Pixie Hollow is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) aimed at girls ages 6-13. Tinker Bell is the guide and mascot of this online game developed by Disney. The game is based on a website, there is no need to download any files. The only major requirements are that users have Adobe Flash Player, 512 MB of RAM, and a broadband Internet connection.
The design and graphics are done with typical Disney quality: clean, clear, well defined and with depth. Pixie Hollow is free to join; however, in order for players to experience the full features of the website, a paid membership is required. A monthly membership costs $5.95; six months is $29.95; and an annual membership is $57.95. Membership cards can also be purchased in person through major toy stores. A full membership allows players to play all the games featured on the website and add extras to their online life.
Characteristic
Each member who joins Pixie Hollow can choose a fairy to be their virtual personality. At first, members could only choose fairies. Currently, there is also a male version of a fairy called the Sparrow Man. A paid membership allows players to purchase; get a bigger virtual house; get clothes; play all games on the website (including all quests and quests); have a fart; and create your own crafts.
What is good
Pixie Hollow will primarily appeal to girls under the age of 10 who are interested in the world of fantasy and fantasy. Graphics are exceptionally clean and clear with depth and detail, much like Disney cartoons and movies. There is no violence, drinking, drugs or tobacco on the website or in the flash games. Pixie Hollow encourages its members to engage in creativity and imagination by submitting original material and getting lost in a fantasy world full of magic and fun.
What is bad
Like many other children’s virtual worlds, Pixie Hollow is divided into two different categories: fun and fantasy for the little ones; and raunchy chat for tweens and teens. Younger members who are drawn to Disney’s themes of innocence and fantasy won’t find much in common with older members who are more interested in socializing. Pixie Hollow has chat filters in place, but you should realize that members will constantly get around these filters and type words that look and sound inappropriate, even if the filters don’t catch them. It’s great that members can chat with each other, but if it’s not tightly regulated, it reduces the credibility of the entire website.
online security
Although Pixie Hollow states that they have strict guidelines for proper behavior, they must understand that certain members will break the rules. Opening chat so members can write suggestive language doesn’t sound like something from Disney. Sure, members will be punished for doing this, but it shouldn’t have been done in the first place. Pixie Hollow has no control over who joins their website; however, they have control over what members say. In this sense, Pixie Hollow is not doing a good job and needs to be more vigilant.
