Four years ago, Heart Wishbringer saw Joe Stravinsky for the first time atop a waterfall overlooking a lush green valley. And while it was hard for her not to notice his dramatic hair (a towering white mohawk) and obvious height (an impressive 7'8"), it was Stravinsky's black, ornamented boots that really caught her eye.

They were "the most intricate boots I'd ever seen," Wishbringer says.

Equally taken with Wishbringer and her porcelain-skinned beauty, Stravinsky threw himself fully into a relationship with her almost immediately, taking her on 12-hour dates to his castle and talking late into the night with her about everything … Read More

When 28-year-old Amy Pollard divorced her husband, she raised eyebrows. Not because her grounds for divorce were unconventional—infidelity—but it was Pollard's definition of cheating. She caught her ex having sex with another woman in the online world of Second Life. Or, specifically, she caught her husband's character having sex with another woman's character in the virtual game.

Pollard is also an avid Second Lifer. And the SL community had words for her. In fact, so many nasty ones that she disabled her IM in Second Life. Hundreds of SLers criticized and chastised Pollard for taking the … Read More

Some girls dream of growing up to be president. Others want to be fairy princesses or law clerks. But for nearly half her life, 26-year-old "Palela Alderson" has wanted to be a prostitute.

"As a teenager [in Italy] I would watch these sexy women walking the streets," she tells Green Pixels, "waiting for the cars to stop, teasing the guys, and then hopping in and getting out sometime later. I'm not sure why I find it such a turn-on. I think it's because when a man will pay to have you, you know he really desires you."

In time, … Read More

What counts as adultery? For one woman in England the answer is virtual sex.  The staff at Wowowow delves into the case of Amy Pollard who is leaving her husband of three years after discovering he was having an online affair in Second Life.  The twist? Amy and her husband first met while playing Second Life, so we guess she knows a thing or two about how these online affairs can end up. 

The Frisky is getting ready for the holidays with this handy guide on how NOT to deal with his family.  Good to … Read More

Affairs used to involve off-the-beaten-path motels, lunch hour and lipstick-stained collars. Private eyes in trench coats would usually be the catalyst for the secret trysts' demise.

These days, cheating can happen with a credit card, one's own hand or even an online alter ego or "avatar."

A British woman recently filed for divorce after she found her husband's avatar cheating on her alter ego in the virtual reality computer game Second Life. The Guardian quoted the man as as saying "We weren't even having cyber sex or anything like that we were just chatting and hanging out together."

His … Read More

When it comes to relationships, what does the future hold? Will we meet via online matchmaker? Set the sheets on fire with cell phones-turned-sex toys? Or sip piña coladas served by cute robotic cabana boys? Regina Lynn, our Nostradamus of romance, peers into the next five years. Prediction 1: Video kills the coffee date. I don’t know what Starbucks is going to do, but in 2012, awkward first encounters will no longer take place over vente mochachinos. For those searching for a mate online, “First dates will be on live … Read More