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You know, I would love for games to offer child only servers with the purpose of protecting children from pedophiles.
But also, for my selfish need to not have children ruining my games in first person shooters. 🤣
I’ve noticed a strong shift to brawl stars with one of my kids and their friend group.
minecraft, roblox
Fortnite.
The current streamer fad game seems to be REPO; which looks like it's just a knock off of Lethal Company, tho IMO it is a bit cuter with the way player character's heads flap with your mic when you speak.
I don't know, but my kid won't be playing Roblox. That game has as many groomers and pedophiles as the Catholic Church.
And white supremacists.
Eww yuck. I haven't heard about those degenerates being on there.
The idea of degeneration also comes from white supremacy btw in case you didn't know. Its what the ubermemch is/was contrary to and what the whole alpha males thing is from.
Technically, being white is a degeneration from the basal human state. Our species evolved in Africa.
Don't forget the child labor
And it itself is a creepy company town for bilking children.
Come on now, there couldn't possibly be THAT many!
it's also one of the most imaginative and creative gaming platforms ever created so there's that
You could argue the same for any game engine (Unity) or game with a big modding community (Garry's Mod). The big difference here is that Roblox aimed straight at children right from the start and also offers a no friction hosting of those creations
That doesn't justify exposing him to pedos.
It's not like your throwing him into a prison cell with a pedo. Pedo's could literally be ANYWHERE online. I think you are paranoid.
There have been numerous complaints about grooming and cyber bullying on Roblox. Instead of fixing the problem, the CEO suggests that we don't let our kids use Roblox.
So we took his advice, and my kid doesn't play Roblox.
I grew up on the internet and survived 42 years without running into a pedo... I have been online gaming for around 30 years.. I don't blame you for protecting your kids, I would too. But I think there's more fear than reality in a lot of these stories.
Have you considered that when you were a kid you would have been too clueless to notice them and when you're an adult they would be not very likely to out themselves to you?
You're likely not playing the same games they would be either if the target audience of what they're lurking in is aimed at children.
I have and like I said nothing has happened not to say it can't happen I just think that the risk is relatively low
Groomers not so much, maybe depends on the games they play. But my kid did get scammed, that was a learning moment.
Maybe not a bad thing though. Rather learn to be cautious with "worthless" digital items and be less likely to get scammed later on
Absolutely, this wasn't the worst objectively. But the abuse of trust hits them hard nonetheless
It's still Roblox
As a 30 y/o myself, it feels like they’re still playing those games from 4 years ago: Minecraft, Fortnite, Roblox, Brawlstars. But they watch much, MUCH more AI Slob
As a parent I can confirm this is true. Lots of AI slop. But probably even more weird, random, quick-fire meme shorts. Although those two categories are rapidly bleeding together into one massive clusterfuck.
My oldest frequently says "gen alpha is so cooked!" due to all the meme and AI slop. Which considering he is gen alpha is both insightful and disturbing.
Attention span is so, so short now. Caught my kid playing Fortnite, then alt-tab to YouTube Shorts when they got killed. For like 10 seconds of downtime to respawn. Atrocious!
Imagine them being able to play cs and go a whole round after dying instantly to a one tap... kids definitely couldn't handle it
That guy who one tapped you? Actually 8 years old
Definitely way much more ai slob and brain rots
Correct.
It's still Minecraft and Terraria.
They're getting bugs and keeping em in matchboxes, making them get on sticks and fight each other like Pokémon. It's brutal out there man, kids these days are tougher than us
It's all about the DOSbox, baby! Skibidi rizz, yeet yolo!
How do you do fellow human child
My son plays Fortnite in addition to the other two. I don't know of any other games that offer the wide choice and peer interaction that Minecraft, Fortnite and Roblox offer.
He mainly watches streamers who play those games
I hate this centralization of "all games in one", it's eerily similar to the centralization of the internet into the big social media sites.
My daughter was showing me some of the games-within-games on Minecraft servers. It's insane what people have made. And now Fortnite has racing!?
A game named "Brawl stars" on mobile
And they watch tiktok
Free games like brawl stars, pirated minecraft, are way more popular than paid games like premium minecraft(at least in my country)
Lichess
I hear forkknife or something like that is popular.
My son went from fortnite to project zomboid and rimworld, lately rdr and doom eternal. Sometimes terraria and minecraft, but rarely.
Pokemon?
I tried getting a 10yo kid playing the emulated version of Fire Red on his tablet. He thought it was too slow and just went back to Roblox
Tangential point: these games always felt like Legos but without the complexity involved with rotating and making things fit IRL, so I'd rather get my kids Legos. I guess these games are free for anyone who knows how to use a PC/their children, so it's way more accessible, but Insha'Allah I'll be financially blessed enough to buy the real deal.
You don't know what minecraft and roblox are, do you ?
Beep.
this post was submitted on 28 May 2025
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