{"id":1000,"date":"2008-09-18T15:12:30","date_gmt":"2008-09-18T06:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/?p=1000"},"modified":"2008-09-18T15:12:30","modified_gmt":"2008-09-18T06:12:30","slug":"web-kare-virtual-boyfriends-social-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/web-kare-virtual-boyfriends-social-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Web-Kare – Virtual Boyfriends Social Network"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nLinkThink<\/a> released a new social networking service “Web Kare<\/a> – wonderful boys and lovely maiden story” featuring dating simulation game targetting female on 10th September, and gained over 10,000 users registered only in 5 days.
\nOn the service, you will spend a virtual school life with 4 young boys, while communicating other users.
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\nLike as other social networking services, you have “Purofu” (my profile), “Mini-Rogu” (microblog), “Oekaki” (Drawing bbs), direct message. As an original feature, it provides “Pro-Peta”, user created icons which shows paster’s attributes and interests, to show others your liking anime\/cereblities\/fashion\/etc.,
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\nOn the left side, there is a box showing a boy you chose from 4 at the registration. By clicking it, you will be taking to a scene in school life and talked by those boys characters.
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\nIt is explained that the system initially has 150 audio phrases for each boy recorded by voice actors. Conversation between you and your future boyfriends can be recorded on your “Album” page.
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\nAlthough not as many as virtual dating games for boys, but there have been games for ladies on PC and home consoles for decade<\/a>. Most of those games are not exported outside Japan, so I am unsure if the demand is only in Japan or not. This service may spot and satisfy those Japanese girls gamers who wants Web2.0-ish virtual dating.
\nLinkThink is know by thier pet widgets (“blog-parts” in Japanese) service BlogPet<\/a>, which is distributed to 400,000 users sites.
\nThe producer of Web-Kare is a well known independent web security researcher blogger Hamachiya2<\/a> (see his work<\/a>).<\/p>\n

See Also:<\/h3>\n

LinkThink – Press Release<\/a> [J]
\nNews on Venture View <\/a> [J]
\nHamachi-chan’s security learning course – gihyo.jp<\/a> [J]
\nHamachiya2 interview – Ascii.jp<\/a> [J]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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