Why the negativity in your option 3? Why call him a loser? What’s wrong with doing something whimsical in public?

I didn’t say anything negative about doing something “whimsical in public.” I’ve done plenty of performance art myself so I see nothing wrong with that. What I said was, “If he’s not serious and this is a publicity stunt”, then he’s a loser. If he’s just a fan who didn’t get paid to do this, then whatever makes the fellow happy is fine by me. I just think if it was a publicity stunt and he was paid by a corporation to do this, then he’s a bit of a loser and it’s in no way art.

I know Nene Anegasaki. Very well. As a matter of fact, we’ve been “intimate.” She never even mentioned Sal9000 once.

I don’t think I’m the only one.

Videogames aren´t real, they need suspension of disbelief to work.
Marriage is also unreal, but in another way. I´ts a social construct, a happy delusion shared by two like-minded individuals. But marriage is also at the same time a legal and sometimes even a political construct. Society demands that we play along with the married people and respect their union.

So this guy is essentially forcing us all to play along in what should be his own private suspension-of-disbelief.

Many people dislike beeing forced to play. It takes all the fun out of it.

The last time I checked, software on the DS is not capable of such growth seeing as its just a piece of scripted plastic.

This man must of lulled himself so deeply into a fantasy world that he actually believes an intimate, deep relationship can be formed between himself and this virtual character.

Wouldn’t this count as a form of objectophilia? I just cannot grasp this concept at all.

As a Chinese guy, I know that most Asian parents would go nuts if you even dated someone from another race, let alone marry a video game character.

He bought a game that he had no hand in creating and is basically admitting to the world that he is devoting his life to a consumer product

Thus criticizing the human condition in modern consumer society. Postmodernism is easy.

I just wanted to say Asian cultures are just as judgemental and if not even more judgemental then American culture. The difference lies largely in the fact that most judgemental Americans will openly and freely express their judgement while most judgemental Asians will keep quiet on their judgement for social courtesy.

The problem with judgemental Americans is that they’ll tell you their opinions openly and you’ll have to deal with it everywhere in public and sometimes even in private.

The problem judgemental Asians is that they’ll whisper about it to their friends and family behind your back and pretend to be polite and cordial in front of you. The worst part about that is sometimes you don’t even know they’re judging you behind your back until it’s too late.

And I’m not sure what his parents are going to think about this. I know I would be a bit concerned for my child if he announced his marriage to a videogame character. And is serious about it. Brings a lot of questions about accepting your child for who they are and where you went wrong in to mind.

The comments here are, for the most part, the least open-minded that I’ve seen on boingboing.

“What happens when the batteries run out or memory becomes corrupted?” Dude. Ever heard of a little thing called Alzheimers? You don’t have to be a video character to suffer memory corruption.

The guy is not automatically sick, deluded, lonely, or even whimsical. Could be he’s asked himself the BIG questions and come up with an original answer. Deal with it.

Personally, I’ve had the misfortune, more than once, to have become involved with a partner who’s turned out to be, shall we say, less than 3 dimensional. There’s nothing really new here.

I wish them both every happiness. And I’m really interested to see what the kids will be like.

It’s all a sham. This man does not wear glasses.

I wish the dude much happiness.

http://www.independent.co.uk/extras/sunday-review/living/i-married-the-eiffel-tower-832519.html