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Animal Crossing is for pedophiles; well not really
Topic Started: Mar 21 2009, 04:07 PM (122 Views)
Exalted
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Ziggy had a ray gun.
http://videogames.yahoo.com/feature/missou...do-game/1298251

Most consumers are concerned with what games their children play. Andy Anderson of the Mid-Missouri Internet Crimes Task Force, however, has turned the tables by singling out one game that adults shouldn't play, either.

In a story by Missouri ABC affiliate KMIZ, Anderson warns parents to avoid the kid-friendly city-simulation game Animal Crossing: City Folk for the Nintendo Wii, claiming its online play offers an easy way for sexual predators and pedophiles to target their kids.


"There is no reason an adult should have this game," he said, going on to state that adults who play games like Animal Crossing are likely doing it for "the wrong reasons."

Video game pundits, however, have strongly criticized Anderson's assertion as fear-mongering and misunderstanding both the gamer community and the technical limitations of the Wii. Unlike personal computers or even competing game consoles, the Wii does not allow random users to contact one another online.

Tom Chick of popular gaming blog Fidgit puts it succinctly.

"Like other folks who issue such warnings, Mr. Anderson is entirely clueless about how the Nintendo Wii works on the internet, where kids can only interact with the friends with whom they've exchanged codes," he writes.

Gaming enthusiast site Crispygamer took matters a step further by contacting KMIZ News Director Curtis Varns, who fears "the intent has been lost because of the comments we allowed into the story." Varns also stresses that the point of the story "was not intended to be an indictment of the game or a smear piece on any form of interactive entertainment," but rather "to make parents aware so they could decide whether or not they needed to keep a watchful eye on their kids’ activities."

Often recommended for kids, Animal Crossing: City Folk is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB.


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Darkstalker
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Man, Animal Crossing is fucked up. Did you see the LP? I was thinking "Haha man the plot that the guy's putting in can't be real................WHYYYYY?!"

And the news article is hilarious. :P
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Johnnygo
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Adults don't play videogames.

Oh the media. How I want to strangle you.
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