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Adult dating sim My Girlfriend Is The President, the loli-political erotic adventure that piqued our curiosity last year, is getting an official release in English, so non-Japanese speakers can see what it's like to "date" schoolgirls-of-state and alien ships. More »
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This week a church in Guam pronounced a man and his copy of dating sim Love Plus husband and, well, wife, and the happy couple will be hosting a reception in Japan that you are cordially invited to view tomorrow. More »
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Japanese dating sims aren't exactly news, nor are translations of the "games" into English, nor are many of them "fun", but the availability of commercially released exxxtremely naughty dating sims for English speakers? News! More »
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Hoards (yes, hoards) of lovesick Japanese female geeks clamored to a Konami sponsored event for the upcoming romance sim Tokimeki Memorial Girls Side Second Kiss. Ten demo stations were installed at an Akihabara location. The game doesn't drop until August 3rd so this was a sneak peek at the game's metrosexual dreamboat dating action. Female players could play Second Kiss for only ten minutes before a Konami thug pried them from the PS2 controller, kicking and screaming. While ladies waited for a crack at the game, they were given Toki Memo tests. Scoring and 80 percent or higher, entitled one to Girls Side posters. Three different tests were even distributed to prevent cheating! Brian Ashcraft More »
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A few month's back, Wired did a really great piece on Otome (Maiden) Road and onna otaku (she-geeks). The article even listed ten ways to pick out a female otaku in the wild. TV station Nihon Terebi profiled these ladies in a recent news segment entitled "Renai Game" in Hamaru Onnatachi (Women Stuck in Dating Sims). More »
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A Louisiana news website has an unsettling report about the West Feliciana Parish Sheriff seizing video games from a 16-year-old murder suspect's home, based on a suggestion by anti-games zealot Jack Thompson: More »
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