[lbo-talk] When the going gets lonely, the lonely go virtual

[Dwayne Monroe]

It would be a mistake to make too, too much of this, going off on some 
fanciful reverie about the 'death of human relations' and other 
explosions of super-drama.

But this does suggest something is happening.

.d.

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from --

<http://java.com/en/games/mobile/vgirl.jsp>

V-Girl lets you download an artificial girlfriend and woo her on a 3G 
mobile handset. This award-winning 3G mobile Java application presents 
intelligent, animated 3-D characters who live in a virtual mobile world. 
All you need to do is push the right buttons--literally. Send your 
girlfriend messages, ask what she is doing, even flirt with her. Shower 
her with gifts, paying with real money. But treat her wrong or forget an 
anniversary and you'll get the cold shoulder!

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