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Posted by Liquor and Fireworks (Member # 5785) on :

Wired News: Getting in Bed With the Customer

My friend showed me this while we were chatting.

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You can't take the voluptuous, bikini-clad vixens from Tecmo's Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball to bed with you -- but if you buy an Xbox in Japan this March, Microsoft will give you the next best thing.

...to celebrate the Japanese release of Dead or Alive Online next month, Microsoft is rolling out a special edition Xbox set with an extra-special bonus -- a dakimakura, or "hugging pillow," that features a life-size, front-and-back print of teenage character Kasumi in a skimpy bikini.

...Hugging pillows are printed with life-size artwork of popular animé characters, and are basically life-size teddy bears for adult males, but otaku's relationships with their dakimakura can get a little more personal.

"I guess they're supposed to be used ... as pillows to hug, of course ... and for other obscene purposes that I would rather not mention."

What can you say? Sex sells.

[ February 10, 2004, 12:45 AM: Message edited by: Liquor and Fireworks ]

Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

Oh my stars. Is this for real?

Posted by Liquor and Fireworks (Member # 5785) on :

Yes, but it will only be in Japan.

Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

Japan has a huge market of cartoon porn. I don't think this is a surprise, then.

Posted by Liquor and Fireworks (Member # 5785) on :

Isn't this kind of like giving out inflateable women as a bonus?
Of course, in Japan that sort of thing is probably acceptable, which I really don't understand.

Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :

Whenever I see "M$," I can't help but think of Penny Arcade's hilarious take on it. [Big Grin]

Man, I love PA. [Smile]

Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :

cartoon porn

Two words I had hoped to never see side-by-side.

Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :

Do they sell those blue Xbox'es in the US?

Posted by Liquor and Fireworks (Member # 5785) on :

[Laugh]

@twinky
That was great.

[ February 10, 2004, 01:23 AM: Message edited by: Liquor and Fireworks ]

Posted by porcelain girl (Member # 1080) on :

funnily enough, "pillowing" is a sometimes euphamism in japan for sexual intercourse.

Posted by narrativium (Member # 3230) on :

I'm sorry, Kasumi is hot, but Hitomi is way hotter.

Oh, damn. Did I say that out loud?

Ummm. . . I play it because it's a good fighting game! Honest!

Posted by jack (Member # 2083) on :

You know, I don't have a problem with the idea of them handing out inflatable doll substitutes. My huge problem is the fact that they are handing out inflatable doll substitutes of teenagers!

[ February 10, 2004, 12:37 PM: Message edited by: jack ]

Posted by Olivet (Member # 1104) on :

The thing with cartoon porn in Japan comes largly from their ban of photographic porn. They cannot show pubic hair in print, so their magazines of questionable intent show people supposedly getting it on while wearing underpants and stuff. Or so a friend of ours who is Japanese told Ron.

In any case, it has sort of backfired, in a way. I mean, you can get way kinkier with drawinga than with real life people.

Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

Olivia, I didn't know that. That makes sense.

[link removed because I forgot how gross it was]

[it was on Slate, but Slate doesn't mind oversquicky sometimes]

[ February 10, 2004, 01:29 PM: Message edited by: katharina ]