When an Avatar Loves an Avatar

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The title of the article is Is a virtual affair real-world infidelity?

For many folks, the arms-length quality of in-game romance is what separates a (fairly) harmless experiment from actual infidelity. If these intimacies, no matter how personal, never translate into a real-world meeting or real-life sex, can it be considered cheating?

MSNBC Games Editor Krista Kalning actually managed to squeeze 2 pages out of this “story,” instead of answering her own silly headline with the question: If your partner found out, would he/she think it was cheating? Because that’s the only answer that really matters.

Tomorrrow: I solve your commitment issues, RMT, and apologize for calling screen shots “nappy-headed.”

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  1. Cyanbane says:
    April 18, 2007 at 10:03 am

    The real question is if you dual box with yourself, would your partner think it is just masturbation?

  2. Tim says:
    April 18, 2007 at 10:30 am

    Wagner James Au, author of the Second Life blog New World Notes. “What looks like a hot blonde babe could be a 60 year-old man in Milwaukee.”

    I think all men, specifically 60 year-old men, in Milwaukee should say that their lives are ruined from this comment! I mean, how insensitive! Where’s the Al Sharpton for 60 year-old men!

  3. Jade Reporting » Blog Archive » April 19 says:
    April 19, 2007 at 8:51 am

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