Sorry, but I want my women in meat space, not cyber space.
Playboy takes a ride to Second Life
Adult magazine unveils virtual rabbit head-shaped island populated with female avatars and merchandise.
June 12 2007: 1:07 PM EDTNEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Playboy Enterprises, Inc. slipped into the virtual world known as Second Life Tuesday with the launch of Playboy Island.
The adult entertainment company said it is offering Second Life residents a taste of the Playboy lifestyle on a rabbit head-shaped island, which houses a retail store and will feature events and social opportunities.
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Play videoThe virtual Playboy store includes merchandise from PlayboyStore.com and ShoptheBunny.com, and is staffed by female avatar employees wearing Playboy-branded apparel or Playboy Bunny costumes. Playboy-branded apparel can be purchased in the virtual store for real-world wear or Second Life avatars.”
So do I, which is why I don’t understand why people buy porn magazines filled with carefully lit, airbrushed photographs of mostly surgically-altered or otherwise physically-enhanced women in the first place. Not only are the women pseudo-real, they’re literally two-dimensional.