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"Get R.E.A.L." by Shon Richards (virtual reality sex) 9.5, 10, 10
"Get R.E.A.L." by Shon Richards (lordshon@aol.com). William has grown bored with his practical-reality workstation, which (like most pr owners) he has used his almost solely for sex fantasies. He has started to notice how all of his virtual romantic receptacles have been starting to act alike: Mona Lisa and Cheerleader Cindy have been making the same noises in bed. He has purchased R.E.A.L (Reality Enhancement Actualizer L-drives ) with the hope that the VR program might return the old excitement to his dances with the one-eyed sailor. The R.E.A.L program works; that is, the characters take on more enticing characteristics, and this makes them initially more sexy. However, in each case they also shift the scripted plot into the direction of greater authenticity. The result is that they step out of his fantasy and act in ways that real people would act under those circumstances. In short, the program needs some debugging if it is to serve as an improvement on the old five- finger shuffle. This is a very interesting twist. As the author puts it: "It was only after Tina's father was beating the crap out of him that he thought to make Tina an orphan. Trial and error becomes painful when you just want to get your rocks off." Ratings for "Get R.E.A.L." Athena (technical quality): 9.5 Venus (plot & character): 10 Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 10 |