MissBimbo.com, Yay or Nay?

Posted by Dexie

MissBimbo.com, is a virtual fashion online game geared towards girls. The idea of it is that girls get to create their own Miss Bimbo, pick her clothes, activities she likes to do, sending her to tea, schools, sports, food she supposedly like to eat, and also purchasing diet pills. It has gotten such media attention that the creators which by the way are 2 Men, have issued a statement on the front page :

As a result of this rather surprising media attention we have decided to remove the option of purchasing diet pills from the game. We apologize to any players whom this may inconvenience but we feel in light of this weeks proceedings it is the correct action to take.

For these team to actually create an online game for girls and call it Miss Bimbo is appalling. Where they got the idea that it's healthy for girls to decide whether their "Miss Bimbo" should go on a diet is even more disgusting. Girls are very impressionable. With the media attention on celebrity body images, Miss Bimbo is the last thing girls need these days. Sure, it's the parents' responsibility to monitor their children's online activities but sites like these should at least consider the consequences of creating such online hangouts and then calling it as Miss Bimbo.

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Anonymous said:

Oh please! The name "miss bimbo" came from the french success "ma bimbo" and they let the players vote for a name and they picked "miss bimbo". The idea of the game is nothing bad! You have to feed your girl often, because if you don't - she will starve to death. The site says that the best opinion is water and vegetables so that she can be healthy. She also gains weight if you eat chocolate or something. Chocolate is good to keep up her happiness, but when you gain a lot of weight it was handy with pills. Now they have removed them and they've actually got a training center to help you lose weight. You get her a job to get money for clothes and food, it is a lot like in real life. Please check your facts before you criticize. Many adult women sign up to find out what it all is about and get that the media overdid it. You said your opinion and I don't criticize you, I'm just saying mine. :) Thank you.

Posted at 02:29 PM, on January 29 2009

MissBimbo.com, Yay or Nay?

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