My Virtual Boyfriend – iOS App Review
Well, give me a real man any day but perhaps if that’s not on offer you may suffice with a virtual one – I can definitely see the advantages!
We wanted to find our if My Virtual Boyfriend really lives up to its hype of a fun, handsome, non-argumentative, willing guy- sound perfect to you? Read our review below to see if this app is the one.
Category: Entertainment
Released: August 15, 2011
Version: 1.5
Developer: WET Productions Incorporated
Rated: 17+
Price: $0.99/£0.69/Download here
Our Rating: ****
Getting Started
Getting started with your virtual boyfriend is a lot easier that a real boyfriend. You can try out a whole load of personas, perhaps you fancy a geeky guy, or you’re in the mood for a bad boy, well they’re all here, much like the real world, except of course you can delete them once you’ve had enough.
Selecting Your Man
You need to complete a Player Profile to start the game and within that you select the preferences that you are looking for in your virtual guy. Then you can choose from a line up of guys that match your choices but if you don’t like the look of them, just refresh the page and you get a new line up. You can then dress him, change his clothes, and even his hairstyle – and he doesn’t mind, either!
Your Guy
Once you’ve got your guy he will greet you in his home and you can check it out with the 3D graphics. You may find your guy a bit shy to start with but he soon warms up once you start talking to him. When you talk to him, he responds, if he likes your answers, you start to gain points, if he doesn’t like your answers though, be aware that you will lose points too.
Game Play
My Virtual Boyfriend consists of 20 levels of progressive game play with hundreds of men to choose from. It’s a really fun game with mass appeal, it’s similar to a dating SIM game really.
Disclaimer
It’s important to remember that My Virtual Boyfriend is a game and does not replace the real thing. Although having said that, the one dimensional personas of most of the boyfriends do seem strangely realistic!
Don’t feel hard done by guys, WET Productions have also developed a My Virtual Girlfriend – you can download that here.
Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter is a British photography journalist, editor, curator, and the founder of *TheAppWhisperer.com*, one of the world’s leading platforms dedicated to mobile photography and art. Since its launch in 2009, TheAppWhisperer has become an international hub for artists of all levels to discover, learn, exhibit, and engage with contemporary photographic practice.Built on principles of inclusivity, accessibility, and artistic excellence, Joanne has spent almost two decades championing mobile photography as a serious artistic medium. Through interviews, critical essays, exhibitions, competitions, and education, she has helped shape and document the evolution of mobile art on a global scale.Her work has taken her internationally, lecturing on photography and mobile art at institutions and events including the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea, alongside appearances in the UK and Europe. She has served as a juror for international photography and mobile art awards across Portugal, Canada, the United States, South Korea, Italy, and the UK.Joanne is also the founder of *TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com*, one of the first online galleries dedicated exclusively to collectible mobile art, connecting artists with collectors across Europe, the United States, and Asia.Before founding TheAppWhisperer, Joanne worked extensively in print journalism and photographic publishing, including roles at a paparazzi photo agency and as deputy editor of a leading photography magazine. Her freelance journalism, criticism, and commentary have been published widely in both the UK and the US, with bylines in *The Times*, *The Sunday Times*, *The Guardian*, *Popular Photography*, *NikonPro*, *DPReview*, *Which?*, *Vogue Italia*, *LensCulture*, the *BBC*, and more recently, the *Financial Times*, where her published letters on photography continue to contribute to wider conversations around the medium.Alongside her editorial and curatorial work, Joanne’s own photographic practice has been exhibited internationally across the UK, Europe, South Korea, and the United States. Her work increasingly explores themes of grief, loss, death, memory, and the body.Her current research interests centre on grief, death, and poverty, with forthcoming postgraduate study leading towards doctoral research in these areas.Joanne is currently developing new long-form writing and photographic projects and is available for commissions, editorial projects, speaking engagements, and collaborations.Contact: joannetheappwhisperer@gmail.com)
