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De fapt e atat de ieftina incat valoreaza cat un joc pe Nintendo DS. Mai exact, compania japoneza Love Plus (nu stiu daca e aceeasi care fabrica si prezervativele) va lansa pe piata un joc in care utilizatorul va putea sa interactioneze cu caracterul din el.

Pentru cei care nu stiau, Nintendo DS are incorporat microfon si touchscreen, ceea ce-i permite utilizatorului sa vorbeasca si sa… atinga caracterul din joc.

Printre “provocarile” facute publice despre acest joc se enumera:

- 100 de “te iubesc” spuse caracterului.

- posibilitatea de-al tine de mana folosind pixul special, si…

- posibilitatea de-al saruta…

Aici este interviul in limba engleza.

Love Plus is a new Japanese dating simulation for the Nintendo DS that requires a fair amount of interaction between you and your simulated date. Including kissing!

Having selected a virtual girlfriend (let’s say Rinko), you’re supposed to engage her interest in real time, by taking her out on dates and planning things together. She may be shy at first, sending you mixed signals about your relationship with her. Eventually, though, if you play the game right, the two of you become more intimate. In an interview on boingboing about the game, Koh, a married man, answers some questions:

Q: “Koh, what do you and Rinko do together?”

Koh: “OK, this is pretty embarrassing. The DS has a mic and a touchscreen, so… one time, she asked me to say “I love you” a hundred times into the mic. I was on the airplane when she asked me that, so I was like, no way. There was also this part where you have to hold her hand on the touchscreen. If you touch her hand with the stylus, you get to hold her hand. And then there’s the part where you have to kiss her.”

Q: “Did you do it?”

Koh: “No, no! The girl’s face shows up on the screen, and you have to touch her lips to give her a kiss. That’s pretty weird…. this is embarrassing. I’m sweating right now just talking about it.”

Science fiction writer William Gibson popularized this idea of a relationship with a virtual girlfriend in his 1996 novel Idoru, in which a virtual person, an idoru or idol-singer, seems so real to fans that some of them want to marry her:

“What did Blackwell mean, last night, about Rez wanting to marry a Japanese girl who isn’t real?” “Idoru,” Yamazaki said. “‘Idol-singer’. She is Tei Toei. She is a personality-construct, a congeries of software agents, the creation of information-designers. She is akin to what I believe they call a ’synthespian’, in Hollywood.”

I note in passing that this would be an interesting game to implement on sf writer Frekerik Pohl’s joymaker, a smartphone from his 1965 novel The Age of the Pussyfoot that could kiss you back.

Parazitii – Drumuri Fictive

A ajuns si la urechea mea, sau mai bine spus, in fata ochilor mei stirea ca cei de la Parazitii se pregatesc de lansarea unui nou album impreuna cu Gazeta Sporturilor. :|

Si da, albumul care poarta numele al celui mai nou single al baietilor (probabil, ca cei de la GSP nu s-au obosit sa precizeze acest detaliu) va fi disponibil cu ziarul Gazeta Sporturilor pe data de 6 octombrie la pretul de 8 RON. Albumul va include piese remasterizate de pe albumele mai vechi, dar si “Mix Bun” si ultimul single “Drumuri Fictive”

Acum… ce face omul, face si maimuta…

Si nu ma intelege gresit nu-i fac pe baietii de la Parazitii, maimute, dar… hai frate, tot cu GSP lanseaza albumul ca si rivalii-lor-de-moarte B.U.G. Mafia? Puteau sa gaseasca si ei ceva mai rezonabil ca ProSport, chiar si Playboy pentru ca tot as fi cumparat albumul lor. [ Mai ales Playboy >:) ]

In orice caz, sunt destul de sceptic in ceea ce priveste albumul lor. Tocmai pentru ca-l lanseaza impreuna cu GSP, si pentru ca nici nu mai vreau sa-mi aduc aminte ce-a fost ultima mea investitie in acest ziar impreuna cu albumul de la Mafia (o pierdere de bani).

Ca o consolare, sunt sigur ca orice melodie remixata de la Parazitii e muuuult mai buna decat orice melodie remixata de la B.U.G. Mafia. Asa ca acum cunosti pe cine prefer dintre cele doua formatii. :D

Ceilalti feat. Ciuraru – Vom trece peste

Un adevarat imn pentru zilele in care suntem la pamant au incercat Ceilalti (creTzu, ViKloth si Horia), impreuna cu Ciuraru sa creeze si… chiar au reusit.

Carbon feat. Guess Who si Cedry2k – Introspectii

Melodia este de pe ultimul album al lui Carbon intitulat “Reactii Adverse”, si personal mie mi-a placut inca de la prima ascultare. Sper ca si-n cazul vostru sa fie la fel.

Click pe Read More pentru versuri.

Sisu – Ai vrea sa ai

Sincer sa fiu cand l-am auzit pe ala cand a inceput cu “Ai vrea sa ai…”, m-am gandit “ce poate fi mai rau de atat?”. Cateva momente mai tarziu a inceput celalalt cu efectul “vietii” de ingrosare (nu stiu exact cum se numeste) si m-a bufnit rasul cand mi-am dat seama ca am descoperit ce putea fi mai rau. Dar, exceptand asta melodia e ok.

Totusi… ma uit inca o data la clip si nu inteleg ce e cu atata “fakereala”, ala vrea sa semene cu Timbaland, altu’ vreau sa semene cu Method Man, sau mai stiu eu cu cine, de ce nu putem fi romani si de ce trebuie sa copiem ce vedem in clipurile de afara?

Inca o data spun: Melodia imi place 95%, dar clipul nu!