Cop: "There is no reason an adult should have [Animal Crossing],"
If your kids play interactive video games, like the Nintendo Wii, be on the lookout. The Mid-Missouri Internet Crimes Task Force is warning of predators using games like, “Animal Crossing- City Folk,” to target kids.
Using the game you create a character and create your own town and house. When hooked up to the internet you can talk to anyone across the country. Kids playing the game have no control over what other players might be saying. For example, the character we ran across could be the man in California police are warning about.
“There is no reason an adult should have this game,” says Andy Anderson, Mid-Missouri Internet Crimes Task Force.
Anderson says adults playing “animal crossing” and similar games are likely doing it for the wrong reasons.
You probably have told your kids never to talk to strangers, but when playing, the heart of the game is building relationships with the animals in your town as well as other players. To really reach the next level, the game urges you to exchange letters, gifts, and favors.
Anderson says it is going to take parents paying attention to keep this problem from exploding.
“The equipment is real expensive and we cannot afford to buy all of the systems and do not have the resources either to examine all of the possibilities,” Anderson explains.
(Ed note: It’s all part of the ongoing attempt to constantly keep parents completely terrified that their children will be buttraped at every opportunity.)
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March 18th, 2009 at 12:22 PM
I agree with you completely Pixie. I understand that the police officer is just doing his job. But a statement like that sounds like the words of someone into gender roles in my opinion. What, is a an adult only suppose to be playing M rated games only? If I had a Wii I’d probably check out that game and it certainly wouldn’t be out of an attempt to stalk a child. The human element probably makes it more interesting then the original Animal Crossing that was made for the Gamecube. That one gets boring after a bit. It makes me wonder: Why is it they don’t ever think that an adult that befriends a child by playing that game just might be of a help to a child? After all, there’s bound to be kids out there that have parents like mine have been: the kind you can’t actually talk to about everything. Or are just too wrapped up in their own marriage issues to help their kids with their issues. I remember when back in 2006 one of the teens I befriended online told me that if it wasn’t for me their life would be a mess. Why did she say that? Because I had been there for her more then once. One of those times was when her parents were fighting. I was glad to I could help her then. I had been in that situation many times with no one to comfort me. Mike76