Eldest (10) is pestering to play #Roblox - I know nothing about it bar stories about dodgy adults on it so not keen - is it like Minecraft? Can it be locked down for kids? Would you let your kids on it? #TechQuestion
I like #Roblox voice chat because it allows for you to have more natural conversations with people, and I completely understand people not wanting to give some crucial information to a company like Roblox.
This, on the other hand, is going too far. It gives no real benefit, and I have a feeling they'll switch up their privacy policy later to revert that second statement. Or worse, do it in secret and get into a nasty lawsuit if someone finds out.
I've been playing around with #Polytoria. Polytoria supposed to be a sandbox platform (#Roblox alternative). I am taking a look on it, because it is working under #Linux. The game creator software of Polytoria looks promising. I'm into it!
Guttungen spiller flere spill i Roblox hvor mye av progressjonen avhenger av at han må generere penger ved å la spillet stå og surre hele dagen - eller natta (det får han selvsagt ikke lov til). Så størsteparten av tiden brukt i spillet går med på å ikke spille...
Jeg har ikke satt meg inn i om det er begrensninger i plattformen til Roblox som tvinger dette frem hos spilldesignere, men kan ikke forstå at det skal være tilfellet?
So... My older kid just informed me that #Roblox now has a full #VR client on #MetaQuest via App Lab (Early Access basically, if you're not familiar).
This is going to be interesting... If there's a company to watch in terms of building an actual "metaverse" Roblox might be it. I mean it's far from guaranteed, but they have an actual decent shot at it.
I don't have a Meta Quest (or like Roblox) but my kid has one, and he loves Roblox -- this news is probably gonna be pretty big for him and other fans of the game. I posted a thing the other day about how over half of all kids in the USA play Roblox.
I had a very interesting conference call yesterday (hopefully I get around to blog a little bit about it before I head into vacation). During a short research for a follow-up e-mail in which I pitched #Forgejo I noticed that the #Roblox community took notice:
When people say the “metaverse” is just marketing.. or the think of it as VR goggles or Meta’s legless people… I ask them: have you ever gone inside of #Roblox ?
But, they say, “isn’t that just a game for little kids?”
And again I ask “have you ever gone inside of Roblox?”
Roblox is not “a” game… it is millions of “experiences”, some of which are games, but some are not. (Perhaps I need to stream some to Twitch, just to show them..)
#RobloxCulture coping about the supposed "#onlinedating"; anyone who's been affected, come to the #fediverse cuz someone will build an alternative for ya 😉
OC No, you’re NOT a real gamer.
No, you’re NOT a real gamer....
Roblox’s CEO predicts “thousands” of adults will meet in Roblox dating experiences (www.theverge.com)