How many people use Disneys “virtual world” site Pixie Hollow?”
Pixie Hollow is an MMOG created by The Walt Disney Company, based on the Disney Fairies franchise (the name is taken from the home of Tinker Bell, the main character in the Disney Fairies franchise). The basic version of the game is free to play online. The website is based partly on the Disney fairy books written by Gail Carson Levine. Players with free accounts can create three, female, fairy avatars who each come with a small selection of clothes and furnishings to decorate a virtual room. Basic accounts can make friends with other players and have access to both ‘quick’ chat with pre-selected phrases and full chat where they are able to type their own messages. They can also play various “Talent Games”, or fairy themed mini-games, found in the various meadows and forests of Pixie Hollow. While playing, the player can pick up leaves, seeds and flowers which are the currency for buying items in the game. Players also play games and visit places to earn badges that they can see in the
