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ScoobyDoo
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Zoinks! Scooby-Doo's surrounded by ads!
Parents say
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that there are ads all over: one short ad and one tall one on the side of the Web page plus a banner ad at the top. All are clearly marked "Advertisement" and point you to the Warner Bros. shop and purchases such as video games and faster modems. Mac users beware -- the games run very very slowly. PC users don't have this problem.
What's it about?
SCOOBYDOO.COM stars the Great Dane himself with the usual gang of friends plus a gaggle of ghosts and monsters. Fans will enjoy seeing his latest online adventures and playing Scooby-related games. There are also coloring pages, contests, and newsletters. Families with favorite pets might choose to submit a photo to the "Pet Gallery." Pooches and kitties predominate, but any kind of pet is allowed. Answer a few pet-related questions and then submit your digital photo. Site administrators monitor the submissions, so don't expect the photo to appear right away. Visitors get ten "Scooby Snacks" per day to "give" to their favorite pets. The pets with the most snacks get special Featured Pet status. You won't find any dog-biscuit recipes in the "Scooby Snacks" area, but you will find downloadable screensavers, buddy icons, and computer wallpaper. At the time of review, most had Halloween and monster themes.
Is it any good?
In general the games are clever and fun, but before you can play the games you'll have to watch a brief ad about an upcoming Warner Brothers movie, a CD, or Vanilla Mint Listerine, among others. Because of all those doggone ads, sometimes you'll be asking yourself, "Scooby-Doo, where are you?"
Also, watch out if you're using a Macintosh computer: The games run slowly and the controls react even slower. It's not impossible to play using a Mac, but PC users running Internet Explorer get an entirely different gameplay experience.
Online interaction: Kids can post comments in a moderated bulletin board and send postcards to their friends.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about amateur sleuthing. Do you think it would be fun to solve mysteries involving monsters and ghosts? How do Scooby and pals make the idea of chasing monsters and ghosts less scary?
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Kid, 11 years old
April 9, 2008
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I wached more scoobydoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You can play awesome games,you can get screen savers,you can get a desktop background,and if you have a cat or a dog you can take a picture of them and put it on the computer,put it to my pictures then go to scoobydoo* then you go to the pet galley,click on the submit my pet icon then answer the questions when you get to the question that says photo 1 click browse it will bring you to your pictures then click on the picture you want than click open and if you more then one off the same cat or dog do the same as you did with photo 1. I love scoobydoo*
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We Love Scooby Doo
We love the new Scooby Doo movies at our house! The kids are crazy for this show.
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