Vid Game Puts You In Hef's Shoes

Average Joes and Janes will be able to digitally mingle among celebs such as Carmen Electra and Tom Arnold when the "Playboy: The Mansion" video game hits stores this winter.

In the game, players don the pajamas of Playboy impresario Hugh Hefner and are given the task of building the Playboy empire by developing contacts, keeping the bunnies happy, selling magazines and, of course, throwing lavish parties.

Push the right buttons and Carmen Electra will R.S.V.P. for your party.

"I am very excited about my cameo in this game," Electra said in a statement Tuesday. "I look forward to seeing myself at many of the incredible parties that gamers will throw in their virtual Playboy mansions."

Other featured celebrities include magician David Copperfield and retired baseball star Jose Canseco. But gamers shouldn't expect to have their way with the stars.

"There are some things some celebrities won't do," senior developer Brenda Brathwaite told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

Real-life VIPs featured in the game were given the option of which Playboy mansion activities their virtual counterparts would do.

Arnold's character, for example, is only programmed to play sports and smoke cigars, according to senior producer Eric Marcoullier. But Sum 41 guitarist Dave Baksh's digital clone will "play sports, drink, get drunk, make out and have sex with women, smoke cigars, but he won't jump on the trampoline."

"Playboy" gamers looking to become anyone other than Hefner will be disappointed.

"The player is always Hef," said Playboy publicist Lorna Donohoe.