The folks at Mega have made a cool little online world for the youngsters at the MagNext site. I do have a youngster or two around the house which gave me the perfect excuse to try out the site.
However, at the time my 5 year old was in school so I can't really explain why I felt the need to race Mega cars through a speed track REPEATEDLY. I was playing the Spheron Speed Challenge and it was fun fun fun. No kids needed. I didn't even have to create an account - I used the guest method.
Here is a little screen shot of me getting a coin. The little yellow arrows make you go faster. As you can see, I missed this group of arrows but got the coin so HA.
I am going to visit back at the site with Ben (the aforementioned 5 year old) and let him try. It's got all the safety stuff parents are looking for as well as the "collect Magz and buy stuff at the store" elements that kids expect from an online community. For those a bit tired of the girly style WebKinz or Build-A-Bear-ville this is racier and has more action. Of course my boys like the stuffed animal sites too. I mean really, girls can play car racing and boys can play stuffed animals. Let's not be all sexist here.
