Virtual Boyfriends – Apparently Japanese girls are going crazy over a dating simulation site that lets them have a virtual boyfriend. As someone who spent a good deal of the summer with his 12-year-old Canadian nieces, I guarantee that this would be a big hit in North America as well. (Techcrunch)
The Superstruct Game – I can’t quite get my head around this yet, but it looks amazingly cool. In 2019, the world is beset by crises including a pandemic respiratory disease outbreak and the collapse of the global food system. Your job is to report from that world and help develop solutions. The game is set on the web and encourages people to set up blogs, make videos, etc. At least I think that’s what this is about. Anyway, the game launches Oct. 6, and I’m interested in finding out more. (via zefrank)
The Plunge Protection Team – Drake Bennett writes about Wall Street’s most persistent conspiracy theory: a cabal of powerful men who are propping up the market to protect us from finding out just how fucked the economy really is. (Boston Globe Ideas Section)
