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Kids socialise in a virtual world as avatars (News, Times of Malta)
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Written by Clark Columbia
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Sunday, 10 June 2007 |
 Children have always enjoyed make-believe. Now, some new websites are letting them live out their fantasies in virtual worlds using self-designed avatars
. Unlike the often-violent world of videogames, virtual sites such as Stardoll, Doppelganger, Club Penguin and Gaia Online hark back to a more innocent time of tea parties and playing outdoors - and they are winning young users in droves.
The success of Second Life, one of the most popular virtual lifestyle sites for adults, with even its own banks and real estate agents, has helped to raise interest in the genre.
At Stardoll, young girls can create their own online "MeDoll" identities from a template that allows the user to choose everything from skin tone to eyebrow shapes.
Most important, it allows the user to dress-up their avatar in the latest teen fashion.
Stockholm-based Stardoll, which only started four years ago, has been a huge hit with girls aged between seven and 17 years.
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