The Tribune reports that men are actually shelling out cash to send to virtual girlfriends that live in their cell phone. (Registration required to read the darn thing: login=Randommentality / password=password). If you don't pony up for the gifts, the microchip minxes will ignore your butt.



And there's no virtual sex allowed. (Then shouldn't they be marketed as virtual wives?)



H*ll, if anyone's really that hard up call me and I'll ignore you for free.



UPDATE



I guess I'm behind the times. Homercles reports that female video game characters have agreed to pose nude for next month's Playboy.



Next up in the gender wars: the machines win when both sexes become obsolete.