Forget gay marriage. The final frontier in convincing holier-than-though fundamentalists that the end times are near is all in the pixels, baby — and by that I mean marrying a video game. Are you sure your buddy loves World of Warcraft or does he love World of Warcraft?
The genesis of this boldly going where no nuptials have gone before? Nana Anegaski, a virtual girlfriend in the Japanese dating sim Love Plus. An unnamed Japanese gamer with Ms. Anegaski, in his Nintendo DS, went to a church in Guam to do the deed. The newlyweds also held a small reception for family and close friends yesterday. I am not kidding, and I do not know if Mario and/or Master Chief were in attendance.
Seriously, if you can marry a video game I have plans on getting hitched to Dazzler in her ’80s-era graphic novel form. If anyone can understand me it’s Alison Blaire, the mutant lovechild of Marvel and Casablanca Records.
…the mousepad or its price, at $52. Wait, it’s definitely the price, as my threshold for all things X-rated is *obscenely* high. Ha ha.
Seriously though, if you’re looking for this particular conversation ender (because there’s not many people that’ll start a conversation over this piece of art from Queen’s Blade), it’s over at J-List.
Time was that references to tentacle sex and Japanese school girl uniforms were a secret code for people who weren’t just into anime, but people who were into the subculture of Hentai. But all that’s changed, as you can see in the clip above.
No, it’s not the trailer of some upcoming must-see series, it’s part of a viral marketing campaign for Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony. Yes, that’s right — Grand Theft Auto. It’s like an anime series within a video game, like the play in Hamlet if Shakespeare decided to code instead of write plays.
Forget gay marriage. The final frontier in convincing holier-than-though fundamentalists that the end times are near is all in the pixels, baby — and by that I mean marrying a video game. Are you sure your buddy loves World of Warcraft or does he love World of Warcraft?
