{"id":28170,"date":"2010-08-13T15:42:47","date_gmt":"2010-08-13T15:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/lust-love-apps-playboy-tames-down-imaginary-girlfriend-steps-up-discoblog\/"},"modified":"2010-08-13T15:42:47","modified_gmt":"2010-08-13T15:42:47","slug":"lust-love-apps-playboy-tames-down-imaginary-girlfriend-steps-up-discoblog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/lust-love-apps-playboy-tames-down-imaginary-girlfriend-steps-up-discoblog.php","title":{"rendered":"Lust & Love Apps: Playboy Tames Down, Imaginary Girlfriend Steps Up | Discoblog"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"virtual-girlfriend\"Those subscribing to the iPad version of Playboy<\/em> really will be reading it for the articles: The magazine has announced that it will forgo the naked women photos to conform to Apple’s stance against all apps deemed<\/a> (pdf) obscene and pornographic.<\/p>

The Telegraph<\/em> reports<\/a> that a “tasteful headshot” will greet iPad readers in place of the full glory of a playmate of the month, for example. Covering up (or cropping out) the skin will keep Playboy<\/em> from that ever-growing list<\/a> of app rejects, which formerly included one<\/a> from a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist.<\/p>

Another app that escaped the banned list is My Virtual Girlfriend<\/a>, which we found on the blog Neatorama<\/a>. The game allows players to advance twenty “relationship levels” and apparently has a heart meter that you fill by engaging in activities like virtual hand-holding and virtual kissing. You can also thrill your virtual material girl by buying her shoes–she sounds like a real catch.<\/p>

Though the Virtual Girlfriend disclaimer<\/a> warns that the company is not responsible for any resulting marriages<\/a>, we fear for anyone to whom that applies.<\/p>

Related content:<\/a>
Discoblog: Want to Monitor the Earth’s Magnetic Field? There’s an App for That.<\/a>
Discoblog: Augmented Reality Phone App Can Identify Strangers on the Street<\/a>
Discoblog: Apple App Store Backs Off Rejection of Pulitzer-Winning Political Cartoonist<\/a>
Discoblog: Is Apple Taking Sexy Back? Raunchy Apps Vanish From the App Store<\/a><\/p>

Image: My Virtual Girlfriend<\/a><\/em><\/p>

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