Each week, Ariel Waldman serves a tasting of the latest in sex and tech.

Adult FriendFinder Gets Acquired

TechCrunch carries in the rumors about the recent unconfirmed acquisition of Adult FriendFinder. The sometimes frightening ads we see pasted across splogs are in demand and apparently for a lot of dough. With estimates ranging from $500 million to a laughable $1 billion, Penthouse Media Group seems to have made the quasi-porn purchase. CNN asks, "You know how you'll be trying to do work, and the Internet will inexorably drag you into porn?" Yes, but we can only ask CNN, "You know how you'll be trying to look for porn, and the Internet will inexorably drag you into trashy ads?"

Atari Provided Pixelated Porn

Adult game development used to get some action from Atari. At the time, the adult games couldn't be sold as games, so they remained on sale only in adult specialty shops. "Adult entertainment" like Custer's Revenge consisted of naked cowboys raping tied-up Indians. Others such as Bachelor Party were far more innocent in their rough-edged animations, only providing a Pong-like strategy of gaining women like points. Kotaku has more cartridge case studies from the '80s.

Drew Carey Likes Phones And Sex, Not Phone Sex

Drew Carey made the collage of a cover for last Sunday's issue of Parade. The issue covered the latest in technology, which undoubtedly means they were late to the iPhone coverage game and are milking it for what it's worth a few months later. Regardless, Carey talked about his tech-fetish:

He also mentioned going on virtual dates with his IRL fiancée in Second Life. Virtual candle-light dinners are not necessarily recommended unless you're comfortable with the occasional Furrie crashing it.