Kingsisle, developer of the popular online game, Wizard 101, has made it far too easy for children to spend their parents money without them knowing. Not too long ago my friend had hundreds of dollards stolen from him when his son got hold of his credit card and made multiple purchases of Crowns, the in-game currency for Kingsisle's online games. This article explains why Kingsisle and other companies like them should take some of the blame for these problems occuring.
This may be interesting. KingsIsle Entertainment is setting up shop at Booth #745 to offer visitors a complete Wizard101 and Pirate101 welcome.
Recently Skewed and Reviewed got to speak with KingsIsle about Wizard 101 and what is to come for the game.
KingsIsle Entertainment and gamigo are pleased to announce the start of Wizard101’s European services transfer from Gameforge. Starting today, Wizards across the pond will be able to experience new magical updates at a much faster rate to ultimately sync up closer with their North American counterparts.
I have a 7 year old that has been into gaming for about a year. He is mature enough to be able to handle Halo Reach, though I keep it supervised and make sure he doesn't take Halo into the real world. However, when the first map pack came out he ordered it without permission. I had my credit card info set up so I wouldn't have to worry about pulling my card out all the time. It turns out any account can use that card as long as it is associated with your IP address. Fortunately it wasn't too costly and I was able to work the parental controls so he can't do it again. And he got a good lesson in working for what you get. But he could have easily spent thousands and I wouldn't have known about it. This is a very good article and will hopefully wake up parents before they find themselves on the losing end of a big bill.