3D Multiplayer Chat Games for Kids Only
With the advent of the Internet, there are two worlds now: a real one, and a virtual one. In the virtual world, you can be whomever you want to be and make new friends from all over the globe. Some communities are clearly intended for adults, but there are some which are designed for kids only.
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Avatars
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Because you can be whomever you want in a virtual world, you don't have to be yourself. You don't even have to be human. In the game "Bin Weevils," for example, you play as a tiny bug-like character. There are games where you play as people, like "Free Realms" and "Build-a-Bearville." In these games, you can create a human-like character who explores the world of the game. You can make this person exactly like you, or give him something as different as blue hair and goggles.
Features
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Most online games feature some type of chat system, but in many of the games designed for kids, there are also mini-games you can play with all of your newfound friends. "Digimon Battle" for example, lets you play in the world of the TV show and game series "Digimon," battling your Digimon characters against friends. "Build-a-Bearville" includes a handful of mini-games, such as "Friendship Forest Photo Safari," in which you take photos of animals in the wild.
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Computing Power
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A fully 3D game requires a lot more computing power than a game which looks 3D but isn't, sometimes called 2.5D. A 2 1/2 D game has a background which looks like it's three-dimensional, but all of the characters and sprites are actually flat. A fully 3-D game, such as "Free Realms," uses the computer's graphical processor to simulate a virtual world. It is a more complicated process, because the game has to actually build the world and put 3D characters in it. You may need to upgrade your computer to play some of these games.
Warning
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A massively-multiplayer chat game means that you will have thousands (or hundreds of thousands) of other people connected to the same servers. It isn't necessarily possible for someone to monitor all of the activity on the game, and online interactions cannot be rated by the ESRB. This means that even if a game is rated "E" for "Everyone," it doesn't necessarily include the other players. Ask your parents to watch you play the game, and show them that you know how to handle yourself in online games.
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