Club Penguin is a Flash-based website geared toward young children and preteens. Users set up accounts and navigate the site using penguin avatars, exploring various locations in the Club Penguin world. Users can play games, earn penguin money, and socialize with friends in various different areas.
Club Penguin was launched in 2005 with the goal of providing a site that allows children to have fun, be creative, and remain in a safe, ad-free space. To that end, the site is heavily moderated to ensure that no third-party advertising or inappropriate behavior in Club Penguin chatrooms. Club Penguin features a free membership option, but also a paid membership with added benefits.
Play Safety
Because Club Penguin is intended for kids, the company has an area of their website for parents where they discuss what they do to help kids stay safe. There is a feature called Ultimate Safe Chat that prevents kids from chatting with others using their own phrases and sentences. Instead, they must select from a predetermined menu of greetings, statements and questions. This ensures that kids don't give personal information out over the internet. There is also a less restrictive form of chat that, while letting kids openly communicate with one another, still blocks attempts at swapping personal information like phone numbers or using inappropriate language.http://www.clubpenguin.com/parents/player_safety.htm
Featured Video: Club Penguin Demo
This video shows you first hand exactly what it's like to play Club Penguin. Once you sign up for an account and select your penguin's color, you can begin playing the game. There are different areas you can visit and you'll run into other people's virtual penguins in each of these unique locations.
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Web based game
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Free version available
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Over 500,000 active players
