Of course Disney isn’t going to offer a full-fledged online multiplayer game for free without a few carrots to draw in a few bucks; enter the household debate: Can we have a membership to Toontown?
Membership in Toontown costs $4.95 for the first month, and $9.95 for each additional month. I said no outright. “You’ve been playing for six months without a membership, you’ve had a great time, and you’ve never been upset before.” This was a condescending and disrespectful thing to say to them–in addition to being a logical fallacy. Just because they were happy before playing the game without membership did not mean that their current unhappiness was invalid. What I should have said to the girls was how can you come up with a way to get the money needed every month for the subscription? This encourages critical thinking and forces them to realize the power of even a few dollars. Now I know that games such as these are designed to let you only go so high, only interact superficially with the online world–until you pay for full access. I’ve had those same feelings of disappointment when I realized how the scope of my play was limited without membership. But I chose to NOT get an online
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