There is online game designed for teens and young adult girls which has been taking a hard hit in the media in recent weeks. The game, called Miss Bimbo, allows girls to create an avatar which they move through this virtual reality world. They can do a variety of different things in this world but the main purpose appears to be that they go fashion shopping and suntanning as part of an effort to snag a hot billionairre boyfriend.
One of the biggest areas of contention has been that the site offered the sale of virtual diet pills and plastic surgery procedures to assist these girls in boosting their beauty points. The game has since stopped doing the diet pill thing but avatars can still get breast augmentation and other cosmetic procedures done as part of their ongoing makeovers. Many say that this sends a bad message to young girls about their bodies. However, others would argue that this game merely reflects the real-life choices girls are making.
In many ways, the game mirrors reality for girls growing up today. Sure, it's taken to a magnified level - most eighteen-year-old-girls don't have the money to buy the fashion accessories and get the plastic surgery that they opt for in the game. But it presents a basically realistic look at how girls make decisions in life today, including the decisions that they make about their bodies and the reasons motivating them to make them.
Question of the Day: Do you think a game like Miss Bimbo is good, bad or neither?
