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Old 03-31-2010, 12:25 PM   #1
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GameCrush is set to launch at 6 p.m. PDT Tuesday, and its premise, in theory, is simple. It's the gaming equivalent of buying a girl a drink to chat her up, the developers say.

A Player (yes, they're called "Players") buys points--500 cost $8.25--and uses them to buy "game time" with a PlayDate (yes, they're called PlayDates). Xbox titles including Modern Warfare 2, Gears of War 2, Grand Theft Auto IV, and Halo 3 cost 400 points and last up to 10 minutes.
It'll make a mint.

Why didn't I think of this.
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Old 03-31-2010, 12:33 PM   #2
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Old 03-31-2010, 12:46 PM   #3
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Is the site up now? I checked it out a few days ago (from IGN), just checked no, still down.

Pretty sure it is a joke website. They got "apparently" 10,000 requests in the first 5 minutes which crashed their servers.
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Leave the money on the Xbox first....
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Old 03-31-2010, 03:46 PM   #6
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Yeah and how many of these girls are actually girls. Its not like they can verify it.

That hot chick that your playing pantsless GTA 4 is actually a 45 year old plumber from Detroit named Bob.
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Do you wanna date my avatar? She's a star. And she's hotter than reality by far. Wanna date my avatar?
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Old 03-31-2010, 04:04 PM   #8
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pffft I'd rather date a real girl.
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They have webcams that show who they are.
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Old 03-31-2010, 06:02 PM   #10
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$6.60 / 10 minutes... wow...
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Old 03-31-2010, 06:03 PM   #11
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I saw this, ran a little math, and discovered that if a girl somehow managed to get in 40 hours / week of actual gaming time, if she was only playing the six minute games she'd be flirting with a six figure salary.

Honestly, I think it'll flop.
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Old 03-31-2010, 06:07 PM   #12
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Why would you want to pay to play a video game with a girl? Everyone knows that girls suck at video games.
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Haha interesting business idea. Definitely a market that might think about paying for a service like that.

The only thing is, how much money does the average gamer have? Can they afford this? Aren't most too young to have a decent salary. And if you did, wouldn't you be using the money in other ways?
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I wonder how girls will react to seeing this on the other end.

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The only thing is, how much money does the average gamer have? Can they afford this? Aren't most too young to have a decent salary. And if you did, wouldn't you be using the money in other ways?
The gaming industry is bigger than the movie industry.

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Yeah and how many of these girls are actually girls. Its not like they can verify it.
You get to see their vagitar.
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I wonder how girls will react to seeing this on the other end.

Hopefully she comes equipped with the Sword of a Thousand Truths.
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I have no idea who that is. Care to fill me in?
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Geek Goddess Felicia Day. As Syd Sherman as her mmo character Codex.


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