New: The GTA VI boom may trickle down to Roblox, where kids who can't play the $80 blockbuster can still steal cars, rob stores and -- importantly -- role-play online with friends, for free. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Roblox Is Poised to Cash in on ‘Grand Theft Auto’ Copycats
The upcoming release of Grand Theft Auto VI, which is expected to shatter industry sales records when it comes out in November, looms so large for competing game developers that it has even prompted s...
![Quote: "I agree with you. I hear you. I don’t think they need to get past anything. I think they need to do critical thinking. Look at what the articles say. The fact is they may have spoken to this person or met them [on Roblox], but then they were coerced. They went off to a different platform. It reminds me of, a few years ago, there were two young British school girls who went off to fight for ISIS. They were taken away.
Bad actors, extremism, all of these things—they’re out there looking for our children. They’re out there looking for our children in shopping malls, school yards. Online is kind of the same thing. We have to be vigilant in all of these areas. I just refuse to put it 100% on parents, which is why we do have the parent council to listen to parents’ concerns. It’s really important to hear what parents have to say and to say, “OK, I get it right now. You’re not feeling [like we’re] very trustworthy. We’re going to gain your trust back.”
Talk to your children. Play with them, and you will see what this game is about, what the platform is about."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ngixp5ab4bvfayehc23q2mja/bafkreia4vax2oirrlz2m35zm7yddoytm5mcjucw6732kudkjol7g52zwyu)
