Konami Digital Entertainment polled 500 Japanese men to find out.

Questions asked include things like if they thought of themselves as a herbivore male (Almost 64 percent said yes!) or whether they enjoyed in-game romance (42 percent said affirmative).

The grass eater term was coined by a Japanese columnist to describe effeminate young Japanese men who are less interested in, say, dating the opposite sex.

Konami's poll — if you are one to believe Konami polls — seems to indicate a significant interest in video game characters: One in five Japanese males polled stated that they have felt like falling in love with an in-game character.

Ten in ten Japanese females said this was creepy. Kidding!

http://kotaku.com/5350594/are-you-20+something-years-old-do-you-want-to-love-a-game-character

Do You Know Whose Birthday It Was Yesterday?
By Brian Ashcraft, 9:20 PM on Tue Oct 6 2009

Manaka's! The character from Konami's virtual girlfriend simulator for the Nintendo DS, Love Plus.

As we posted back in May, the first part of the game is standard fare: Players court three girls, trying to get them to fall in love. That's where most dating sims end — Love Plus is just getting started.

The second half is open ended. You've already got the girl, now what do you want to do? Want to touch her on her forehead, cheeks, arms, etc. via the touch pad? You can email her, call her via the DS mic and study together.

The game has been a hit in its native Japan and has a devoted following. How devoted? Check out all these birthday cakes that popped up on the Japanese internet. One individual event spent over US$50 on perfume, roses and cake for Manaka.

Happy Birthday, Manaka! Terribly sorry we forgot!!

http://kotaku.com/5375875/do-you-know-whose-birthday-it-was-yesterday/gallery/

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