14 DAY TRIAL // As soon as a new gaming device with a web browser is launched, parents and "puritans" jump all over it and start accusing and pointing fingers. To them, web browsers equal porn, and believe that if they buy a web browsing console for their kids, they will use it to look up porn.
This isn't a new thing as we all know the PlayStation Pornable incidents, when people were going crazy, accusing the PSP of tainting their kids. But wfaa.com just found out and they have a story covering this issue in which they interview Laurn Schroeder, mother of first grade kids.
She is a regular mother, but has some strong opinions as regarding the web possibilities of gaming consoles: "They're innocent, and we want to try and keep them that way. It's very upsetting something this popular (a kid game) can go that direction so quickly. he first thing I thought of when I downloaded the Wii browser was also porn".
Schroeder may have a point as some porn websites have reconfigured their screens to fit the Wii and PlayStation 3. Some are even showing the "Wii Friendly" logo. The first grader's mother also has something to comment on that: "That's why it's so important to read into and do research and background checking before you invest in it. We need to keep them protected from people who want to invade a fun game like the Wii".