Category: Odd + Funny, Technology Author : Duncan Riley Posted: October 24, 2008
Tags : Gaia Online, Halloween, Halloween Hysteria
Gaia Online, the virtual hangout for more than 7 million users, will allow its members to show off their spooky side during its weeklong virtual Halloween event called Halloween Hysteria.
The event will give loyal Gaians the opportunity to choose from a selection of over-the-top costumes, socialize, and treat-or-treat with friends from all over the country and play freaky Halloween-inspired games. In preparation for Halloween day, users can decorate their in-world house and even cause some mayhem in their neighborhood with virtual eggs and toilet paper.
“Halloween has always been an amazing holiday for this generation, but bringing all the festivities to Gaia Online lets our users take it even further,” said Scott Kinzie, vice president of creative and user experience, Gaia Online.
I have to be honest that nothing scares me on Halloween day than to see my kids staying at home in front of their computers, and giving away virtual candies to their friends.
Nov 7, 2008
It's not meant to take away from the Halloween experience, it's meant to add to it. If kids are getting too attached to their computers that is a whole other topic in general. I'm a very loyal Gaia user and the Halloween event was just soemthing else neat happening around Halloween, I think most other people felt that way too. There will always be one or two who take it too far, but thats with everything.