In this free online game, sponsored by Disney, kids get to create a penguin avatar and join an interactive world. There is filtered chat with moderators to help keep everyone swear free and safe. Club Penguin is also a Nintendo DS game, so I assuming this online world is an offshoot. I did have to create a login to sign up and send an email to my ‘parents’ for permission. This does bring up a great point. There is no way at all to control that age of the players who sign up. It is not just a world for kids.
I had to wait for my boss to go to lunch……..
I made my penguin, named Burnbright and walked around. I went to the snowfort, a clothing store, the dock. I tried to play in a snowfight but a few other penguins yelled at me to Join a Team. But I never did find out how. I had money but wasn’t allowed to spend it unless I signed up for ‘membership’ which I thought I had already done. My penguins name didn’t show up like the other user’s, just an id number and I couldn’t figure out how to fix it. I thought this game was a big yawn!
For Tweens?
This is a game for kids, who don’t mind a lot of button pushing trying to explore.
Final Word:
Does my penguin too fat in this outfit?
http://www.clubpenguin.com/
