Waddle Into the Virtual World
The Danville, Kentucky, Advocate-Messenger brings news of a virtual world I’d not heard of before. Club Penguin is a free browser-based MMO for kids (though it’s open to “children of all ages,” according to the site). It has a nice cel-shaded look about it, navigation is smooth and there are actually interesting mini-games to play, both solo and against other players, through which residents can earn “coins” that can be used to buy hats and scarves and other things for your penguin avatar or furniture and items for your igloo, if you have a premium account (all very reminiscent of Animal Crossing). The world seems to be about six months old and is running more than a dozen shards in the U.S. and abroad. I haven’t seen this on Betsy Book’s Virtual Worlds Review yet, so I don’t know much more about it than I could glean in a brief visit, but it seemed a pleasant enough place and it was not at all empty of users, more evidence that virtual worlds are going to be woven into the fabric of the next generation’s lives in a way we probably can’t even envision yet.
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i am oremuim user of club penguin its the funest site ever it is now over a year old has tons of games it like veing an actual town we have our igloos homes that we can decrate by earning money from games. there a pizza parlor and coffee shop dance club beach light house we have colthing catalogs with stuff we can buy a mine pool ski mountain theres an ice rink for playing hockey i must say it one of the most funest sites i have ever been on