Comments on: PBS Begins Testing Subscription-based, Ad-free Virtual World Aimed At Toddlers http://paidcontent.org/2008/01/16/419-pbs-begins-testing-subscription-based-ad-free-virtual-world-aimed-at-to/ The economics of digital content Wed, 22 May 2013 17:00:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Joey Seiler http://paidcontent.org/2008/01/16/419-pbs-begins-testing-subscription-based-ad-free-virtual-world-aimed-at-to/#comment-56435 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:25:43 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2008/01/16/419-pbs-begins-testing-subscription-based-ad-free-virtual-world-aimed-at-to/#comment-56435 I'd say it's not much of a virtual worlds play. It's just a portal to a collection of educational mini-games with, it seems, no interaction between users.

From the USAT article: "In development since 2006, Kids Play! is not a social networking site. There's 'no chat between kids or to kids,' says Benjamin Grimley, PBS' senior director of interactive businesses. "='Everything we're doing is centered on safety.'"

While you can certainly have safety in kids-oriented worlds, this doesn't seem to be one of them.

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