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So I was totally expecting this to be the new Benny Benasi video when I saw the URL and the (NSFW) after it on IRC. My god, was I wrong.
From holdme.tv comes this little gem of a personal ad. Filmed at Ashley Petunia's Master and Slave store (the fact that I could tell that the second the first background came up scares me), it seems to be the pleas of a mid 50's man that... well, just watch the fuckin' video. It's inexplicable.
Fucking IRC. Why do I click on URLs from you.
I suppose I could feel sorry for this guy and not post this. However, I need content. Sorry guy, you're a casualty of blogging necessity.
So, what can we learn from this poor bastard? Well, other than the fact that the World of Warcraft Dark Elf dance is pretty darn sexy, you should really make sure there are not internet savvy, camera carrying roomates in the house before you jack off to it. Otherwise you will end up on sites like this that people that masturbate to the same things you do read, and yet we they are smart enough not to get caught on camera.
Not that going proudly to the press with this fact is a much better idea
Ok, so I realize SXSW ended damn near a month ago, but I never did get a chance to post about all of the wonderful, wonderful press that came out of our session there.
GuideLive - SXSW: Sex By Southwest
Reciprocal Demand - Austin Chronical
Sex Alive and Well in Video Games - CNet
SXSW: My Blue World: Game Experts Give Red Light Talk
Fleshbot - Sex in Video Games at SXSW
Lots of good press from the panel, though my favorite has to be the GuideLive article. Finally, quotes I wanted to see in the press, like:
"Instead of having to be a person, you can be pretty much anything you want," said Kyle Machulis, founder of cybersex toy maker Nonpolynomial Labs. "You can have crazy plasma sex with a floating hammer." You can laugh, but the heart rate of some reader out there just increased.
I'm sure a majority of the readers here just had that heart rate increase, heeee.
In the April 2006 issue of Xbox World 360 UK, there's an interview with me on Sex in Games, as it pertains to next gen consoles. (1.06mb PDF)
It's a pretty good article, but I think my favorite part has to be the screen in the background.
That is SO a game interface I would totally design. "Dude, smash the button until she finished the partial differential! YEAH! SURFACE INTEGRAL BONUS STAGE!"
God I'm a nerd.
There are places you really don't expect to ever see your name. For me, Fox News definitely ranks very, very high on that list.
AP Writer Peter Svensson has written up a wonderful piece on MMOEGs, that's been picked up by a ton of mainstream
news agencies. It's a balanced, information filled article that does justice to the growing world of online sex games.
Oh yeah, and it totally has my name in it. OMG I'm on CNN! *school girl giggle*
And so begins the unloading of the rather massive backlog of posts I have. Conferences have made it a quiet month, so we're gonna be spending some time catching up.
First off is an interview in City Pages with Kelly Rued, lead designer on Black Love Interactive's Rapture Online MMOEG. Lots of interesting information on plans for the game, as well as some background on the design.
Spend the Night, the online dating game/service in production by Republik Games, has suspended development due to funding issues. Whether or not the game will resume production at a later date is up in the air, with the company needing to find new investors before any more progress can be made.
The press release from the company is included in the extended post.
