And having done so, we're pleased to announce that Raven does, in fact, live up to the hype. A smart, capable girl who loves Star Trek, World of Warcraft, and, of course, making porn, she's a geek's dream. Add to that the fact that she's got a head for business, and runs not one, but two sites all on her own, and well—it should be easy to see why we're totally smitten. Looking to fall in love yourself? Click through the gallery to read our interview with Raven.

Fleshbot: So just to get started, can you tell me a little bit about yourself? Where are you from, how long have you been doing adult, how did you get into adult?
Raven Alexis: I'm originally from the Northwest and I've been living in Las Vegas for about three years now. I've done a lot of online work; I've done some dvd work as well and I have my own websites that I started and I work really hard on those and obviously now I'm with DP, so that's kind of me in a nutshell.

What made you decide to start your own site?
I've always kind of wanted to have my own website, to start my own business, be my own boss. And it just seemed like the web is where everything is right now.

For your own website, how much of the business end did you do? Were you also doing any technical stuff?
I own and operate them. I do have two webmasters that help me operate them, but I can do pretty much everything just in case someone can't do something. So I edit occasionally, I update the sites occasionally....I'm my own production company, so I try to be as hands on as possible and involve myself in everything a little bit.

Image of Raven Alexis courtesy of Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)

What's the difference between ravenalexis.com and ravensplayhouse.com?
Raven's Playhouse is my first site and it's exclusively solo...solo masturbation, solo stuff. It's much more girl next door, sweet girl stuff. Raven Alex has my boy-girl, girl-girl. It's got kind of a collection of stuff on it. It has a backstage pass area on it where they can actually just kind of see see me in regular life doing regular life things.

How long have you been doing hardcore?
I have been doing it...I want to say for a year and a half now.

And what made you decide to start doing hardcore? Was it something you planned all along?
Yeah, it's definitely something I planned. I wanted to get a lot of solo glamour work under my belt. I wanted to make sure it was the right time and everything. And I've done it exclusively on my own site, on Raven Alexis, so all along I've been wanting to go to the next level. And Digital Playground has definitely been in my sights. I just think they're an amazing company and now I finally get the opportunity to work with them.

Image of Raven Alexis courtesy of Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)

Do you consider yourself a geek? Is that how you self identify?
Definitely, yeah. I'm proud of it.

So what's the geekiest thing about you?
Um, well, there's a lot of geeky things. I play a lot of computer games, I play a lot of Xbox, I go to Comic-Con every year. I have a huge Star Trek thing, I go to Star Trek conventions.... Um yeah I'm very into gadgets, into sci-fi, just not really your typical girl, I guess.

Image of Raven Alexis courtesy of Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)

In terms of gadgets, what are your favorite gadgets?
My iPhone definitely is my favorite. I don't go anywhere without that. My computer. I have several. I have my gaming machines and then I have my laptop.

What kinds of computers do you have?
I have one Mac that I do all my website stuff on, then I have actually my two PCs that I built out myself. They're water cooled; they've got all the latest on them.

Image of Raven Alexis courtesy of Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)

Are you mainly into Star Trek? Are there other sci-fi things you like?
I like Star Trek, it's probably my favorite. Battlestar Galactica is probably my second favorite. I do watch Star Wars. I'm not as into them, but I think I'm more of a trekkie than a Star Wars person, but I like them all and I'll give anything a chance. But I think Star Trek is my favorite and BSG is my second.

New BSG or old BSG?
I would have to say old. I watch the new stuff but it doesn't do as much for me.

And which breed of Star Trek?
The Next Generation.

Image of Raven Alexis courtesy of Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)

I also heard you play World of Warcraft.
Yes, I do.

Did you know there's a porn star guild in World of Warcraft?
I did not know that, no...If there is such a thing I would definitely be interested.

Have you run into any issues with your account? Mia Rose, one of the pornstars who plays World of Warcraft actually had her account banned because of being a pornstar.
No I haven't. I don't really discuss it. You know, I've played it for, gosh, five, six years now. I don't really discuss what I do. I don't you know let it be known who I am or anything like that. Yeah, I haven't run into any problems with that.

Image of Raven Alexis courtesy of Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)

Have you shot any scenes for Digital Playground yet?
Yes, I have. I actually just finished doing something for them that's going to be released hopefully just right in time for the AVNs. We're just focusing on filming as much as we can.

Do you know what it's going to be called or is it still untitled?
I don't. I think they kind of keep those things untitled until the last second, you know?

Can you talk about who did you get to work with?
Oh, I can't actually say who I worked with but it was a great team and they were two of the best performers in the industry so it's not going to disappoint for sure.

Oh, two? Did you do two separate scenes?
It was one scene.

Oh, okay. Oh my goodness. Are you planning on working with males, females, both?
Both, all, you know, as much as I can get. I love sex and I love men and women equally.

Image of Raven Alexis courtesy of Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)

Are there things you haven't done on camera yet that you are looking forward to doing?
I always I want to do new stuff all the time....I'm always looking to kind of push the envelope and do as much crazy kinky fun stuff as possible.

What would you say is your favorite fetish?
Um, gosh. I like BDSM, I like I have a kind of strange mask fetish, kind of like the "Eyes Wide Shut" thing. I have a lot of different kinks that I enjoy, but BDSM is probably the top contender.

Do you consider yourself a top or a bottom?
A top.

Image of Raven Alexis courtesy of Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)

You live in Las Vegas, right?
Yes, I do.

So if I were to come to Las Vegas, what would be something I would absolutely have to do?
Oh gosh. I think probably the most important thing here in Vegas is the old strip, the Fremont Street experience. I have a fascination with all things classic and retro, so it's pretty cool to see the old classic Vegas like you see in all the movies.

Are there things you see as a local that tourists don't normally see?
I think everybody thinks that vegas is crazy crazy 24/7, you know? But there's a huge outdoors scene, = hiking and ski clubs and things like that. There's a huge suburban feel to it as well. So, I think people tend to just see the strip and don't realize how much it has to offer for actually like living here and doing other stuff.

Image of Raven Alexis courtesy of Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)

Apparently, apparently, it's a lot of girls, standing around, naked. Which is kind of what we expected...but still, very nice to see with our own eyes.

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...and let us in on some of her geekier fantasies. Oh Phoenix, now you've got us thinking about what you could do if you had Jean Grey's powers—and believe us, we'd pay good money to see that!

· Phoenix Askani on Burning Angel (burningangel.com)
· Phoenix Askani on Twitter (twitter.com)
· Phoenix Askani on MySpace (myspace.com)

The idea is simple: using your iPhone, you can mark the FapMap to commemorate a place where you had a romantic tryst, a rushed little quickie, or even just rubbed one out. True, it's not a completely original idea (in fact, we feel like it's been done several times before), but it does have a clever name and iPhone integration, which puts it at least a few steps ahead of its predecessors.

Though it's a little early to tell if this is the sex map of our dreams, we've seen enough promising products from Pink Visual to keep our fingers crossed (for the time being, anyway). Once they work out the kinks (like the fact that every address begins with 1000), we have a feeling this could be a very, very useful product...or at least one that's good for a few (sexy) laughs.

· FapMapper (ipinkvisualpass.com)
· Thumbnail star: Madison Young via Girls With iPhones (madisonbound.com + girlswithiphones.com)

This year's edition (theme: "Of Intercourse and Intracourse") promises to be just as exciting as the past two installments; with both io9's Annalee Newitz and Fleshbot alumna Violet Blue on the roster of speakers, we're sure attendees will receive quite a bit of food for thought (and, er, fantasy). Full details are available on the Arse Elektronika website. And for those of you who can't make it out to San Francisco this weekend, never fear: we're sure we'll have more than a few highlights from the event covered right here on good ol' Fleshbot.

· Arse Elektronika (monochrom.at)

Starring Kimberly Kane as Dana Scully and the dreamy Anthony Rosano as Mulder (with the magically delicious Ashlynn Brooke going back to her dark roots temporarily to play a demoness), "The X-Files: A Dark Parody" was conceived as an actual "X Files" episode but with sex, taking place in the time in the series when Gillian Anderson's Scully became pregnant and fans wondered if she'd been Muldered and Californicated.

Why does this excite us? Because this is geeky fan fiction with a porn twist just as much as it is a marketing ploy.

And like the Sam and Diane of the FBI, people wanted Mulder and Scully to get their X on. The two characters get together in the movie's climactic scene - and it's not a dream sequence.

One thing that is the stuff of fantasy is Ashlynn Brooke's rack.

"She has the best fake boobs I have ever seen," said Kane.

"The X Files: A Dark Parody" will be released in September.

· New Sensations (newsensations.com)

But wait, there's more! Exey Panteleev's patented learning system isn't limited to lessons about HTML: he's also got tips about CSS, photography, and all other sorts of nerd things. With just three easy payments of $29.95, his knowledge can be yours. (Offer not available outside the US. Make payments to Fleshbot.com.)

· Exey Panteleev (flickr.com)
· Sexy HTML Tips (flickr.com)

Not only is it an app that turns your phone into a multispeed vibrator—it's also an app with a downright adorable interface. Just look at this guy! He's like the Hello Kitty vibe of teledildonics!

· Dildroid (mobidroid.com, via slashdong.org)

· Front's Sexy Gaming Girls (frontarmy.co.uk)

Leave it to Supreme Commandress Stoya to be the one to put the pieces together, and give some backstory to the adult industry's historical love of innovation. She also takes the time to touch on her own history with gadgets (which sounds similar to ours) and her feelings on 3-D porn.

· Stoya talks tech and sex (bombsboobsburgers.net)

And if, perchance, the thought of 3-D cam shows makes you more queasy than curious, never fear: Jess does plenty of hot porn in regular 2-D, too. The third dimension stuff is just an added bonus.

· Undress Jess (undressjess.com)

· Image of Stoya courtesy of Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)

In order to purge our mind of this obsession, once and for all, we've decided to do one big roundup of sexy pictures of hot girls and gadgets. We're pretty sure that should do the trick... unless, you know it ends up fueling an even bigger, more unstoppable obsession with girls and gadgets (though, to be honest, there are worse things we could be burdened with).

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Raven Riley (gamerfetish.com)

Kitty Karsen (kittykarsen.net)

Anna (nerdpr0n.com)

Destiny Deville (premium-galleries.com)

Iga (gamerfetish.com)

Scarlett Sin (geekgirlsonline.com)

Vicki Vice (vickivice.com)

Stoya (razordolls.com)

Lana Lopez (gamerfetish.com)

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Granted, it would have been nice to see Stoya give a more "hands on" review of the product... but what do you expect from G4? Hardcore porn?

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· Stoya Reviews 'Rumble Massage' (g4tv.com)

· Superheroine Special: Raven AKA Olivia Rabanal (bizarremag.com)
· Superheroine Special: Raven AKA Olivia Rabanal Video (bizarremag.com)