Man Officially Marries Virtual Girl In DS Game

By David Savage in Humor
Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 3:53 pm
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​There is no questioning the fact that many gamers often lose a grip on reality when playing games, but once the game is off, reality comes back. That's not the case for a man called Sal9000 who has officially married his virtual girlfriend. No, not his internet girlfriend who he met in real life after chatting online and instantly fell in love, but an actual virtual girl.

The girl's name is Nene Anegasaki and she lives in the Nintendo DS game, Love Plus, which is a dating simulator. Those types of games are quite the rage in Japan, but this takes the simulation to a whole new level -- real life. 

Whether or not this is an elaborate marketing scheme really doesn't matter anymore because the fact that an actual wedding was orchestrated takes the joke way too far.

I think our buddy Rob Bricken over at our sister blog, Topless Robot, summed it up best in saying:

"The fact that this dude says he'll do anything for his new "bride" enrages me. When all that constitutes is changing the batteries once in a while wiping off the DS' dual screens after he humps it it's pretty easy to be a good husband."

Lisa Katayama from Boing Boing was able to capture some video of the event, you can check it out after the jump to hyperspace:
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