Why Are Japanese Men Falling For Virtual Girlfriends On Nintendo DS's LovePlus

"LovePlus, a Japanese dating simulator for the pocket-sized Nintendo DS game player. Though LovePlus is sold exclusively in Japan and in Japanese, thousands of men and women around the world -- from high-schoolers to the middle-aged scattered from Johannesburg to Jacksonville -- have become hooked on the companionship its digital girlfriends provide. Some play to better prepare themselves for r ...