The unnamed man took his DS and the game to Guam where he said vows with to Nene Anegasaki, one of three virtual girlfriends featured in Love Plus. Tomorrow, the couple will have a reception held on Niconico Douga at around 12 p.m. (no time zone given, check local listings on the site, if you can read Japanese.) The media has been invited to attend; slides will be shown from their time dating up through the wedding.

I've heard of dudes marrying a mannequin before so, this not in fact the most weird-slash-creepy-slash-pathetic thing I've ever heard. But my forced nonjudgment about this really needs its own word. Begrimaced? Bittersad?

Some Dude Married His Love Plus Girlfriend [Tiny Cartridge via Gizmodo]

Play-Asia has announced that they've partnered with an American distributor to sell some sixty-odd Japanese popular "dating sims" with loads of adult content to eager (read: horny, shy and lonely) import gamers.

Make no mistake, this is pure porn gaming. It's less censored than its Japanese equivalent, so proceed at your own risk. But if you've ever wondered about the crazy, dirty world of Japanese hentai gaming, or needed more naked anime girls in sexy situations in your life, now's your chance. Michael McWhertor

Feeling lonely and bored? Play-Asia now features English translated Japanese Adult Dating Games [Play-Asia]

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 Here [Game Watch]
More Here About Toki Memo [Konami]

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).

I didn't get to see the actual broadcast, but images from the program have appeared online. The woman above was interviewed and said, "I'm really relaxed, but I think I'm being kinda stupid."

Why doesn't some matchmaker hook these girl otaku up with the boy otaku in Akihabara? The mind boggles at the super geek spawn they'd produce. Brian Ashcraft

All the Images Here [#13 Independent Team]

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:

Thompson said published reports that Neher told detectives he and Everette killed Gore because Gore would not let them borrow his car follows "the same scenario in (the video) 'Grand Theft Auto.' "

Sheriff J. Austin Daniel said an autopsy showed Gore was beaten to death but also shot in the face.

"Nobody shoots anybody in the face unless you're a hit man or a video gamer," Thompson said, adding that the apparent repeated "pummeling" of the victim is consistent with scenes in violent video games.

Man, I hate that one mission in GTA, you know the one where you're trying to borrow that guy's car and he won't let you, so you just totally stomp his ass and blow his face off and score mad points. I always have to tank cheat my way through that one.

As a hilarious aside, the shooter was home alone because his mother, the exquisitely-named Happy Morris, was booked last week on "simple battery of a juvenile and unauthorized entry into an inhabited dwelling". The specifics? She broke into a house and slapped a fourteen-year-old girl.

There's undoubtedly a video game at the root of that particularly heinous crime, too. Nobody slaps fourteen-year-old girls in the face unless you're a Hot Dog on a Stick employee or a dating sim enthusiast. Eliza gauger

Read complete article here. [2theadvocate.com]