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Digi Makeover
(2006, Smart Toy - Girl Software, Rated NR, Play it on: Plug and Play TV games)
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Common Sense says
New looks get old fast; mixed message for tweens.
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for Ages 8–13
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of Digi Makeover was written by Jinny Gudmundsen
Parents need to know that this software sends some mixed messages. Will girls who use it think they aren't pretty without makeup? Or will it educate them about billboard and magazine ads and how fabricated the beauty is that they find there? For some it may simply be another form of harmless dress-up, which allows tweens who are still looking for their identity to try out new ones digitally -- without resorting to the real and scary bathroom ear-piercing incidents and punk dye jobs.
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What’s the Story?
With DIGI MAKEOVER from Radica, tween girls can digitally experiment with their own appearance and the appearance of six other models. Girls can try out different hairstyles, makeup, and accessories. The game works by plugging the Digi Makeover touchpad into a television using the audio/video input jacks. Girls make decisions by pushing buttons on the touchpad to select from possible options shown on the TV screen, and they use a stylus to apply makeup to a model's face.
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Is It Any Good?
Girl testers said most of the hairstyles didn't look realistic. The makeup options also produced mixed results: While it was fun to change eye color, it was difficult to apply subtle eye makeup. And trying to undo previous actions often resulted in wiping clean all your previous work.
Parents will have to wrestle with whether Digi Makeover could lower their daughter's self-esteem by sending the message that girls aren't pretty without makeup. Or perhaps Digi Makeover might help teach that makeup can create fake beauty, so they should be skeptical of the glamour shown in magazines. Some parents, however, will probably consider Digi Makeover as simply another way for young girls to play dress-up. But Digi Makeover, while initially interesting, won't keep girls' attention for long given its clunky design.
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Released on 11/17/2006, price $60, not online enabled
ESRB rating: NR
ESRB rating: NR
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- I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
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- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
I love this games! it is sooooo much fun! I like to make up myself, but the defalt girls are kind of more fun, because the makeuup and hair is set to them, and it matches perfectly. the only problem with the cemera is that you have to be in a really bright place to take a good pic o yourself. Overall a great game that kids of all ages will enjoy!
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You have to buy this for your daughter!
I think this is a wonderful game for kids that have a sense for hair or fashion! I reccomoend this to everyone
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