Ideas on how to play Roblox with my 10 year old niece
April 6, 2022 5:22 AM Subscribe
My niece is obsessed with Roblox and we have been "meeting" nightly to play. Right now we meet in a place called Brookfield where she mostly just pushes me around town in a cart and sets me on fire. :)
How else can I engage with her?
Now that I am getting a bit better at navigating my character I'd like to initiate silly/fun scenarios we can riff on.
Until now I have been just going along with whatever she does but I know she'd be thrilled if I did more.
FYI I have not played a video game since Qbert circa 1995.
Any tips?
Thank you!
Now that I am getting a bit better at navigating my character I'd like to initiate silly/fun scenarios we can riff on.
Until now I have been just going along with whatever she does but I know she'd be thrilled if I did more.
FYI I have not played a video game since Qbert circa 1995.
Any tips?
Thank you!
Best answer: according to metafilter that is already pure artistry:
Now you see I will be flying down this hill to end in the muddy, swirling river. I ride this shopping cart, and it is not meaningless transport. The rich use for consumption, with tomatoes and steak; the poor for production with collections of bottles and cans, and the artist for chaos, with the artist himself inside and these angry unknown rodents. We will see how it happens. Please light us on fire now, so we have the poetry. Push me, Kinski, now!
--kingfisher, his musclebound cat, narrating Werner Herzog's Jackass
posted by Cold Lurkey at 6:03 AM on April 6, 2022 [8 favorites]
Now you see I will be flying down this hill to end in the muddy, swirling river. I ride this shopping cart, and it is not meaningless transport. The rich use for consumption, with tomatoes and steak; the poor for production with collections of bottles and cans, and the artist for chaos, with the artist himself inside and these angry unknown rodents. We will see how it happens. Please light us on fire now, so we have the poetry. Push me, Kinski, now!
--kingfisher, his musclebound cat, narrating Werner Herzog's Jackass
posted by Cold Lurkey at 6:03 AM on April 6, 2022 [8 favorites]
Response by poster: Not gonna threadsit but Cold Lurkey, your reply has me laugh/crying after a month in hell. I needed this. Thanks so much :)
posted by i_mean_come_on_now at 6:19 AM on April 6, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by i_mean_come_on_now at 6:19 AM on April 6, 2022 [1 favorite]
Best answer: I think it's fun to play Jailbreak and Survivor. Survivor in particular is great with a buddy because you can team up on votes and stay in the game longer. Deathrun is also fun to play together.
posted by xo at 7:19 AM on April 6, 2022
posted by xo at 7:19 AM on April 6, 2022
Best answer: Fashion famous is pretty fun --> you work with her to pick outfits for a fashion show. You only get like 3 minutes to pick your outfit, so it's fast-paced. There are only like 4 contestants, so it's pretty easy to bring in a friend and throw the voting so your niece wins. It's fun to play one-player too, with you helping her pick outfits. The outfits and categories are often very silly.
"Adopt me" is very cute. You find things to adopt, mostly babies, and push them around in a stroller. It's more 1-player though. But you could be the baby. --> maybe that's what you are already playing.
Animal trading -- you trade to get the best pets and upgrade them to trade to someone else. Very cute.
posted by The_Vegetables at 7:20 AM on April 6, 2022 [2 favorites]
"Adopt me" is very cute. You find things to adopt, mostly babies, and push them around in a stroller. It's more 1-player though. But you could be the baby. --> maybe that's what you are already playing.
Animal trading -- you trade to get the best pets and upgrade them to trade to someone else. Very cute.
posted by The_Vegetables at 7:20 AM on April 6, 2022 [2 favorites]
Best answer: My girls - ages 10, 12, and 15 - all play Bloxburg together. It is kind of a life sim. They deliver pizzas, buy and decorate houses, etc.
They play together using a combination of PC, Kindles, and an Xbox Series X, so I know it works across devices.
posted by tacodave at 6:44 PM on April 6, 2022 [1 favorite]
They play together using a combination of PC, Kindles, and an Xbox Series X, so I know it works across devices.
posted by tacodave at 6:44 PM on April 6, 2022 [1 favorite]
I just wanted to flag that you may have introduced personal information and details that may identify this child and/or give others access to information about them.
posted by Chaussette and the Pussy Cats at 1:18 PM on April 7, 2022
posted by Chaussette and the Pussy Cats at 1:18 PM on April 7, 2022
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posted by i_mean_come_on_now at 5:24 AM on April 6, 2022 [2 favorites]