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I banned my kid from Roblox.... what next? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by WetBeardHairs@lemmy.ml to c/gaming@lemmy.ml

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As we all know, Roblox is garbage tier gameplay structured around psychological cues to get children to fill an endless pit with fake money bought with real money.

So I banned my kid from it. He used it a little bit socially with a few friends of his. What online or local multiplayer games should I help him to replace it with? (He's 10, so please don't recommend Diablo 4 or anything else that has quite that much gore)

He and his friends have an Xbox Series X|S at home.

Edit: keep your judgemental shit out of here. His whole social group (5 kids he knows from school) got banned on the same day. Me and the other parents are trying to be nice and replace it with better quality games so it isn't just a punishment.

Edit2: Thanks guys. I got him Lee Carvallo's Putting Challenge

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[-] learningduck@programming.dev 19 points 1 year ago

Buy him a cheap PC and introduce Factorio.

It would teach them logical thinking and teamwork. Could be a nice platform for programming also.

[-] WetBeardHairs@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 year ago

I might as well just hold the crackpipe for him and light it

[-] learningduck@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

Good supporting dad 😁, lol. Now pass the pipe.

[-] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 11 points 1 year ago

Factorio is a great idea if you’re ok with school going to sh*t. I called factorio the „time machine“ since it could zap 12 hrs in one second. Cant remember any other game that I played till dawn in the last 20 yrs.

[-] NOOBMASTER@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Cheap PC it is! Send him to Distrowatch.com and let him pick a distro to install.

[-] danque@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

No no the kid has school to finish. Ive already given up on sleep to work in the factorio.

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