The short and grammatically questionable life of my Bimbo
by at April 23, 2008 4:22 pm
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It’s probably my own fault, so go ahead and blame me from your little internet Heaven. Of course given that I ignored you and didn’t really nurture your social skills or morality, you’re probably either in purgatory or someplace with a more tropical climate.
I’m getting ahead of myself.
On March 26, 2008, there was quite a bit of controversial buzz surrounding a new virtual pet game called Miss Bimbo. Of course like any good video game journalist, my mind instantly clicked: controversy + videogames = page views. I decided to create an account to do some research which would lead to a more informed story.
Unfortunately, the whole creating-an-account thing didn’t go so well. Media sources writing about Miss Bimbo weren’t the only ones getting heavy traffic. The actual Miss Bimbo site was experiencing a deluge of hits. It wasn’t until March 28, 2008, that I was finally able to create an account without getting an error message.
Alas, my account wouldn’t work. Multiple times I would attempt to log in so I, too, could experience this great and controversial web game. I was thwarted each time. I re-requested my login information. I sent an email asking for assistance. Nothing worked.
So, like Neopets and probably countless other web-based games, I forgot about Miss Bimbo. Until today.
Today (April 23, 2008) I received an unusual email from “noreply” with the title, “Your Bimbo doll is dead :S.” I was just about to send the message to Spam, certain it was a mass email peddling some sex toy and thinking it would feel more comfortable with its own kind, when I noticed mention of my Miss Bimbo username in the first sentence.
I don’t know what was more amusing – the notification letter that could easily be mistaken for sex toy spam or the broken English used to notify my bimbo’s next of kin of her untimely passing.
I was presented with three options – pay 2,000 Bimbo dollars, reset my account or pay actual money to revive her and get 10,000 Bimbo Dollars through allopass.com.
Obviously Miss Bimbo doesn’t know me very well. I won’t pay to play Final Fantasy XI, an online entry in a series from my favorite game developer/publisher, yet they think I’d spend real money to resurrect a virtual pet? Absurd! My Bimbo only had 1,000 Bimbo Dollars to her name, since I had never had the opportunity to play, so that option was out as well. I could have reset the account, which was free, but I know in my heart I’d never come back.
So farewell little Bimbo doll. It is unfair that the time we had together was so short, but life isn’t fair. Chalk it up to my apathetic nature and short attention span. I guess you just weren’t controversial enough to stay in it for the long haul.
Now, I wonder what ever happened to my NeoPets?
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