Wedding Ring On Virtual Finger
One has heard of weddings by proxy but getting married to a virtual character? It probably began with virtual weddings where a couple could get married online using their avatars. It’s happened on many sites, notably World of Warcraft. However, sometimes, gamers can carry a thing too far and blur the lines between reality and the virtual world and that’s when things can be a bit spooky.
Here’s what happened. A Japanese gamer – all one knows of him is that his username is Sal9000 – was playing on Nintendo’s game Love Plus which is a dating simulation game. He fell head over heels in love with Nene Anegasaki, a digitally created lady and he married her last weekend at a Tokyo technology fair, slipping on a wedding ring onto her finger virtually. What was even more surprising was that there was an actual priest and curious viewers who stood around watching in amazement. The priest did warn the couple that the marriage was not binding – and Nene did not seem to want to raise any objection to that. Nor did Sal9000!
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