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A mother of two from Brisbane has put her house and $300,000 on the line to take on corporate behemoth Disney with a new social networking site for pre-teens. She came up with the idea after her two daughters, aged 7 and 9, reached an age at which they were itching to chat online but Orford couldn't find a site that she was comfortable would be safe enough. Original Article
 * Ekidna World**

Ekidna World is free to play but has premium accounts that cost users $7.95 a month, with discounts for buying bulk time as can be seen on the membership pricing page, Premium accounts allow users access to premium content such as player housing and furnishings and access to more interactive games and the like.

The game is designed with safety for children in mind, parents have ultimate control over who the child may and may not chat with, having to OK anyone wishing to chat to the child and vice-versa, otherwise contact is blocked from "strangers".

Below is a video of the game in action,

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Personally the game was made on the cheap and looks it, it is a basic chat program with a graphical interface that relies on permissions for its "privacy protection". The flash games are poor rip-offs of Nintendo games and various flash games found for free around the web. $7.95 is a big ask for the actual content that it gets you considering free alternatives are easy to find.