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"What happens when you mix male gamers, pretty girls, and a social platform where girls that connects the two for a price?  The answer is GameCrush, which has just opened to the public.\nGameCrush first made headlines in March when it entered public beta.  The site hooks up \"Players\" (mostly nerdy males) with \"PlayDates\" (mostly young females) to play everything from Call of Duty to simple arcade games.  Players can choose to play either Xbox 360 games or just a simple browser-based game.  \nUsers of GameCrush have four basic options for making connections with PlayDates.  The Arcade is for casual gaming, The Arena is for serious gaming, The Academy is for learning \"tips and tricks\" from PlayDates and The Edge is this service's version of a red-light district.\nThere is a catch, of course. PlayDates don't crush their controllers for free; it costs $0.60 per minute to have a pretty girl sniping with (or at) you.  \nThe result is a growing list of paying users and PlayDates earning $20+ per hour playing video games with curious or lonesome guys.  And before you ask, yes, you'll find girls that are willing to do more than just play games if you ask nicely.  Part of the reason for this is the service's points system. Players are expected to tip points to PlayDates, who can then trade them to get real cash.  Simply put, there's a big incentive for PlayDates to \"do more\" to earn more points.\nAs part of today's launch, GameCrush has added support for a wide variety of online and console games, as well as advanced social features and profile tools.  The company has raised $700,000 in angel funding from the likes of Anthem Venture Partners, Zivity founders Cyan and Scott Banister and angel investor Paige Craig. \n\n\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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