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Children develope an interest in animals at an early age

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NekoBot:
Based on a new study, children as early as infants prefer to look at animals rather then shiny new toys.

 http://www.companionanimalpsychology.com/2013/02/are-young-children-more-interested-in.html?m=1

O:\msg:
I'd have thought that was obvious, animals move.

Kiss x Miz:
I rarely played with toys that didn't tickle my fancy. I've always liked animals though.

dark 5FVD:
you know this sounds really weard right?

BloodcatNS:

--- Quote from: Dark Bl!ndshoT on April 16, 2013, 10:36:40 PM ---you know this sounds really weard right?

--- End quote ---
No it's not. It's completely natural. The child wants to interact with something that interacts back. Humans are still social animals, after all.

Think of it like this: The reasons "The Sims" are a hit because everything you do with the virtual people would react to it in different ways. You could do a whole lot with them and still not get bored.

Now other linear games,  say... platformers like Crash Bandicoot may be great, but once you're finished and start over, it's pretty predictable. You know what you're supposed to do, you know what will happen and the way you can predict it decreases it's appeal. Akin to a child moving an arm of an action figure and knowing that it moves. After he does it, he's going to try and find out what he's going to do next. After he's run out of ideas, he moves on with another toy which will inevitably bore him again.

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