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...mails and, if an experiment under way in Hong Kong is any example, do a whole lot more. One2Free, a cellular service run by telecoms firm PCCW, has created a game world populated by four virtual girls: Alice, Angel, Ron and Veron. It's kind of a Tamogotchi for the home-alone-on-a-Friday-night crowd: through the cell phone, you sweet-talk the cybervixens into dates or out of their clothes. Since the service was launched in March, 500,000 text messages have been sent to the girls - but they stop responding if you're inattentive or late...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 101 Pixels of Fun | 6/4/2001 | See Source »

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