Guy marries game character

"The world is coming to an end'.

This was one of the few comments i've heard from people's youtube response to the wedding that took place between a man and a virtual game character. The marriage that took place between Sal9000(the happy jap dude) and Nene Anegasaki(virtual girl from a Nintendo DS game Love Plus) was joined by over 3000 witnesses watching it live over the net. I'm sure some, if not the majority of you, have heard about this.

Some people have mentioned that there is no wrong in loving a game character. I support that statement to a certain extent, but come on. Marrying a game character? That's a bit over the top for me. Posters in your room, desktop wallpapers, that's cool. Maybe the occasional blabbering to your friends about how much you are so love him/her. Still on the lines of acceptable. Marrying her. Erm, creepy much? 

Give or take another 100 years perhaps, i think there'll be more and more human-ai weddings taking place. We've seen many references to this possibility in movies and novels, one being Bicentennial Man, starring Robin Williams. Who knows, that might be how the future turns out to be. =)    

 

So all you otaku dudes(Japanese term used to refer to people with obsessive interests, particularly anime, manga, and video games.) out there, at least wait till they're physically there before you pop the question. There is hope for the future =)

here are some pics i flicked off the web. 

Honestly one of the better looking virtual characters.

The happy newly weds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsikPswAYUM&feature=player_embedded
this is the link to a video special on the wedding. Thanks to www.boing-boing.com for the vid and youtube for the feed.  

Well, i wish the happy couple a long and fruitful life. xD
Just one thing i've been wondering, when someone else plays this game, is your wife cheating on you? haha =)