What are kids playing today? What came after Minecraft/Roblox?
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I feel like I haven't heard anything from younger genz about games outside of 'streamer screamer' game of the week.
Is there anything really new and unique?
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.
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I feel like I haven't heard anything from younger genz about games outside of 'streamer screamer' game of the week.
Is there anything really new and unique?
A game named "Brawl stars" on mobile
And they watch tiktok
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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 ?
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I don't know, but my kid won't be playing Roblox. That game has as many groomers and pedophiles as the Catholic Church.
Don't forget the child labor
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I don't know, but my kid won't be playing Roblox. That game has as many groomers and pedophiles as the Catholic Church.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Groomers not so much, maybe depends on the games they play. But my kid did get scammed, that was a learning moment.
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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
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!
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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
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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
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it's also one of the most imaginative and creative gaming platforms ever created so there's that
That doesn't justify exposing him to pedos.
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I feel like I haven't heard anything from younger genz about games outside of 'streamer screamer' game of the week.
Is there anything really new and unique?
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
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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
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!?
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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
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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 it itself is a creepy company town for bilking children.
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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
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It's all about the DOSbox, baby! Skibidi rizz, yeet yolo!
How do you do fellow human child
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I feel like I haven't heard anything from younger genz about games outside of 'streamer screamer' game of the week.
Is there anything really new and unique?
minecraft, roblox
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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.
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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.
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I feel like I haven't heard anything from younger genz about games outside of 'streamer screamer' game of the week.
Is there anything really new and unique?
Free games like brawl stars, pirated minecraft, are way more popular than paid games like premium minecraft(at least in my country)
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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.
