Posts Tagged with ‘webkinz’

I saved the last part of the Disney Online suite of social apps for the last part of my series, mainly because I knew it was going to take days for me to get any information out of my eight-year-old. She's not dumb, and knows how to milk one of her "site reviews" for all they are worth in terms of getting more computer time. However, she is the main reason that I attended the Rich Internet Experiences and the [...]

Almost a year and a half ago, Colbert Low posted here on Profy that the future of the Web would be 3D applications, or virtual worlds, with Second Life leading the pack. It's amazing to me that so much could have changed in such a short amount of time.
Today it was announced EA Land, which was formerly called The Sims Online and rebranded only a short time ago, will be shuttering before the end of summer. The Sims Online was [...]

Here’s something I didn’t expect to read this morning. Virtual worlds are big stuff.
The kid-oriented variety, anyhow. Indeed, The New York Times reported today that despite the less-than-stellar magnetism attributed to the teen- and adult-specific gamespace/marketplace called Second Life, the places on the Web reserved for the youngest of computer-savvy generations are quite the attraction these days. So much so that Disney and other companies are investing heavily in new environments built to attract children with a wide range [...]

There've been a lot of news articles lately about MMOGs for the tween set. If you've missed them, Disney is adding ads to their "free" version of Toontown, as well as launching a new MMOG based on the blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean movie series this fall. The hottest toys right now in the tween set are Webkinz, cheap little stuffed animals that are your key to the online world where kids can play games, earn KinzCash, and interact with [...]