Cybercop: No Good Reason For Adults to Own Animal Crossing

March 17 2009, 9:55am

Law enforcement is an increasingly challenging job, so GP likes to see police officers well trained and well-informed.Moreover, with an uptick in the number of incidents in which alleged pedophiles have made contact with their victims through online games, this is clearly a venue that the police need to be able to understand and deal with effectively when the need arises.That being said, we hope these comments by an investigator with the Mid-Missouri Internet Crimes Task Force were somehow misquoted or taken out of context:"There is no reason an adult should have [Animal Crossing: City Folk]," says Andy Anderson, Mid-Missouri Internet Crimes Task Force. Anderson says adults playing "Animal Crossing" and similar games are likely doing it for the wrong reasons.Actually, there are many adults who enjoy the Animal Crossing series.GP: Personally, I haven't had time to get into AC: City Folk, but I enjoyed the original Animal Crossing on GameCube and once passed an entire Philly-LAX flight playing AC: Wild World on the DS. So, it's kind of disheartening to see adult ownership of Animal Crossing eyed with suspicion by the police.Thanks to: GamePolitics reader eugaet for the tip!