Missouri Police: An adult and playing Animal Crossing? Something’s wrong with you!

“There is no reason an adult should have this game,” were the ominous words of Mid-Missouri Internet Crimes Task Force officer, Andy Anderson, referring to… wait for it… Animal Crossing: City Folk. For real? Yeah, as real as the name Andy Anderson is.

“There is no reason an adult should have this game,” were the ominous words of Mid-Missouri Internet Crimes Task Force officer, Andy Anderson, referring to… wait for it… Animal Crossing: City Folk. For real? Yeah, as real as the name Andy Anderson is.

According to Anderson, it’s games like this that make kids more vulnerable to sexual predators. Because of the structure of the game where your character needs to talk to other gamers, build rapport and relationships, and exchange letters, gifts and favors in order to advance to the next level.

If you’re an adult and playing Animal Crossing, then you’re most probably doing it for the wrong reason – this is the line of logic that Anderson follows with this kind of reasoning. The solution, he says (apart from adults NOT playing this game) is to have the parents pay extra attention to the games their kids play.

“The equipment is real expensive and we cannot afford to buy all of the systems and do not have the resources either to examine all of the possibilities,” Anderson said.

Apart from Animal Crossing, other games that are potentially pedo-heaven would be those taht allow instant messaging or voice-over IP — practically a whole slew of other games out there, then.

Roger that.