Well That Was Quick

Posted by Ace on July 15th, 2009 filed in letters from Ace

In the space of less than a week Jack and I have gone from mucking about with the games at Nitrome to mucking about with Club Penguin, Disney’s Flash-animated Second Life-lite for the younger set.  In the interest of accuracy, I should point out that he has mentioned this venue before now, having seen it and played with it briefly while at  his friend Crane’s house during the school year.  But apparently Dahl from camp is also a player, or at least conversant with it, and the two of them whistled it up during their continuously talked-about Computer Class.  (Jack’s use of the term “class” in this instance is a misnomer, as it is an elective he as chosen for his down time, and there is no actual instruction in computers occurring during it;  merely supervised video game play.  His proper classes include in their curriculum such topics as chemistry, French impressionist painting and philosophy, but you’d never know it from him.)  That reminder led him in turn to ask me if I’d allow him to play it on Eve here at home.  After some research, I acquiesced.  It seemed hypocritical for me to say “no” when he watched me attend Supergram and Jahuti’s wedding in SL.

You can play Club Penguin for free all you want, but the rewards for winning the games and completing the tasks all come in the form of gold coins, and the gold coins, predictably, are used to buy crap:   clothing to trick out your…  um…  aviatar, and items for it to own.  And you can’t spend the coins unless you have a pay account…  *sigh*

I’m going to have to discuss this with his mother.

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