Effects of games online

The explosion of mass communications and technology advancements enables people more access to unlimited sourses of entertainment such as music, films, blogs, community and games online . The publication of games online such as web games, flash games, withour censorship can have both positive and negative effects on internet users especially young people.

Unfortunately, there are many violent games that can spoil children’s behavior since their early age. Some games are designed to look like a real battle field and hold a actual war. Gamers are provided with weapons, which can kill the charateristics in the games, maybe for free or charged. Other games imitate the chasing of slaughters with knives. They kill anyone in the enemy party they meet. The images of the death usually unpleasant and can haunt the memory of the players. As a result, the children become terribly violent and usually imagine that people around them are their preys.

Games online may be negative in another way. Some games contain pornographic matters. Children without complete mental and physiological growth can be victim of sexual abuse. If parents don’t notice their children’s problems soon, they must bear life-time fatal consequences.

Players sometimes become addicted to games, they waste a lot of time on the screen, don’t care about life around them. They forget all the study work, damage their eyes and physical health. They are too addicted to the virtual world and ignore all their real relationships.

But the picture is not totally pestimistic at all. There are still a lot of  games online good for children. Many games are designed to play in a suitable period of time which are not too long or too short, so players can stop in a right way. The contents of the games can improve children senses of imagination. Flash games like fashion games and dress up games can enhance their abilities to combine pieces of garments and accessories of different types, shapes and colors according to their styles and characteristics. In many dress up games , the tasks are time-framed so the players have to manage their performance properly to finish the task as soon as possible. In the end, when players finish their dress up games tasks successfully, they can be rewarded with interesting presents. Dress up games and fashion games are not only applied for the girls but also for other people too.  Parents can be at ease to let their children free with these dress up games and fashion games.

Dress up games are only one of the good examples of games online we can rely on. It is not necessary to keep away from all kinds of games, but we need to clarify what are good games and what are bad games and encourage our children to try creative games to make them smarter.

 

Dress up games and their increasing popularity

Nowadays, dress up games and fashion games has become highly popular as they enable you to add a tinge of elegance and style to your wardrobe. Girls and women irrespective of their ages can take part in these games. It not only serves their entertainment purposes but also enables them to live out their dreams and learn to dress up in a stylish and elegant way. Mature women love to play dress up games in order to vent out their minds.
Every girl has the desire to look like a diva. Their role model may be Salma Hayek or Paris Hilton. The secret behind the success of these fashion icons are hidden in every nook and detail of what they put on. Online dress up games will enable you to learn all about frills and laces and the basic fashion accessories that will make you stand out of the crowd. Simply play dress up games and learn how they hypnotize everyone with their beauty and fashion accessories they wear. These games will help you to discover the fashion trends and emulate fashion iconic celebrities.
The best part of all is that these games are available online absolutely free. You do not need to travel up to the brick and mortar stores in order to select your favorite dress up games. Simply sit at your computer and do a quick search online for dress up games Barbie. Several results will appear on the screen of your computer. Browse through the different websites and choose the one that offers the best selection of games. The website chosen by you should be user friendly and facilitate convenient navigation.
These fashion games are highly flexible as you are free to leave at your will. You can even switch over to another game anytime you prefer to do so. All you need to do is to choose the dress up games for girls that best appeals to you. Simply follow the instructions and try to be as creative as possible. These website aims to bring in more girls to their gaming community.
The professionals personally monitor each and every activity of the visitors in order to maintain the privacy and security of every individual. Make sure to choose the website that is in this business for years and offers you vast selection of innovative dress up games for kids and appealing graphical design. Most of these websites use cutting edge technology to develop the games.
Quality is the nerve centre of all their actions. Absolute customer satisfaction is their topmost priority. Simply sign up with the website in few simple steps and join the online gaming community. It will bring out your creativity and you can try different dressing options on virtual models available at these websites. You can search for girls games of your choice conveniently with the help of advanced search tools and enjoy them absolutely free. They will not charge any subscription fee from you. The extensive selection of dress up games and fashion games Barbie ensures that you are sure to find something of your liking.

BLOG UPDATE 2: OTOME BOOGALOO

Well, the good news is, I'm back on fast internet. Yay, Internet!

The bad news is, I have more hours at work. Boo, Work!

Still, I'll try to get back into a regular rhythm with posting; say, every 1-2 weeks. Thanks for your patience. Anyway, the "Re: Alistair" review is up, and next, I'm planning to cover Duplicity. Feel free to hurl suggestions at me for future reviews.

Re: Alistair

Author: ?

Availability: Free, Download

Format: Dating Sim

Genre: School Romance / Mystery

Rating: Teen

My Score: 3 out of 5

Found at: http://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/ OR www.sakevisual.com

Summary:

Re: Alistair is a stat-based dating sim. You play Merui, a gamer girl obsessed with a MMORPG called Rivenwell Online. Another player has stolen your kill and claimed your prize, and you've since discovered that this player is one of three people who goes to your school. The problem is, which one?

Review:

I definitely want to give the writing bonus points right off the bat for having Merui be a gamer. After all, the very reason this blog was started was because of the misconception that girls don't game, so this is a welcome aversion of that old tripe. More generally, though, I think the characters are decent; the story is solid, and I like the way the emails and the gaming sessions are handled.

The art is likewise very good. Once again, it's based on anime/manga stylings, so a heads up to those of you who aren't fans of the genre. Presonally, I like it, and I enjoy the style change between the real world and the game.

The gameplay itself is something I'm a bit more ambivalent about. First of all, let me applaud the fact that the mystery of Alistair's identity has only one correct answer. You can end up with any of the three boys, but who you end up with does not in anyway influence who Alistair turns out to be. As for ending up with the boys, though, therein lies the problem...

This is the first truly stat-based dating sim I've ever played; while Festival Days had some Stats, they mostly influenced how much money you could earn, and other things that more or less became irrelevant once you cracked the system. In Re: Alistair, though, your stats determine who you end up with...I think.

The fact is, I'm not quite sure how it works. At first, it seemed pretty obvious to me: You have stats for Social, Network, and Intelligence, and your suitors are a Popular Jock, a Computer Guy, and a Smart Classmate. I initially assumed a direct correlation, then, between each stat and each guy, but single-mindedly pursuing one stat/guy resulted in *nothing*. If there's a combination that needs to be reached, I'm not sure what it is. According to the forums, success apparently lies in buying many, many objects, but there's no real clues for which objects to purchase (Except for one item suggested by each guy, but that's apparently not enough). At some point, I actually *did* get a good ending for one of the characters, but frankly, I'm not sure how I got it!

That's what really bothers me: I don't know how I got that good ending. I'm completely baffled. Personally, I think that if the player doesn't know what they did right, then something is wrong.

To sum it all up, Re: Alistair is pretty, well-written, and I have no clue what it wants from the player. WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME, ALISTAIR? WHAT DO YOU WANT???!!!!

*Ahem* Sorry. Perhaps you'll have better luck with it, though. Feel free to try it out and share your experiences in the comics.

Spirited Heart

Author: ?

Availability: Demo/$19.99 Full Version, Download

Format: Raising Sims

Genre: Fantasy

Rating: Teen

My Score: 2.5 out of 5

Found at: http://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/ OR http://www.winterwolves.com/

Summary:

Spirited Heart is a raising sim, much in the style of Princess Maker. You play a girl in a fantastical setting, on your own for the first time. Work jobs, take classes, and see what you end up becoming.

Review:

First of all, let me just express my appreciation for the art; it’s clean, it’s professional-looking, and I quite like it. The layout’s nice, too. All in all, I give the art a 4. It is anime-based, as many of these games seem to be.

The writing is decent, and I like how the creator justifies the stat changes in-story. I particularly like how you can tweak some of your character’s stats by reliving “past events”, ala Choice of the Dragon. As an aside, why is it that fantasy settings have silly-sounding place names? I can’t really fault the game’s creator here, but it’s something about the genre that struck me while I was playing.

So, we have nice art and good writing, and then it all gets shot by the gameplay.

I HAte the gameplay here, with a capital ‘H’, and an ‘A’ for good measure. On the one hand, it’s cool that you can pick one of three races, choose her general background, and then further tweak her history if you like. That part is great. But as for the game proper, everything is much too random.

Want to work a job? Roll a die to find out if you did well enough to raise stats and/or get paid. Want to find romance? You have six potential suitors: Just keep hacking away at certain jobs and hope their associated Random Events eventually show up. Repeat until your health is low and your spirits are crushed, then waste your time and money resting so that you can start all over.

Granted, it’s fairly realistic to meet someone randomly. However, once you’ve become aware of that person, it should be easier to intentionally track them down to initiate interaction; especially when you know what places they frequent! In other words, if Elf Boy really does sing at that bar every single day, then I should be able to just click something like “Go Talk to Elf Boy” or “Invite Elf Boy over for beer”, instead of just mashing the “Work last job” button over and over until the game’s D20 (or whatever it is) finally lands on Elf Boy’s magic number. The problem with having every aspect of a relationship left up to chance is that it is, though statistically rare, entirely possible to roll an entire string of 1s, which means that no matter what you do, the relationship won’t progress at all. That. Sucks.

All in all, this game had some good ideas; and the addictive nature of multi-ending games means that, if the full version were free, I’d probably have played through it a few times despite the frustration. In my opinion, though, it’s not worth paying for. I don’t even know* what the price of the full version is; but as it stands, I wouldn’t give a dollar for it.

Of course, all this is just my opinion. Others may find the game more enjoyable than I did. Feel free to try it out and discuss your experiences in the comments.

*ETA: After writing this post, I looked up the price for the info section at the top.

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