WORSE THAN THE TRUTH
Virtual Game Turns Celebrities' Adopted Children Into Fashion Accessories
A BRITISH ONLINE GAME MAKES AN UGLY JOKE OUT OF THIRD-WORLD ADOPTEES becoming de rigueur accessories for "wannabe style mavens."
At the virtual playground My-Minx.com, players can adopt children fashioned after the children of Madonna, Angelina Jolie and actor Ewan McGregor.
Players can choose from Maddox, 3, who eats cockroaches, Pax, 5, who loves Vietnamese noodles, Zahara, 4, who enjoys "guinea pig."
Another ''adoptee,'' named after McGregor's daughter Jamiyan, enjoys eating rats.
Once purchased, players can dress their orphans in designer duds and try selling their pictures to celebrity magazines.
The online site is causing an uproar in England despite disingenuous claims from its creator that "it is nonsense to suggest our game is a bad influence on young children.''
"We try to protect children too much from the real world for too long in this day and age," Blighty Arts director Christopher Evans told the Telegraph. "They cannot be wrapped up in cotton wool. "
Evans says "the game teaches children about the world while poking fun at celebrity adoptions. Every time they turn on the TV they will see the likes of Madonna adopting African children Anyway. "
Players who hook up in one-night stands can also get condoms and morning after pills.
In the ultimate example of tongue-in-cheek, Blighty claims on its website to believe that "you, the end-user, should enjoy top quality web entertainment that stimulates, educates and excites your senses."
