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Issue with opening external apps

Don’t take it personally. They play Roblox after all.

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The remarkable story of Unreal 2, the sequel rescued from development hell by dooming it to failure: 'There was just no way we could succeed'

Tommy Tallarico mentioned, time to deploy the ROBLOX_OOF.mp3

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Cookies and Fascism (not OP, just thought this was good)

I don’t believe these stereotypes are very accurate today. Do we have data? I’m failing to find more than anecdotes online. Why are 12yo hyping crypto? Is the average gaming culture that right-wing dominant, and why should it be so? Biggest games are roblox, Minecraft, and fortnite. It’s surely not CoD for this cohort. Minecraft in particular seems like it need not be conservative coded. Edit: I’ve found some evidence that this reverses causality; the manosphere targets this demographic with paid advertising. They know they can exploit a vulnerable population.

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Linux gaming is growing! The Roblox client Sober was downloaded 1.3 million times this year.

Obligatory link to Roblox and its exploitation of young game developers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gXlauRB1EQ

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Roblox is still trying to convince lawmakers it’s not social media

And then on top of the micro transactions there is the other problematic part with a social game marketed primarily to children.

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Roblox accused of facilitating "illegal gambling ring" for minors

A class action lawsuit has been filed against Roblox Corporation, accusing the developer of facilitating “an illegal gambling ecosystem” and violating a federal law. The complaint was signed by Chief Inspector Slowpoke

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Gesichts-Scan auf Pornoseiten: Wann kommt die verschärfte Alterskontrolle auch zu uns?

Ich bin es als Erwachsener halt leid, dass ich ständig gegängelt werde, weil Eltern ihren Job nicht machen. Und ich sag nicht, dass die Eltern ihre Kiddies totalüberwachen müssen, aber es ist halt schon so banal simpel wie “aktiviere die Jugendschutz-Features in deiner FritzBox mit einem Klick” und schön können die Kiddies normal im Internet surfen und kriegen halt eine Fehlermeldung, wenn sie Pornhub aufrufen wollen. Das klingt für mich nach einer sinnvolleren Lösung als Gesichtsscans für erwachsene Menschen. Und auch sonst: Nein, du darfst als Eltern deine Kiddies nicht unbewacht und ohne Aufsicht ins Internet lassen. Ist ja nicht nur Pornographie. Da lauern auch haufenweise Pädophile in irgendwelchen Chats. Die Kiddies benehmen sich dann in Foren und Spielen daneben. Diverse Anbieter versuchen die mit ganz komischen Dingen abzuzocken - schau dir etwa mal an, was es in Roblox alles so gibt. Das willst du deinen 13jährigen nicht einfach so antun. Und du willst auch nicht deine 15jährige irgendwie unbeaufsichtigt auf TikTok oder Insta posten lassen ohne wenigstens mal einen Blick drauf zu werfen. Das gehört zum Eltern sein dazu.

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I banned my kid from Roblox.... what next?

Intent makes a big difference. The value of Roblox as a platform and as a business is based on the work done by children to develop for it, and it was set up that way on purpose. They created an incentive model to encourage it. Nintendo’s value as a company is not based on kids creating Mario Maker levels, nor does Nintendo push kids to do so with the promise of earning money.

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The Mirror: Open-Source Roblox & UEFN Alternative by The Mirror: Open-Source Roblox Alt

I was digging a little and just wanted to add a few links: https://www.themirror.space/ and https://github.com/the-mirror-gdp/the-mirror It looks like a competitor to both Roblox but also meta and vrchat, and even mindcraft. Vrchat is free i think, but they own the data. I see they’ve adapted the leading OS game engine, Godot, which also let’s our personal AI simulate the real world in real time. I wasn’t particularly happy with this roadmap tho: ‘(Future) Marketplace: Easily monetize your games, 3D models, audio assets, and more with one-time purchases or RevShare.’ It doesn’t take long to convert the project into some shitcoin ‘adventure’ where nothing is done without coin incentives and people behave like it’s all a business.

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I banned my kid from Roblox.... what next?

Personally, I want my kid to be able to buy a few things every now and then. Roblox got the axe for multiple reasons - mtx was only one aspect. He gets a vbuck or two with his allowance if he wants to earn them. It helps him get a healthy view of how little mtx are really worth, but a cosmetic here or there is kind of fun.