Recent media reports have shown that concerns related to the prolonged use of the Internet by children are on the rise, and the uncovering of online game Miss Bimbo probably won’t help those concerns to subside in any way.
Miss Bimbo online game causes Internet fury in the UK. Credit: Pro-Zak/Flickr.
Specifically, Miss Bimbo, which tasks players with becoming “the coolest, richest and most famous bimbo in the whole world” has this week been highlighted for allowing its players to assume the role of an online avatar that can be entered into virtual beauty pageants, win prize money, buy glamorous clothing and frequent dance clubs.
While that might sound innocent enough in the main, concerns have arisen due to players also being able to feed their online characters with diet pills in order to maintain an optimum body weight for the game.
Further negative press is surrounding the Miss Bimbo thanks to players being issued with a variety of questionable missions quests that involve their assigned bimbo successfully seeking out breast enhancement surgery and gold digging for a billionaire boyfriend, while also holding their weight down.
Despite any mounting negativity, the popularity of Miss Bimbo in the UK continues to rise since its release in February, with almost 200,000 players already engaged in the game. In the case of the game’s UK audience, the Telegraph offers that most of the 200,000 players are girls aged between 9 and 16 years old.
In France, where the game has been widely condemned by dieticians and parent groups since its release in the early part of 2007, around 1.2 million players have been attracted to the controversial Miss Bimbo experience.
However, those barracking Miss Bimbo are blowing the game’s effects out of all proportion, according to its 23-year-old creator Nicolas Jacquart, a Web designer based in London.
“The game is structured in such a way that it simply mirrors real life in a tongue-in-cheek way,” insisted Jacquart before outlining that Miss Bimbo “is harmless fun” built on the interactive foundations laid by the likes of Barbie, Bratz and the Tamagotchi virtual pets.
Worried parents groups do not share Jacquart’s perspective however, claiming that playing Miss Bimbo could fuel teenage desire for plastic surgery and perhaps lead to the development of eating disorders as they strive to emulate their cool online role model.
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AllieMar 21st, 2009 - 22:15:17
People probably don't even know what the word bimbo means, either. Bimbo: A physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence
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AllieMar 21st, 2009 - 22:15:17
People probably don't even know what the word bimbo means, either.
Bimbo: A physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence
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