Playboy to Feature Video Game Characters

[Champ]

By ANTHONY BREZNICAN, AP Entertainment Writer

LOS ANGELES - Playboy is taking a chance on silicon instead of silicone. The October issue of the men's magazine features several video game characters posing in the nude — images created by the game companies through detailed computer illustration.

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The computerized models are part of the magazine's video game preview, titled "Gaming Grows Up." The five-page section starts with a topless image of the half-vampire, half-human title character from "BloodRayne," a leather-clad woman who fights with three-foot blades attached to her arms.


The next image is a full-frontal, two-page foldout of a character named Luba Licious from the upcoming mature-rated comedy game "Leisure Suit Larry," which is about a shrimpy guy who travels a college campus courting impossibly buxom coeds.


The images even feature the signature Playboy centerfold-style bio. "We treated these women just like they are celebrities," Alexander said. "We treated them real, as if they had turn-ons and turn-offs."

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[Endangered Specie]

1. Somehow, in todays world, this doesn't shock me.

[Renew Deal]

2. 2 things, Playboy is desperate and

where do I get a copy? ;)

[ChoralScholar]

3. Turnoffs?

The Playstation2 Power Switch.