I’m sure everyone out there has at least heard of things like Dora the explorer and blues clues. Children’s shows that are based around cute things being sickeningly un-cute while teaching you/r child how to talk to TVs and be a sane person like us slightly more grown-up people. And for some reason or another children actually like these shows(don’t look at me I really cannot understand it.) So when the Internet got good and easy enough to use, there shouldn’t have been a shadow of a doubt in anyone’s mind that at some point or another this idea of cute things teaching children how to do things would become interactive and go up on the world wide web. Of course this happened and as it was to be expected not a single one of them really challenged you/r children. None of the games made a child feel special, or even feel that they were learning anything beyond how to listen to a boring voice (future preparation for ‘real’ school no doubt.). The questions on these web sites would always be “2+2=? need a hint? 4!” Every single one of these sites would treat children as if they were some kind of lower life form that doesn’t learn anything no matter how many times you’ve said it to them. Or at least that’s what I thought for many a year.
In October a friend of mine showed me this website called Moshi Monsters. Because it was random and it meant we could pretend to be like 5 again we decided to create accounts. The more we played the more engrossed we became with the game. There is technically no aim of the game except to make your Moshi monster look awesome and get lots of weird shit for their room, quite psychedelic. Anyway the puzzles are challenging enough. Things like a list of words of the names of colours and each word is the colour it says except for one and you have to choose the one that isn’t matching in a matter of seconds. Anyone who has done any tests like the one above will know that it’s a lot harder than it sounds. The names in the game are all quite smart as well yukea instead of ikea for example and the descriptions of items make reference to popular culture every once and awhile. On top of all this the game uses words to describe the feelings of your monster that go way beyond happy,sad or bored. A few examples would be: despondent, exuberant and transcendent…challenging enough? While Moshi Monsters is clever that’s not the only place it excels in. It teaches us about morality as well. If you don’t care for you ‘moshi’ it will eventually die (I’m in the process of watching a few of my friends monsters who were practically abandoned slowly die at the moment, and as the days go by they get progressively more and more depressed and dare I even say… suicidal?)
So what does Moshi Monsters provide you/r children with in a nutshell. Puzzles which progressively get harder the more you play, lessons in morality, the ability to customize and much more. Now I know many parents when looking at the Internet think about the safety of their child first. Well have no fear your child is quite safe. The way Moshi Monsters is set-up makes it quite hard for people to find other people unless they know exactly who it is they are looking for. And if you don’t believe me why not go onto the website itself and create an account and see for yourself…in fact…create an account for yourself why not? It could be a way to bond with your child and maybe you’ll get some enjoyment from the game itself.I know I haven’t gone a day without playing it since I got it, it only takes a few minutes a day to keep everything in order! Anyway regardless of what you do if you have(or are) a child I strongly recommend that you check this site out. It’s whimsical and educational at the same time (not to forget cute.)So here it is MOSHI MONSTERS!
http://www.moshimonsters.com/
It truly is a game for children ages 5 to 95 (after that well…they need to grow up.) HAPPY MOSHING!
In October a friend of mine showed me this website called Moshi Monsters. Because it was random and it meant we could pretend to be like 5 again we decided to create accounts. The more we played the more engrossed we became with the game. There is technically no aim of the game except to make your Moshi monster look awesome and get lots of weird shit for their room, quite psychedelic. Anyway the puzzles are challenging enough. Things like a list of words of the names of colours and each word is the colour it says except for one and you have to choose the one that isn’t matching in a matter of seconds. Anyone who has done any tests like the one above will know that it’s a lot harder than it sounds. The names in the game are all quite smart as well yukea instead of ikea for example and the descriptions of items make reference to popular culture every once and awhile. On top of all this the game uses words to describe the feelings of your monster that go way beyond happy,sad or bored. A few examples would be: despondent, exuberant and transcendent…challenging enough? While Moshi Monsters is clever that’s not the only place it excels in. It teaches us about morality as well. If you don’t care for you ‘moshi’ it will eventually die (I’m in the process of watching a few of my friends monsters who were practically abandoned slowly die at the moment, and as the days go by they get progressively more and more depressed and dare I even say… suicidal?)
So what does Moshi Monsters provide you/r children with in a nutshell. Puzzles which progressively get harder the more you play, lessons in morality, the ability to customize and much more. Now I know many parents when looking at the Internet think about the safety of their child first. Well have no fear your child is quite safe. The way Moshi Monsters is set-up makes it quite hard for people to find other people unless they know exactly who it is they are looking for. And if you don’t believe me why not go onto the website itself and create an account and see for yourself…in fact…create an account for yourself why not? It could be a way to bond with your child and maybe you’ll get some enjoyment from the game itself.I know I haven’t gone a day without playing it since I got it, it only takes a few minutes a day to keep everything in order! Anyway regardless of what you do if you have(or are) a child I strongly recommend that you check this site out. It’s whimsical and educational at the same time (not to forget cute.)So here it is MOSHI MONSTERS!
http://www.moshimonsters.com/
It truly is a game for children ages 5 to 95 (after that well…they need to grow up.) HAPPY MOSHING!