DadJoke007: The article says the egirls play games and listen to your problems. Have people completely forgotten that voice chat is free in multiplayer games? Just start going on about your day in Left 4 Dead or Team Fortress 2 and you'll get the response you need, and it's free.
Absolutely, why even pay for something that is free everywhere on the internet? I can understand why people buy sex or physical intimacy, but I feel sorry for those that would pay for these things online...
Perhaps it's these new generations variant of "magazines" we bought at one time before they vanished (Cats/Club anyone?).
Not only that, you can joke all the time or say what you want in these MMO's games without any fear that the "online escort" (you've paid) gets offended and close off abruptly knowing there was still time left on the "taximeter"....