Posted: September 3rd, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: Online Fun | Tags: Games, Kids, Online, Safe | No Comments »
Online gaming for kids, and tweens have long been thought of as a “danger zone” with many loop holes and vulnerabilities where your child’s information could become fresh for the taking, but a lot has changed in the virtual world of kids games and it’s time you take notice to the great opportunities that exist online today.
With the addition of the United States Federal Trade Commission’s Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act “COPPA”, and the Privo Privacy Assurance Program, children’s online gaming has taken major leaps and bounds towards children safety online. Kids online games are safer than every before and offer unique tools to help educate, interact, and grown in both the virtual and real life worlds we live in.
Two popular games today offer great education experiences as well as being rated amongst the safest online games for kids today. Those games are Dizzywood and Elf Island. Both are relatively new to the online gaming world, but as of recently, are experiencing an increasing number of users and popularity.
Dizzywood is an online adventure where you can play free games, meet new friends, enjoy unique missions, and discover new and exciting locations within Dizzywood. You have the ability to gather coins, which you can use to purchase new clothing, upgrade features or simple collect and share. Dizzywood is for children ages 8-12 and allows your child to express their creativity by creating their own adventures, cooperating with other players, and having fun while they learn.
Elf Island is fast becoming a leader in the “Gaming For Good” category where children can weave real world, nonprofit projects into their virtual Elf Island World. They do so, by entertaining game play, social interaction and story telling which empowers children to bring the Gaming For Good, to the real world. For example, planting trees in Elf Island, causes real living trees to be planted on earth. Building a home in Elf Island, causes real homes to be built in the real world. Kids become inspired by the results and want to continue doing Good Quest. These Good Quests are updated every few weeks and introduce new and exciting challenges that will continue to help our real life environment.
For more information on Dizzywood, and to learn secrets, codes, and detailed walkthroughs of the virtual world, visit Dizzywood Land.
To discover more about Elf Island and stay up-to-date on new adventures, vist ElfIslandworld.com
Posted: May 16th, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: Online Fun | Tags: Gaming, Made, Online, Safe | No Comments »
With the coming of internet, many things have changed. People are spending more time at home because of internet, and they can easily shop online, pay bills online, interact with people and can also play online. Online gaming industry is increasing at a very fast pace with many websites and online gaming portals providing free game downloads and games room for playing games.
This is one industry which is purely based on the consumer demand and companies have now learned to monetize from this recent craze. Earlier, online gaming industry was restricted to game reviews but now people can try their hand on various games themselves. Online game enables people to interact with people online in real time which makes it somewhat near to real gaming. There are games available online like online casinos, backgammon, blackjack, bingo and the list goes on.
But playing online games can be little risky for people if proper care is not taken especially in case of multiplayer games. Multiplayer online games range from simple card games, chess to adventure games which may involve many players. Players are required to communicate while playing the games, so for this purpose; text chat and voice chat are used.
Sometime, while interacting with the anonymous players, you might give away personal information like email and passwords. Everybody wants to win and for that matter, they can take help of cheat programs. By downloading cheat programs, you are exposing your computers to various unattended viruses and spam which can damage the machine. Many times, players alter the features of these cheat games to win the game which might cause some harm to the computer. There is also a facility of buying online gaming characters with real money. As real money is involved, you are exposed to real thieve also who can easily cheat you.
To save you from above mentioned risk of online gaming, you need to devise some tips which can help you out of such mess. Like while creating online gaming characters you re supposed to create a personal profile, do not give personal details in such profiles. Make a username which doesn’t reveal your identity to any one. Passwords can be easily hacked, so making a strong password is very important while playing online games.
While interacting with players online, do not reveal personal information which might me used against you. Updating the game software regularly will help you by providing the highest level of security settings. Many multiplayer games have the feature of automatic updates in which the game files get updated on its own without you connecting to play. Do not download any unauthorized gaming software and program files which can damage your computer. There is buying and purchasing of ‘property’ done in the computer games like we do in the real world. In such cases, look out for scams and fraudsters who are waiting for people like you.
Playing online games can be very rewarding, adventurous and interesting but only if few precautions are taken so that you don’t fall prey to the online fraudsters.
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