Right, so… Apologies for the massive delay in getting this post out! With Christmas just around the corner, my house had to experience upheaval so it could be decorated. Anyway… Welcome to Part Two of my five-part chain of posts on my second-favourite G-Word: Gaming. Last week, I covered my Tablet full of Mobile Games. However, there is one game I didn’t have room in that post to talk about. Well, it’s more a platform than a game. And it’s called Roblox. Most of you have no doubt heard of it and probably dabbled in it as a player growing up. I first caught word of it via a cousin who used to play it on a desktop computer. I kept removing the launchers because I didn’t know what it was at the time, and I didn’t allow anything like that to be stored on the computer. Until I joined the platform myself. And since I registered on June 3rd, 2013, I have played a wide variety of games. And I have quite a few of them marked as Favourites right now.
Those favourites fall into one of three categories: Simulators, Tycoons and Unique Places (in my opinion, anyway), which I’ll go through one by one in a moment. As for what I don’t like playing, you can forget the Horror Genre in general, as well as those that have zombie mechanics at a minimum, general free-for-all shooting games, and anything mass multiplayer survival because they bring out a competitive side in me, which I consider one of the worst sides of my character.
Also, I am acutely aware of controversy and scrutiny around the platform (For example, this video produced by KiraTV’s second channel), which would naturally make one question why I would be on a platform shrouded in it, especially at the age of 26. However, as you’ll see in Part Three next week, Roblox has generally been my main source of games outside of just one console I’ve played on and off most of my life (at least until Mobile Games creeped in). Plus, just like Mobile Games, I like to play them by myself, for myself and for stimulation and relaxation. Not for ego, not to make friends (like I would want to on this platform anyway) and certainly not to be someone notable in the gaming scene (at least at this point of my life). Although, I think there might be plenty of scope for a series of posts into Roblox under the hood. Because I don’t know about you… But maybe I am viewing the platform with rose-tinted glasses and should be just as conscious about where I play games, and not just what I play.
Anyway, here’s what I regularly play on Roblox at the moment. All games mentioned will be linked straight to the page on Roblox they are on.
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