Internet Miss Bimbo game for girls attacked by parents

Dennis the Stone

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/mar/25/children.news

Parents' groups have condemned a new internet game in which girls as young as nine are encouraged to "buy" their virtual dolls breast operations and facelifts.

The aim of the Miss Bimbo beauty contest game, which was launched in Britain last month, is to become the "hottest, coolest, most famous bimbo in the whole world", and contestants who compete against each other are told to "stop at nothing", even "meds or plastic surgery", to ensure their dolls win.

Children are given a naked virtual character to look after. They compete against other players to earn "bimbo" dollars so they can dress her in sexy outfits and take her clubbing. They are given missions, including securing plastic surgery at the game's clinic to give their dolls bigger breasts, and they have to keep her at her target weight with diet pills.

Although it is free to play, when the contestants run out of virtual cash they have to send text messages costing £1.50 each or use PayPal to top up their accounts.

Bill Hibberd, of parents' rights group Parentkind, said the game sent a dangerous message to young girls.

He said: "It is one thing if a child recognises it as a silly and stupid game.

"But the danger is that a nine-year-old fails to appreciate the irony and sees the bimbo as a cool role model. Then the game becomes a hazard and a menace.

"Children's innocence should be protected as far as possible. It depends on the background and mindset of the child but the danger is that after playing the game some will then aspire to have breast operations and take diet pills."

He added that the game also posed a financial danger for parents if they did not keep an eye on the texts that were sent.

In France, where Miss Bimbo's sister website was condemned by dieticians and parents when it began last year, one parent threatened the creators with legal action after his daughter ran up a £100 mobile bill sending texts without his knowledge.

The British version already has nearly 200,000 players, most of whom are girls aged between 9 and 16. There are 1.2 million players in France.

One parent said the website's creators were irresponsible. Nick Williams, from Shrewsbury, Shropshire, said he was appalled when he saw his daughters Katie, nine, and Sarah, 14, playing the game.

Williams, 42, an accountant, said: "I noticed them looking at possible breast operations and facelifts for their bimbos at the game's plastic surgery clinic.

"Katie is far too young for that kind of thing and it is irresponsible of the site's creators to be leading young girls astray. They are easily influenced at that age as to what is cool."

The creators of Miss Bimbo insist it is "harmless fun". Nicolas Jacquart, the 23-year-old web designer from Tooting, south London, who created it, said: "It is not a bad influence for young children. They learn to take care of their bimbos. The missions and goals are morally sound and teach children about the real world.

"If they eat too much chocolate in the game it is bad for their bimbos' bodies and their happiness levels compared to if they eat fruit and vegetables, which reinforces positive healthy eating messages.

"If they are having problems with boyfriends or at work, the bimbos can talk through them with a psychiatrist.

"The breast operations are just one part of the game and we are not encouraging young girls to have them, just reflecting real life."

Fu**in bimbos ha?

Jay P

I wanna play! What's the website?!

Dennis the Stone

If I knew that I'd be off playing it. Instead I'm here eating a mars bar and it's going straight to my thighs.

javaboy

Satire must end now!

Rob_l

Jay P wrote: »

I wanna play! What's the website?!

http://www.missbimbo.com

ergonomics

Has anyone tried to use the website? I registered to see exactly what it was like and I can't get the thing to work. Keep getting 'Cannot find server' messages every time I click on a link. They'll have to work very hard to warp kids' minds with a site like that!

Victor

Tago Mago wrote: »

Internet Miss Bimbo game for girls attacked by parents

I was unable to decipher that, err ... sentence without referring to the content.

Dennis the Stone

Victor wrote: »

I was unable to decipher that, err ... sentence without referring to the content.

I just copied from the Guardian, I understand it to mean that somebody called Internet Miss Bimbo is all ready or 'game' to deal with girls who have been attacked by their parents

Wertz

I love these kind of moral outarges....all they really do is spread the word about what they're actually giving off about to many many more people.
I mean who on here knew that this MsBimbo thing even existed? ...and we're people posting on a web forum. This is the 3rd time I've been informed about this today, here and twice on the radio...it'll prolly be in my paper tomorrow.
What's the first thing people do when they read/hear about said game? Try to log on. All this sort of outcry does is increase awareness and ultimately desirability...
Idiots.

Doctor DooM

Wertz wrote: »

I love these kind of moral outarges....all they really do is spread the word about what they're actually giving off about to many many more people.
I mean who on here knew that this MsBimbo thing even existed? ...and we're people posting on a web forum. This is the 3rd time I've been informed about this today, here and twice on the radio...it'll prolly be in my paper tomorrow.
What's the first thing people do when they read/hear about said game? Try to log on. All this sort of outcry does is increase awareness and ultimately desirability...
Idiots.

QFT.

Absolutely.

Would have just died if no one had of reported it...

ScumLord

Nobody's encouraging them to give the bimbo bigger boobs. The fact that they all want plastic boobies reflects more on the parents imo.

Dennis the Stone

I'm reporting this because I want to do everything in my power to make more girls go out and get boob jobs

Karl Hungus

What is it with parents and parent groups always out to bash such trivial things? Go and do your ****ing job as a parent and instill some morals into your children yourselves, you lazy ****s, and don't expect the world to do it for you.

ircoha

Are the men not being discrimoed against here: what is the male equivalent of a boob job?

Perhaps:

Parents' groups have condemned a new internet game in which boys as young as nine are encouraged to "buy" their virtual dolls PE operations.

The aim of the Mr Bimbo beauty contest game, which was launched in Britain last month, is to become the "hardest, longest, most famous P in the whole world", and contestants who compete against each other are told to "stop at nothing", even "meds or plastic surgery", to ensure their dolls win.

Children are given a naked virtual character to look after. They compete against other players to earn "bimbo" dollars so they can dress him in sexy outfits and take him clubbing. They are given missions, including securing plastic surgery at the game's clinic to give their dolls bigger liadroidi, and they have to keep him at his target length with diet pills.
etc

ircoha

ircoha wrote: »

Are the men not being discrimoed against here: what is the male equivalent of a boob job?

Perhaps:

Parents' groups have condemned a new internet game in which boys as young as nine are encouraged to "buy" their virtual dolls PE operations.

The aim of the Mr Bimbo beauty contest game, which was launched in Britain last month, is to become the "hardest, longest, most famous P in the whole world", and contestants who compete against each other are told to "stop at nothing", even "meds or plastic surgery", to ensure their dolls win.

Children are given a naked virtual character to look after. They compete against other players to earn "bimbo" dollars so they can dress him in sexy outfits and take him clubbing. They are given missions, including securing plastic surgery at the game's clinic to give their dolls bigger liadroidi, and they have to keep him at his target length with diet pills.
etc

See, I don't think that works. Every guy knows you don't need cosmetic surgery to get a bigger penis (seriously, why just P, its not like it's a dirty word), PENIS PUMPS FTW!

But seriously, I was listening to the dude who created this on the radio and he did make a good point; it is being true to real life. This is the message that kids are being given regardless, "You need to get cosmetic surgery to succeed". I thought it highly humorous that on the same station that was having this arguement, they also had an advertisement for.. you guessed it.. cosmetic surgery.

He also went on to state that you have to love and nurture your "bimbo"; keep it fed, healthy, send it to college/university.

Defenestrate

If it was breast reduction surgery I would be truly outraged.