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  1.  <p> The article revisits and reanalyzes some of the data that I collected for my dissertation research on children's MMOGs. While this debate and the questions it raised attracted a lot of interest from legal scholars and academics (see, for example, Terra Nova’s “Virtual Law Bibliography”), the conflicts themselves really only directly impacted the small proportion of gamers who both played MMOGs and engaged in virtual item exchange. The issue theme is &quot;Children and Technological Environments&quot; and includes a number of excellent articles by academics I'd never come across before, but who are doing very interesting and innovative research on kids and technology in a variety of contexts. Media International Australia is now out (though available only with subscription, I'm afraid), and provides a collection of articles exploring the special issue theme &quot;Beyond Broadcasting? TV for the Twenty-First Century&quot;. Edited by Graham Meikle and Sherman Young (and including a new article by yours truly), the theme articles deal with a variety of issues - policy, cultural, political - currently taking center stage, as television moves away from traditional models and into new practices, technologies and formats.</p>
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  3.  <p> I'm already seeing some of the early issues I'm going to have operationalizing this, but for now, delineating a sample and figuring out what my criteria is are probably key. This paper traces the migration of North American children’s television into the realm of massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs), and the issues this raises in terms of the commercialisation of children’s (digital) play. Early evidence of the legal implications of UGC (also referred to as “user created” and “user contributed” content) first emerged in the form of a debate about ongoing (and as yet unresolved) conflicts between game operators and game players over who could legally (and ethically) claim ownership over virtual items and characters (avatars) produced by players within massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs). This Multiplayer game for up to 8 players is also considered a good alternative for Android users to entertain themselves from anywhere and in the company of their friends, just by using their mobile phone or tablet. Players can complete up to 30 existing levels to find tools, sticker switches and costumes which can then be used to create custom Sackboy/girl avatars and custom levels.</p>
  4.  <p> Levels can be designed from scratch or from a template - and player designs can be uploaded to an online server where they can be shared with the rest of the player community. By using Nanosuit technology the player has nearly unlimited ways to approach the dynamic combat environment. Minority’s 4 player VR game system Chaos Jump is unique and offers great ROI for operators and Family Entertainment Centers. Discord screen sharing can also be a great option if you’re playing on a laptop. There are a lot of badly designed games out there that get offloaded onto kids, using popular media-brands (Bratz, Spongebob, etc.) as a Trojan Horse to create intertextual value and to get kids' playing them. Back in the 1970s, when the role playing games were actually introduced and started hitting the market, there was very little interest but as the computer industry developed, so did the quality of the MMORPG games. https://pcgameinfos.com/article/3742/cod-4-wallhack-2020 does put a much bigger emphasis on combat and dungeon crawling than the other games here, but it also has a light shop-keeping and community-building gameplay loop that should satisfy those who want a little bit of both. The big difference with this one (and I'm not sure about this, just from what I've observed from the PR materials), is that you can now impact the gameplay mechanics AND share the content with other players (who own the game).</p>
  5.  <p> A great game for any age, Pictword is a fun take on Pictionary. Online games are really a great choice since they do not have to move as long as they have computers at home, they can play whatever game they want. It's so great to find a new resource, and a new body of work that shares so many parallels to my own. Smith expresses a lot of enthusiasm about kids' ideas and feelings when it comes to video games, as well as an enormous amount of faith in kids' ability to communicate what does and doesn't work for them. I have a few Ideas. Digital games have evolved considerably in recent years, but from an IP perspective, one of the most interesting and significant shifts has been the introduction of user-generated content (UGC) into corporately-owned digital games and virtual worlds. According to various media and academic sources, the virtual worlds landscape underwent a profound transformation in 2008, with the arrival of numerous new titles designed and targeted specifically to young children.</p>
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