![]() ![]() Sure, Millsberry wasn't a very interactive or exciting game, but it was fun and part of my childhood. Why are all the websites I like shutting down? First it was Virtual Magic Kingdom (long story), then World of Cars Online, then Barbie Girls, now Millsberry. I didn't know until a friend of mine mentioned it on a social website I use. They apparently announced it was shutting down last winter, but I haven't been on Millsberry in AGES. It closed yesterday, or something, and it's just.gone. Mutt and I grew out of the game, and never really had the time for it anymore, so we didn't go on it anymore. (<3) and show off your house to other Millberry "citizens" if you unlocked your house, or became friends with a person who wanted to see it. My favorite part in the entire game, though, was decorating your house. ![]() My personal favorite game was the skiing one, Slalom.something. We would constantly be fighting for the high score. My brother and I used to play this game a lot, mostly for the arcade mini games. You would sign up, create and dress up a character, then go around a whole town of shops, arcades, et cetera. It was an online game sponsored and run by General Mills cereal, mostly as an advertising gimmick. "Everyone loves the warthog.Probably anyone who reads this has never even heard of Millsberry. "Do I want to be a truck, a car, or a warthog?" he asked before choosing the animal. It's no surprise, then, that Addicting Games' intended audience is teenage boys.Ĭradling a laptop in his lap, Youngwood demonstrated Pencil Racer, a simple-seeming but oddly compelling challenge on Addicting Games that lets users create, share, and rate racetracks. In the latter, users see how long they can wait before firing a giant cannon at an animated dog. The site houses hundreds of simple games with names like Max Dirt Bike and Don't Shoot the Puppy. Of the three, Addicting Games is by far the most popular, averaging 9.4 million unique visitors in February, a 50 percent increase over the same month last year, according to ComScore. MTV Networks acquired three sites to strengthen its game brand in 20. "Since its inception, the online-games business for kids has been far more sensitive than the TV industry was," said Evan Wilson, a senior research analyst for Pacific Crest Securities. Some analysts, however, said media companies and game publishers have generally behaved responsibly in their advertising. ![]() Her organization threatened to sue Viacom in 2006 over its television advertising to children. "On food Web sites, lots and lots of junk food is built into online gaming," Wootan said. Wootan, director for nutrition policy for the Center for Science in the Public Interest, said the games produced by food companies are of more concern than those run by media outlets. An advertisement for Cinnamon Toast Crunch that ran at the top of one afternoon last week linked to the Millsberry Arcade, a site operated by General Mills where visitors can play games like Reese's Puffs Cereal Snowboard Slalom. Some advertisers have devised their own games to pull in children from media sites. These ads-for Target, Circuit City, Six Flags and Orlando vacations on a recent day-are aimed at parents, but the young faces and bright colors probably appeal to children as well. Still, some parents and watchdog groups worry that children are already smothered by branding messages.įor instance, the television version of the preschool brand Noggin is mostly commercial-free, but the channel's Web site displays advertising. Across the company's game sites, sponsored and pay-to-play games are always labeled as advertisements. ![]()
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