This is just sad.

I keep saying I'm gonna do this with Dragon Age, suddenly I have cold feet though

He is flaunting his social disfunction. Is this the Japanese equivalent of the Columbine shooting?

I hope he isn't electrocuted during consummation. Then again, that would make a good video too.

Is the virtual world somehow tricking the brain beyond a reasonable doubt?
Is the human mind designed/evolved enough to withstand the brainwashing that takes place when bombarded with digital stimuli?

Online Gaming, Second life, Virtual worlds, Chat rooms and Communities all seem to be a form of digital crack that we all joke about but are we actually sending false signals to our brains that are becoming so real that we can no longer distinguish between real and virtual?

Like with actual Crack, our brains are being rewarded with Dopamine every time we succeed at a positive interaction withing this new world. The chemical reward gets recorded in our brain and somehow starts registering Real-world responses up against the Virtual-world experiences.

It looks like the virtual reactions and responses are starting to outweigh the real world interactions causing our brains to make a deformed choice.

... Just my ramblings!

>> ^Sagemind:
Is the virtual world somehow tricking the brain beyond a reasonable doubt?
Is the human mind designed/evolved enough to withstand the brainwashing that takes place when bombarded with digital stimuli?
Online Gaming, Second life, Virtual worlds, Chat rooms and Communities all seem to be a form of digital crack that we all joke about but are we actually sending false signals to our brains that are becoming so real that we can no longer distinguish between real and virtual?
Like with actual Crack, our brains are being rewarded with Dopamine every time we succeed at a positive interaction withing this new world. The chemical reward gets recorded in our brain and somehow starts registering Real-world responses up against the Virtual-world experiences.
It looks like the virtual reactions and responses are starting to outweigh the real world interactions causing our brains to make a deformed choice.
... Just my ramblings!


You ever read Neuromancer? Eventually the wealthy (this technology will not be available to the middle-class or the poor) will have their consciousness stored in computers that are hooked up to cloning devices. Virtual worlds will then shift over to become the natural environment for these people, turning the real world into the unnatural.

So what kind of vow does he make to "her"? That he promises not to jack off to any other images of naked anime girls?

>> ^brycewi19:
So what kind of vow does he make to "her"? That he promises not to jack off to any other images of naked anime girls?


I heard Nene Anegasaki is pretty open minded (just what I heard) -- as long as he jacks off to her AND the other images of naked anime girls, it's OK. However, her open mindedness goes both ways, so Sal9000 had to content himself with other gamers also jacking off to her image.

I guess having an open minded wife isn't always a win situation, especially when your wife is a representation of a naive slutty anime school girl easily accessible to millions of other players. Is their no rest for the wicked?

"DON'T DATE ROBOTS!"
-- Futurama