Some children are brought up 'well' and some are sat in front of a screen (be it a LCD, Plasma or CRT) and absorb what they learn there. I suppose in the ideal world every child would be taught to think independently, not worry about social pressures and be able to understand that what they see on a screen (of any sort) is not reality. MissBimbo ANYTHING hopefully would raise a red flag.

But - and I say this again, as a non-parent - I would hope that the parents are monitoring what the child is doing and checking out sites visited. In the day and age of the internet, there are a lot worse things that are out there. A child just has to go to the grocery store, a 7-11 or any place that sells a magazine and will see and read about things that will give them a bad body image, will encourage the wrong behavior or encourage the wrong behavior. I don't think this game should be banned or 'dissed' any more than other 'controversial' games. I'd hope that we gamers could take on these issues, these criticisms, without resorting to unthinking defensiveness. Is the same thing true of this Bimbo game? None of this excuses parental neglect, of course, but then parental neglect isn't really a defense against charges of corporate irresponsibility either, since both parties can be simultaneously guilty.Īnother issue is this: who are the games targeting? GTA is clearly marketed towards older teenagers. When you add the issue of continuous payment/ 'bilking' to the mix, it's clear that there are problems worth examining that are not clarified by comparison to GTA. The fantasy/ reality divide is sharper for GTA, in other words. Most young boys are not at risk of the behaviour represented in GTA, while most young girls most certainly are at risk of poor body image and unnecessary plastic surgery. While I'm not one for scapegoating games, I do think that the kneejerk-defense responses thus far could do with some more thought.įor one, this game doesn't seem equivalent to Grand Theft Auto, to large degree because the actions represented don't seem equivalent. I'm willing to venture that at least HALF of the millions of people paying for/playing this crap are legally considered adults! Lets please step off of our righteousness bandwagon for a second and remember that we all enjoy the fruits of capitalism, not just 'TEH RICH BAD GUYS!' - View image here:. This type of shit has been going on for years, its just that now its taking hold on the internet & liberal farts have a forum by which to spew their leftwing 'TEH SKY IZ FALLING' propaganda. Guess what, my mother kicked my a$$, and that was the end of that. In fact, I remember in middle school I blew hundreds of dollars on one of those fanboy/fangirl 1-900 hotlines for some band. the author sounds like one of those whining liberal dorks that wants congress to ban 'VIOLENT' gaming. Is this really any different from an episode of 'PROJECT RUNWAY' or 'NIP N TUCK' or any number of exploitational shows on MTV? Double U, Tee, Eff. When it becomes the responsibility of a COMPANY to not try and make MONEY, then we can blame the makers of stuff like this. The lack of responsible parenting is starting to reach a zenith of epic proportions. OHHH My goodness, are you serious? Scamming young players out of their MONEY? In the meantime, parents should keep their daughters as far away from this title as possible. Whether or not they'll take responsibility for scamming young players out of money, though, has yet to be addressed.

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Blighty Ltd., the company which owns Miss Bimbo, still has Miss Bimbo on its portfolio list of sites as of February 2015. Traffic to redirects to, which launched on March 1, 2015. Defenders of the game claim that the criticism is unfair and out of proportion. We have some ideas for new brands, we want to expand Miss Bimbo with social networks.'. Jacquart has said that he is working on ways to expand the site and reach out to the media to explain why 75,000 people per day log into the site 'without any marketing or ads on the site at all. The site was criticized in much media coverage as promoting the use of cosmetic surgery and crash dieting, encouraging potentially pre-teen players to pursue an 'ideal' body image through such measures as the key to success

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