus Resort by secolactico · · Score: 4, Funny

    Judgind by the picture, the resort is located in the picturesque Uncanny Valley.

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  12. Re:More of same on the way by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I think the Japanese will eventually get over the whole atom bomb thing, but if we start exporting our women over there then they'll never forgive us.

    The enormous discrepancy between brides imported into the US vs grooms says a lot about the relative desirability of our women.

  13. Re:Oh, Japanese beach town. by 2names · · Score: 3, Funny

    What? I couldn't hear you with these perfect robot thighs wrapped around my head.

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  14. Re:"Best women in the world" by GodfatherofSoul · · Score: 2, Funny

    You can leave now

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  15. Re:Oh, Japanese beach town. by stonewallred · · Score: 2, Funny

    But the same woman who would be upset about you banging rosie the robot will happily bang the vibrator all day long.