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# Namco wants you to date their classic game characters
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/namco-wants-you-date-game-characters/
- Published: 2013-11-19T13:19:36.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T16:13:31.000Z
- Description: These are a few of the characters that you can hook up with in Namco High: the Galaga Ship; Lolo (from Klonoa); Valkyrie (yes they get a bit obscure, don’t they?); Anti-Bravoman (who?); Meowkie (Mappy); Mr. Driller (Dig-Dug’s son); Albatross (Rolling Thunder); and my personal heartthrob, Donko (the
- Author: Jason Johnson
- Tags: News, Dating Sim, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

These are a few of the characters that you can hook up with in [*Namco High*](http://namcohigh.com/?ref=killscreen.com): the *Galaga* Ship; Lolo (from *Klonoa*); Valkyrie (yes they get a bit obscure, don’t they?); Anti-Bravoman (who?); Meowkie (*Mappy*); Mr. Driller (Dig-Dug’s son); Albatross (*Rolling Thunder*); and my personal heartthrob, Donko (the drum from *Taiko Drum Master*).

Created by Namco and a guy who does web comics in MS Paint, *Namco High* is ridiculous. This is by necessity. While the dating-sim genre is giant in Japan, on these shores games they’re considered risque, and bound to raise a few eyebrows, for good reason. Bit put Miss Pac-Man in the dating pool and the questionable activity of befriending a computer character, even falling for them, becomes comedic. It’s a buffer. You can laugh at it.

While forming a personal bond with virtual characters may sound silly, it has been going on for awhile, with toys from Tamagotchi to Furbies, to games like *Mass Effect*, that let you get it on with aliens. Spike Jonze’s new movie is about a guy who falls in love with a synthesized voice. Yesterday I made Siri blush. It seems that forming personal connections with computer characters, even when those characters have very rudimentary signs of intelligence, is an inevitable bi-product of our plugged-in lives. Could dating-simd be the next step?