Play Nintendo's Animal Crossing? Congratulations. You're a rapist.

[uberreiniger]

http://www.kmiz.com/news/story.php?id=13725

According to one Missouri law enforcement official, no adult has any reason to play Animal Crossing unless they're out to molest children.

I don't play Animal Crossing, don't know the first thing about it. But I am an online gamer and what affects one section of our community affects us all. This is ridiculous. Of course children have to be very careful on the internet, whether they're playing a video game or doing their homework. But for that guy to imply that any adult who plays a certain video game is a criminal is unbelievable. A lot of adults get interested in online games *because* of their children playing them and it actually becomes a good way for families to bond. If I have a young daughter and she teaches me to play Animal Crossing and I enjoy it and start playing on my own am I now a rapist? This is ridiculous. Granted this is a state crime task force guy talking and not, say, the federal government. But since internet crimes are often federal in nature since they cross state lines, it might be worth watching which way the wind blows this particular fire.

Comments

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

Wait, how does the Friend Code system prevent contact?

[germsama.livejournal.com]

Players that are going to play together have to exchange their twelve digit friend codes and be on-line at the same time in order for it to work. Pedophiles can't just walk on to a kid's farm and start courting them unless the child's previously contacted them elsewhere and given them a friend code to infiltrate. It's a big enough pain in the ass for actual friends to get it all worked out.