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New online game encourages crash diets, breast implants and diet meds to make their dolls fabulous.
As the video game industry awaits the public reaction for the next 'Grand Theft Auto' game, CNN Europe reports that a new Web site game called Miss Bimbo encourages pre-teen and teenage girls to seek crash diets, breast implants and medications to enhance their dolls. While the description sounds familiar to fans of the fashion world, girls as young as 7 sign up with the Miss Bimbo site and get a naked doll. From there, they're encouraged to enhance characters with sexy outfits and other items in order to get them ready to go out clubbing. The goal is to stay wafer thin, eating every once in a while.
Already derided in the UK after it's short one-month existence, Miss Bimbo has gained the evil eye of parents who are beginning to wake up to some of the messages that the game encourages, ones which many parents don't agree with. While the game is free, each user has a limited amount of "virtual money," which is only remedied by the user sending a $3 text message, working, or finding a billionaire "sugar daddy" to help with funding.
With roughly 200,000 users in Britain and a new French version, it seems like its only a matter of time before the game that proclaims itself as a "virtual fashion for girls" comes to U.S. shores.
Reader Comments (14)
Oh, give me a break people. Have a sense of humor. And parents, please TEACH your children that this is a JOKE. That this is NOT a means of living, and that to live this way in real life is a JOKE. Instead of worrying about everyone else's kids, please focus on raising your own. Having a conversation with your child shouldn't include a lawsuit!
Frankly this type of game can be an educational experience if the parents use it show their kids just how superficial and materialistic our world is. Once a kid grasps this concept maybe they can move from the level of just being a consumer and their public image to the next level which might be developing some skill such as dancing, writing or singling. Of course our whole economy depends on consumers spending bucks so we do not want to overtrain our tykes. If all they want to do is sit on doorstep working on their karma our world would go into the toilet!
I see Bimbos parents like that every day at my daughters elementary and middleschools. So get a grip and look around you to see where the influences for your children come from. At least with the videogame you have a choice to buy it or not. But you don't have a choice with the Bimbos in every day live.
Stop complaining about it. If you are a parent and don't want your child playing a game like this don't let them. Stop expecting everyone else to do what is best for your child. It is a parents job to teach good morals and values. As a parent I know there are things out there that I do not want my children subjected to so I make the effort to keep them from seeing it. I don't expect anyone else to do it for me. To sum it up, stop complaining and take responsibility for your children.