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Digi Makeover
- Plug and Play TV games
- Price: $60
- Genre: Girl
Common Sense Media says
New looks get old fast; mixed message for tweens.
Parents say
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Kids say
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What parents need to know
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.
What's it about?
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.
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.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about beauty. Does this software make you feel like you aren't beautiful without makeup? Or does it reveal that many of the representations of beauty within our culture are fake? And, just for fun, what does mom look like with green hair?
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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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a fantastic little game
i think there wicked! but they need more peswading so they sell more!
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rip-off
Please don't waste money it will disappoint your daughter to tears. It is a great concept but doesn't work at all like described. It is very frustrating to use and the whole idea was to take a picture and give yourself a makeover but the camera didn't work.
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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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make up time
this game is about putting makeup on a girl to have some seious fun
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This is a fun game to get creative with
I think this game is just a fun game where girls can enjoy creating new looks.
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I really want my mom to bye me that game. Along with Desingers world. Do you thinkk you could put that on your website?
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| Platforms: | Plug and Play TV games |
| Available online? | Not available online |
| Genre: | Girl |
| Developer: | Radica |
| Release date: | November 17, 2006 |
| Price: | $60 |
| ESRB rating: | NR |
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