If you don’t watch what your kids play, your kids will find something inappropriate to play. This isn’t just a Roblox problem. Not suggesting Roblox shouldn’t have better moderation (holy hell should they) but this isn’t unexpected. Should it be? Maybe. Could they realistically do it? Probably not without some serious vetting changes—changes that would make “experience makers” have to wait to get their games approved.

Lock down the accounts so they can’t see server chat or get messages from randoms. Only allow your (parent) account to add friends. Play with them. Be present, at least somewhat, when they play.

Source: Play Roblox with my kids all the time.

Not really a sim, but def a fan of space games. Void Crew has been great.

That’s not an apt comparison.

More like “we’ll have flying cars 50 years from now.”

If it “makes me feel better”, fine.

If it “makes it so I’m not contagious and won’t give you Covid”, no.

Personally, I think it tastes like dumpster juice. I’ve never tasted dumpster juice, but I’m convinced.

I mean, I am on board with that. There probably isn’t free will.

But, we should continue to jail those not following society’s rules. If we could jail hurricanes so as to not cause damage, we would—why is jailing a person any different?

The game is definitely not for everyone, but ProsperousUniverse kind of stands alone when it comes to people’s descriptions of niches/genres.

The game is an economy/real-time MMO with no real PvP. “Real-time” not like an RTS but as in “this operation takes many hours or days” and everyone has that same time burden.

It’s a game where planning far outperforms “always online” gameplay, so people end up learning spreadsheet software to optimize everything for themselves.

In addition, the UI is modular like a Bloomberg terminal, so it feels right—you feel like a trader.

Don’t threaten me with a good time.

While I get that others are grossed out by it, this looks fucking delicious to me.