Responding to a thread regarding the suitability of video games for children, Metafilter user Aeschenkarnos posted a good review of the massively multiplayer game “Outside.”<\/p>\n
In terms of the traditional target age content metrics, Outside is remarkably high in sex, violence and challenges to traditional values, despite the strong child-focussed marketing it receives. Many would go so far as to say that for a child to develop the ability to cope with Outside is essential, as long as the harm incurred is not too debilitating. Children injured playing Outside are usually comforted by parents, and soon encouraged to go Outside again; this leads to the conclusion that somehow Outside has escaped any and all of the usual moralizing that surrounds the videogaming industry. One might say that Outside gets a free pass from the Jack Thompsons of this world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Sounds like an interesting game overall. I may have to try it some time.<\/p>\n
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