SEX LIES & VIDEO GAMES: Moniker is a literary avatar who emigrates to Canada from the States to work for a video game design firm in downtown Vancouver. Moniker discovers a paradise of single Asian women in his new homeland looking for insta-husbands. He enjoys this demographic perk to his dating life and slowly verges toward a state of sex addiction fueled by online dating sites. At work he meets Monika, a Romanian intern who is a single mother studying at a local university. Monika embarks on a program of improving Moniker, tailoring him to her high European standards even as Moniker undergoes Asian cultural colonization.