| Kids online games are games that kids can play when | | | | autistic kids to recognize faces. While playing MMOGs |
| they are connected to the Internet using either a | | | | kids can learn real-world skill concepts such as |
| computer or a video console [Examples: Playstation 2, | | | | commerce, barter, mining, chemistry, all of which can |
| Xbox]. Kids love games, and with kids getting | | | | be useful in real life. Kids online games also teach them |
| net-savvier by the day they have latched on big-time | | | | interactivity, and also how to talk to strangers and how |
| to online games. If you compare today's kids online | | | | to make friends. |
| games to how kids used to assemble together to play | | | | The flipside is that if playing these games is not |
| board games, you will be surprised to see how fast | | | | controlled then kids might get addicted to them and this |
| kids are growing and how rapidly they are maturing. | | | | addiction is dangerous - almost as dangerous as taking |
| Kids Online Games: Devices And Games | | | | a banned substance or even as dangerous as |
| Kids can play online games using - (1) A computer: In | | | | smoking. If kids squat for a long time playing these |
| this case the games are most likely to be | | | | games, they might get obese. Some browser-based |
| browser-based, simple, fun or educational type, | | | | games can be graphically violent and leave a deep |
| involving sports (racing, baseball), knowledge (Hangman, | | | | impression on their psyche (e.g. some browser games |
| Scrabble), arcades (Space Invaders, Mario), etc. Many | | | | may involve shooting a politician). While playing |
| kids cannot play massively multiplayer online games | | | | multiplayer games online, a kid might get in contact with |
| (MMOG) because there is a monthly subscription | | | | a stranger who might be up to no good. Many video |
| involved. However, companies such as Disney have | | | | console games feature too much graphic violence and |
| started developing MMOGs for kids. (2) A video | | | | that is not nice for a kid at an impressionable age. |
| console: Kids really freak out on a video console. They | | | | Conclusion |
| just love video console gaming because the learning | | | | There is a silver lining to this dark image depending on |
| curve is easy and there are not too many buttons to | | | | how you look at kids online games: statistics show that |
| push (as in PC online games). | | | | 62% of the video console and 66% of the PC game |
| Pros And Cons Of Kids Online Games | | | | market customers are over the age of 18 years. Also, |
| Online games can keep kids entertained, and apart | | | | stricter laws related to kids and online games are |
| from that, improve their knowledge too if they play | | | | slowly being passed across the major game-playing |
| educational games. In fact, the University of Victoria is | | | | nations. And sooner or later, the entire hullabaloo is |
| developing a game called "Let's Face It" that teaches | | | | likely to settle down. |