Jan 17, 2007 5:12 PM

Sex and Video Games Links

I love it when other people do the hard work. Paul Joannides, author of The Guide to Getting It On, wrote a column recently about sex in virtual spaces and included a nice round-up of blogs, books and zines related to the subject. Nice round-up of blogs, books and zines about sex in virtual spaces

I love it when other people do the hard work. Paul Joannides, author of The Guide to Getting It On, wrote a column recently about sex in virtual spaces and included a nice round-up of blogs, books and zines related to the subject.

Nice round-up of blogs, books and zines about sex in virtual spaces

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