Poptropica
Is It Any Good?
POPTROPICA is completely appropriate for kids, but its missions are challenging enough to keep older tweens entertained, too. Exploring the three islands takes hours of game play, and the site has plans to add a fourth destination, 24 Carrot. Parents will appreciate the educational tidbits woven into the adventure -- players encounter famous historical figures and learn about ancient civilizations on Time Tangled Island, for example. Poptropica also gets points for cleverness -- the original settlers of Early Poptropica Island are rendered in 1980s-style 16-bit animation.

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