As the MMORPG boom washed over the games industry, digital sex became something you didn't have to do solo. Although other games supported a range of intimacy (most notably Second Life), only one massively multiplayer online world was made exclusively for doing it. Red Light Center was opened.

Regina Lynn poses in front of the main plaza in Red Light Center. Females aren't as scantily clad as they used to be, but males still get the better t-shirts. * Editor's note: Some links and the accompanying gallery in this story lead to adult material and are not suitable for viewing at work.

The Bourne Identity Pdf Ebook Download more. All links of this nature will be noted with 'NSFW' after them. * — One thing you notice in my line of work is that everyone likes to talk about future enhancements rather than current functionality, even if it took years to get a product to its current state. I suspect this is a universal enthusiasm among creative people, but it seems particularly strong among sex-tech pioneers.

So when I talked with Ray Schwartz, co-founder of, NSFW I did my best to keep us focused on what is rather than what will be. Red Light Center is an adults-only virtual world that boasts 40,000 members, 10 percent of which are VIPs who pay $20/month for their privileges – even though Red Light doesn't officially enter beta until September. In May, I invited a dozen Sex Drive forum members to explore the new platform for me, as I wasn't going to have time to devote to it until late July.

Initial reviews were mixed, with the men more patient with the product's flaws than the women were. Both men and women decried the generic avatars, the inability to customize anything and the clunky user interface.

Reading the women's comments, I could see each one pushing back from her computer and flinging her hands up with disgust. 'My biggest gripe is that the guys have actual clothes and women have to walk around in itty bitty slutty underwear and teeny tiny strappy high heels,' wrote one. 'Do they seriously think this is women-friendly?' 'It struck me as a very guy ideal,' said another, who admits that she found the virtual environment difficult and distracting in general. 'As for the porn available, there are easier ways to surf for naughty bits.' I finally entered Red Light Center last week, wondering how much had changed since my helpers first saw it. I managed to clothe my avatar somewhat modestly – she has pants – and yet the available bodies, skin colors and facial shapes are still woefully limited.

All around me, female avatars minced by in stilettos, breasts bobbing gently in bras and corsets. Men's chests swelled against painted-on T-shirts; the occasional nudist sprinted past, penis conspicuously dangling halfway down his thighs. I wandered through an erotic art gallery, watched a porn video and ran through the public sex hall before I realized where I was. Along the way I passed a gentleman's club, a bordello and several storefronts that launch websites where you can buy real-world lingerie, porn and toys. I felt like I was walking through a frat boy's spring break fantasy. And yet, Red Light Center markets itself as an erotic adventure for women.

I asked Ray what made him think that this environment had any particularly feminine appeal. 'The lagoon is opening, and you'll be able to swim in it,' he says. Until now, the lagoon has been purely for decoration. 'We have caves to explore, and one of the caves has a clamshell bed where people can have sex if they want. And there's a pirate ship.'