EyePet

[Dust]

I know this might sound funny but has anyone played/seen first hand what this thing is all about; I'm thinking of getting it for my daughter [almost 3], just wondering if it isn't a waste of money...

[Stevorooni]

The idea is novel but I'd probably get sick of it after an hour.

[Jay]

Stevo is probably the closest you'll get in here to the opinion of an actual 3 year old girl (unless Creedy weighs in), so I'd take that as gospel. :p

Seriously though, is 3 a bit young? I was almost going to buy my niece a DS tomorrow - it's her 5th birthday - but I think it's a touch too young.

[Stevorooni]

Stevo is probably the closest you'll get in here to the opinion of an actual 3 year old girl (unless Creedy weighs in), so I'd take that as gospel. :p

My emotional maturity is at about that level

Kids might like the game but I don't know, at that age they might prefer something tangible like a stuffed toy or an actual pet.


BTW Jay kids are real sponges when picking up technology. A guy from work has a 5 year old daughter who plays DS and Wii and from the stories he tells me she's been successfully working the dvd player for years

[Dust]

My daughter works both the 360 and the PS3 quite well to play movies; she doesn't really play too many games [just a couple of duck games], I mean she's only three. But something like this which is interactive [hopefully] and shouldn't involve too much controller feedback maybe would be better. Kids can learn alot from games, as long as parents work with them, Skye [my daughter] learnt colors from the XBOX controller, as well as shape recognition and some of the letters...

Was just wondering if this might be fun...

[Jay]

Yeah, I know they pick things up fast - my nephew can operate the TV and DVD player and he's 3 and 1/2 - but I'm wondering about when to introduce them to games. It is a slippery slope as we all know... :)

[Stevorooni]

I recommend giving them a healthy dose of Left 4 Dead 2, thanks to the censors it's perfectly fine for kids now.

[Jay]

That was my thinking. I was going to grab her Nintendogs, but thought Left 4 Dead 2 and a 360 might be a far more appropriate present.

[Bokracroc]

If the pet wasn't some horrible scary Seaman hybrid I'd take a better look at it but it's even a bit odd and strange for me! :S

[sausage]

You could probably buy a real pet for the cost of the game.

[igotnewsuper8systemWRONG!]

I saw a video where some asian hoes drew a penis and showed it to eyepet, then eyepet drew it and played with it.

[McChimp]

It's an interesting looking bit of software, but I was burned by the lack of usefulness of the PS2 eyetoy. That and the fact that it had rubbish games, I won't fall over myself to get my hands on this.

[Dust]

hehe, bought it for the whole sum total of one day... even my daughter was so bored she said, "aba [dad], let's play Borderlands" :P well she would have said that were she allowed to even look at these type of games... She did enjoy it for a bit once the Monkey/Pet/Thingy got on screen; but wasn't too engaging [for either one of us]; used the refund to put a pre-order on Dragon Age so is all good.

[Vindik8or]

Get a real pet and teach the kid proper consequences for not taking good care of an animal.

[Dust]

But then I'll have to get her a shotgun and you know how that'll go...

[Vindik8or]

Well?

[Blue]

I'd say she'd have more long-lasting fun with something tangible. I know, when I was a kid, I would have much rather had some Matchbox cars than a racing game, or some action figures instead of a beat 'em up.

I see such young kids playing with their parent's iPhones nowadays. Shit, I got my first console when I was seven. They meant so much more to a kid back then, when your mates had one and you didn't, and then you finally got a Sega or something, and treasured it. Whereas kids nowadays will all have parents with consoles already.

[Manny M]

Stevo is probably the closest you'll get in here to the opinion of an actual 3 year old girl (unless Creedy weighs in), so I'd take that as gospel. :p

Seriously though, is 3 a bit young? I was almost going to buy my niece a DS tomorrow - it's her 5th birthday - but I think it's a touch too young.

It can be a touch too young, but my ex's daughter was only 5 when she was playing with the DS. Bright girl who was kicking her grandmother's arse in Big Brain Academy. My niece is also 5 and loves playing Nintendogs.

You'd be surprised... but at that age it's also a bit of work for you too because if they fail a couple of times they'll come running to you to 'fix' it.

[McChimp]

I see such young kids playing with their parent's iPhones nowadays. Shit, I got my first console when I was seven. They meant so much more to a kid back then, when your mates had one and you didn't, and then you finally got a Sega or something, and treasured it. Whereas kids nowadays will all have parents with consoles already.

This. I had an Atari 2600 when I was maybe 7 or 8, with maybe 4 games and I FLOGGED those games to death! Same again with the next console, the old Sega MS. 3 or 4 games on that, I didn't care how many I had, I played the absolute crap outta them too!! I loved those consoles to the point that they literally shat themselves one day after a couple of years of taking a serious beating.

[Saxby]

Played this at a harvey norman store and the technology seemed to be broken, didn't really do what I wanted it to do.