Her name is Ella Nova and over the next few hours she'll be slapped, spanked and splayed in a female sub-dom POV scene.ĭespite claiming to provide "the most ethical and authentic kinky adult entertainment," the company has been implicated in a number of scandals, most recently in the alleged cover-up of rape allegations brought against porn crossover star James Deen by former Kink model Nicki Blue.
The site, currently in beta, offers six immersive sex scenes for free, with two more set to roll out in the coming weeks. Its latest venture,, launched on Black Friday, and if all goes according to plan, will serve a selection of 180-degree immersive VR experiences covering some of the company's most popular genres. According to a New York Times article, Kink had as many as 60,000 subscribers in 2007. The company boasts nearly two dozen separate fetish sites, ranging from Butt Machine Boys to Electro Sluts, and has produced more than 10,000 sex scenes since its founding. Unlike many old-guard studios, Kink not only embraced the move to Internet-based distribution, but also thrived in a market dominated by YouTube-style porn sites. finance student Peter Acworth in 1997, has grown into a bona fide fetish empire, with more than 130 full-time employees occupying the 200,000-square-foot Armory building in San Francisco's Mission District. In early November, I was invited to a shoot for Kink's official foray into virtual reality. NSFW Warning: This story may contain links to and descriptions or images of explicit sexual acts. I thought I'd seen everything until I saw inside Ella Nova's anus.
I answered phones, designed box covers, scripted Brazilian gang bangs and spent hours airbrushing razor burn and other skin conditions in Photoshop. Toward the end, I was one of two employees. Six years ago, I exited the porn industry after the studio I worked for succumbed to a decline in DVD sales.