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    Not age appropriate for kids under 9, age appropriate for kids over 10; suggested age 10.

  • Is it any good?

    3.0

  • Common Sense says

    Disney's social network for DS fans is safe but dull.

On this site kids can:   chat, connect with like-minded kids, learn about a specific topic
updated 09.16.09

Why We Rated This on for Ages 10 and Up

The good stuff

  • Educational value:

    Not an issue.

  • Messages:

    Not an issue.
 

What to watch out for

  • Violence:

    Not an issue.

  • Sex:

    Not an issue.

  • Language:

    Not an issue.

  • Consumerism:

    Ads for Disney DS games appear in widgets, but you can turn them off. Polls, videos, news, and backgrounds all contain references to Disney characters.

  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Not an issue.
 

How safe is it?

  • Online interaction:

    The site provides a super-safe chat mode where you can only select from approved questions and statements, and a less restrictive chat where words that aren't in Disney's dictionary will be highlighted in red and must be replaced with another word. Two people can't chat privately with each other unless they exchange previously agreed upon "friend codes."

  • Parental controls:

    Kids must sign up to the site with a parent's email address so that the parent can adjust and monitor each child's account settings.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About DGamer

Parents need to know that this is a social network targeted at kids who play Disney's Nintendo DS games. DGamer appears to offer strong chat safeguards and privacy protection through a combination of automatic filters and live moderators.

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  • Families can talk about whether the ability to earn costumes and badges and display them online makes playing the games themselves more fun. Do you enjoy chatting about games in a social network? Do you prefer playing games alone or with friends?
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  1. Kid Reviewer Age 10
    ocds
    I rate this title on for age 9 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive consumerism

    • My highlights are:
    • Educational

    Flag as inappropriate
  2. Kid Reviewer Age 10
    Fairy10
    I rate this title on for age 5 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • User content isn't age appropriate

    • My highlights are:
    • User content is age appropriate

    I so love it!

    This review...

    Helped me decide | Had useful details | Read my mind
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  3. Teen Reviewer Age 13
    Dreamer_the_Awe
    I rate this title on for age 12 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • Inappropriate language

    • My highlights are:
    • Educational
    • Positive messages
    • Safety isn't an issue
    • User content is age appropriate

    I absolutely love this game, as I am 13 years old and I think that sometimes your kids should be about 12/13 before going on because it gets a lil crazy sometimes, and you can get banned real easy. Just ask my friend Charlie, who has been banned about 200 times, a few times for saying, "I'm bored.", or, "I'm confused." It is sometimes a bit hard to make friends; some people do things called "emotes" where your d-person does a little action (nothing bad) in front of the very screen. Very annoying if you're on the ds, and people who do these (and dress up to look SUPER ugly) are called noobs. A noob is a person who hasn't been on long before, has no experience, or can't chat at all pretty much. A non-noob has all the friends, has the "looks" is always in the popular people chat (right now it is Phineas chat, use to be Caspian chat), and is just plain really cool, like Charlie (Silk). We all have real cool nicknames (take Silk for example, or his friends Drag, Speedy, Char, Are, Bear, Fan, Chase, Danny, Will, or his twin brother Swimmer-whom we are attempting to find a new nickname for, or me, Dreamer). All in all, I love dgamer a lot, and it is almost NEVER dull, no matter what those meanie grownups say about it. Every once in a while, though, someone gets a little bit crazy and says a curse word. That is why it should be for 12/13 year olds. Dgamer rules!!!

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    Helped me decide | Had useful details | Read my mind
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  4. Teen Reviewer Age 13
    Dreamer_the_Awe
    I rate this title on for age 13 and give it 5.0
    • My highlights are:
    • Positive messages

    Have caution sometimes, it gets a lil wild, but is always fun.

    I absolutely love this game, as I am 13 years old and I think that sometimes your kids should be about 12/13 before going on because it gets a lil crazy sometimes, and you can get banned real easy. Just ask my friend Charlie, who has been banned about 200 times, a few times for saying, "I'm bored.", or, "I'm confused." It is sometimes a bit hard to make friends; some people do things called "emotes" where your d-person does a little action (nothing bad) in front of the very screen. Very annoying if you're on the ds, and people who do these (and dress up to look SUPER ugly) are called noobs. A noob is a person who hasn't been on long before, has no experience, or can't chat at all pretty much. A non-noob has all the friends, has the "looks" is always in the popular people chat (right now it is Phineas chat, use to be Caspian chat), and is just plain really cool, like Charlie (Silk). We all have real cool nicknames (take Silk for example, or his friends Drag, Speedy, Char, Are, Bear, Fan, Chase, Danny, Will, or his twin brother Swimmer-whom we are attempting to find a new nickname for, or me, Dreamer). All in all, I love dgamer a lot, and it is almost NEVER dull, no matter what those meanie grownups say about it. Dgamer rules!!!

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  5. Kid Reviewer Age 12
    mandyhi
    Lives in Indiana
    I rate this title on for age 11 and give it 5.0
    • My highlights are:
    • Educational
    • Positive messages
    • Safety isn't an issue
    • User content is age appropriate

    perfect for most tweens

    i love d gamer it rules

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