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lemmy.world
Trouble is, most of the other games out there for kids are the same thing as the roblox games, and many of them cost money upfront, then sell the kids on skins, and tiny game functions just like roblox games. It’s hard to find suitable games for kids, and takes a ton of energy. I have gotten my kids into satisfactory, raft, and games like that. But my youngest keeps coming back to the grinders which all have pay to win. Good games are just not as profitable.
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lemmyonline.com
Wife is playing spyro. Kids are play roblox. And I am ready to play this.
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lemmygrad.ml
The only thing I’ll add, is a reinforcement to what Critical Resist mentioned; every market has different restrictions, and AAA games are different in each market. And, usually, the changes are either to comply with censorship laws, or to make the game more palatable to a different audience. In the US market, you can show swastikas, extreme violence, illegal activities, swearing, and nudity without being removed from the shelves. The game will have an 18+ rating (or M for Mature, if not A for Adult) and be restricted in some cases, but it won’t be censored too heavily for those things. But, on the US market, if you wanted to make the protagonist an anti-American terrorist who regularly performs war crimes against Americans, the game will absolutely be banned without question. In Germany you can’t show swastikas and violence is censored, in Australia games can be outright banned if they centre around violence or illegal activities. Censorship in video games isn’t uncommon, and the biggest censors of them happen to be westerners. Bones carry a cultural significance in China, so they’re considered “too edgy” for a mainstream audience, which is why skeletons were replaced with tombstones in WoW. Hong Kong has a rampant suicide problem, where people are jumping off buildings, hence you’ll find games (like Roblox) that add censorship to falls that would normally kill a person. So like, so the fuck what if China censors games? they’re not the only ones doing it, and their censorship isn’t the worst of it. The same goes with the "China Cut"s of movies, the Chinese market is a massive one, and Chinese audiences don’t like watching films with a western bias… so they’re reshot to star Asian actors, and to share Chinese values. But, of course, the only people who are upset about the “China Cut” are western bros who genuinely think the CPC is 1984-ing Chinese citizens.
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hexbear.net
Finally, I can do Roblox in Zelda.
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sh.itjust.works
Yeah, no, it did not take me long at all to find someone creepy. I fully believe they’re a common sight in Roblox, though I have only a small sample size. It shouldn’t take such a short time to find pedophiles, much less overt and verbose pedos, anywhere. My nephew moved on to a league clone, and I occasionally wonder whether they would have been better off getting molested over the internet.
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lemmy.dbzer0.com
You’re thinking of Gen Alpha. GenZ was born starting '97, most of us are closer to 30 than 13, they don’t play Roblox or know what that is. All they know is eat hot chip and twerk and cry for a world that never was yet feels was taken from us while watching old vine compilations and being able to recite them word for word with impressive if slightly concerning accuracy.
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lemm.ee
No shame in liking what you like. Roblox is a metaverse and lots of people play on that.
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lemmy.ca
It’s not hard to use a search engine.
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hexbear.net
a succulent roblox meal!?
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lemmy.world
The article is about Roblox and Fortnite not gaming as a whole. Is there a ton of money in those games? Yes. Is that the future of all gaming? No.