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Risk, the online game that the College Events Board launched across campus this weekend, is a game with the goal of virtual domination...
...insiders know that kids and teenagers are actually virtual worlds' biggest aficionados, and they've got their own favorite hangouts. While 3.5 million people worldwide visited Second Life in March, according to comScore World Metrix, virtual worlds for the younger set, such as clubpenguin.com and stardoll.com, each got more than 4.5 million visitors during the same period. These and similar sites such as gaiaonline.com and habbohotel.com are particularly popular with girls, in part because of the virtual "dress up" features that enable users to create and purchase endless outfit changes...
...IAC/InterActiveCorp, which owns popular sites like match.com, ask.com and citysearch.com, has launched a youth-oriented virtual world of its own called Zwinktopia, which lets members customize avatars, play games and explore cartoon-like chat rooms. Unveiled April 30 and aimed at netheads aged 13 to 34, the site is entirely free. Members earn virtual "Zbucks" by playing games, meeting new people, and exploring different parts of Zwinktopia, including its café, stadium, arcades and pixelated beach...
...Before parents set their kids loose in Zwinktopia or any other virtual world, however, they should know there is nothing to prevent, say, a pedophile from joining the site and masquerading as a 13-year-old girl. Although some sites aimed at younger kids, such as Disney' s ToonTown and Ganz' s Webkinz, only let members exchange canned messages, on Zwinktopia kids are free to type their own messages. However, swear words and sexually explicit comments get replaced with a "bleep." And while there is no age verification process, members who claim to be 17 or younger are directed...
...She’s particularly interested in fashion and culture—interests that encouraged her to co-found the virtual directory Urbanista Online...