Virtual Pets

While looking this week to find a topic for the weekly blog, I stumble onto something that I found interesting. Of course, my kids wants something new to play with, but the toys do not last for a long time. I was out shopping for some new speakers for my iPod for outside and stumble onto a video game from PlayStation 3 called, Eye-Pet. I have seen the PlayStation's Camera in some games, and the appearance of the game was not appealing enough to purchase the game. This game however, was very appealing to my eyes. With the price of $40, $60 if you do not own a PS3 camera, this game has a Virtual animal that looks like a small monkey like figure as a pet. Instead of purchasing a pet for your kids to have, and you have to clean up, this pet allows your kids to experience the responsibilities of a pet without having to jeopardizing a real animal's life. This Eye-Pet allows your kids, or even adults, to feed, clean, entertain, and customize your Virtual Pet. A short video will be displayed to show you more information about this game. The music playing within the background of the video is by, Tommy Sparks-"She's Got Me Dancing".

I'm still amazed on the detail they included within this game. You can draw a picture and show it to the camera, then the pet redraws what you drew and turns it into an actual toy to play with it. It can do planes and ride the plane, or draw a car to chase the pet with until he smashes it. There are a lot of other toys that you can play with as well as items that you can use interact with the pet. Design the pet to look like anything you want, paint his fur, lengthen or shorten his fur in different places on his body, or have him wear silly outfits for enjoyment. It is great for kids entertainment, but also a good game for the adults too that would like a pet without the hassle of cleaning after it. For PlayStation I give this game a 9 out of 10 for creativity and graphical looks. Virtual materials are getting more common within todays time period. Something tells me that this is not the end of seeing simulator games like this.

For more information you can go to the PlayStation EyePet website or EyePet TM website.

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