Like other virtual worlds targeted towards the tween crowd (Webkinz, Neopets, Whyville, etc.), Moshi Monsters introduces a younger audience to a 3D digital universe mashed up with a child-friendly brand of social networking. It’s no Facebook, but they can tack notes on friends’ walls and meet up for play dates in “Monstro City.” This demographic […]
Entries Tagged as 'Virtual Worlds & Avatars'
Moshi Monsters: New Tween Virtual Social Networking World
May 7th, 2008 by Forest
Tags: Social Networking · Tweens · Virtual Worlds & Avatars · Web · Youth Trends
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What Do Teens Want? Just Ask.
April 8th, 2008 by Allison
We recently wrote about how youth are using their phones in Asia, as reported by Synovate. Reports are well and good, great for stats to feed those marketing types who crave quantitative (yes, we are guilty). But the real insights come from the mouths of babes, as it were, qualitative-style. Anastasia Goodstein from YPulse […]
Tags: Books · Entertainment · Gaming · Movies · Music · Social Networking · TV & Web Video · Teens · Tweens · Virtual Worlds & Avatars · Web · Youth Trends
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When Avatars Go Bad!
September 26th, 2007 by NGT
Avatar and virtual worlds have been popping up in books for a while now. Snow Crash introduced the virtual villain in 1992 and the killer in 2005’s Cast of Shadows is tracked down in a virtual world.
Now Virtual Worlds are getting so mainstream, they’ve made it onto broadcast TV. On next week’s “Law & Order: […]
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Plenty of Material Girls in the Virtual World
September 23rd, 2007 by Sherrie
Imagine how much you would shop if you could pick a perfect body. With the advent of computer graphic simulation, playing dress-up has taken on exciting, previously unattainable possibilities. Just about everything looks good on an idealized avatar, right? Virtual costumes play into today’s love of customization, allowing men and women to more fully realize […]
Tags: Fashion & Retail · Gaming · Marketing & Branding · Virtual Worlds & Avatars · Youth Trends
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Kanye West Recreates Anime Classic
July 25th, 2007 by Allison
When Nas dropped his album Hip Hop is Dead, and speculation swirled that it actually was, our Jason Newport came back with an argument for its enduring success:
…Hip-Hop is dynamic. It is often reduced to being widely known simply as a music genre, but it is not synonymous with rap music. It is a lifestyle […]
Tags: Asia · Entertainment · Movies · Music · Sphere of Influence · Virtual Worlds & Avatars · Youth Trends
