The Travels of Wiglington & Wenks is a series of stories for kids written back when some of us were kids ourselves. Over 20 years after the stories were originally released, the Travels of Wiglington & Wenks has been transformed into an online virtual world where players can travel to places around the world, through time and space, meet famous historical people, play fun enriching games, make new friends own exotic islands, build culture-inspired houses, wear all kinds of cool clothing and costumes, explore secret locations, solve ancient mysteries and become a legendary traveller.
TB was given a one month premium membership so he could review the site.
Whilst TB could happily play on the site, it wasn’t his favourite thing. In fact, he preferred watching the YouTube trailer more than playing the actual game. I think some of this was down to being a little below the target age of 7 to 14. That said, I couldn’t imagine myself having used the site much beyond the age of 11 or 12.
In terms of a parent’s point of view, Wiglington & Wenks is educational and avoids more traditionally commercial brands but it’s music, which TB insisted on blasting out from the speakers, is about as annoying as it gets. The world can be played in for free but there are also a number of paid membership options; going by TB’s lack of interested, I’m just not convinced that it’s worth paying out for.
