Worry-Free Video Games For Children

On the last post, I talked about how video games can lead people to attend social gaming events. One thing that I did notice about these events is that sometimes they are geared toward adults. Since this is an issue for young people, I have decided to make a post that shows three games that children can play that are both child friendly and encourage social interactivity. Also, these games are rated E for Everyone or Everyone 10 and up on the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB, 2012). To learn more about the ESRB rating system, go to www.esrb.org.

The Pokemon Series

The Pokemon series has been around since 1996 and is one of the most popular games among young people today.  In the video games, you are usually a pokemon trainer that captures monsters that you can use to trade and battle against other pokemon trainers. These games usually feature the following:

• Ability to chose a male or female character to go on your adventure
• Capture hundreds of unique creatures
• a complex rock,paper,scissors battle system that encourages strategy
• trade and battle friends around the world 

The Skylanders Series

The Skylanders series began in 2011 and has become a phenomenon. Children love this series because they collect physical toys that can then be used inside the video game. This game series has a wide variety of characters that should excite any child.

Angry Bird Series

The Angry Bird series is the one of the most popular video games of all time. In fact, the game has been downloaded over 1 billion times (Brian, 2012). This game is popular among children and adults because of its addictive gameplay and comical characters. Also, there are many different versions of the game, including the recently released Angry Birds Star Wars.

These 3 games are the ones that my students at my elementary school play the most.  Also, parents love that these games because they do not have to worry about their children being exposed to any inappropriate material. Please leave a comment about what games you think children should play and check out my next blog post.

References

Brian, M. (2012, May 9). Rovio's Angry Birds titles hit 1 billion cumulative downloads. Retrieved from http://thenextweb.com/mobile/2012/05/09/rovios-angry-birds-titles-hit-1-billion-cumulative-downloads/

ESRB. (2012). Retrieved from http://www.esrb.org/index-js.jsp