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Writer's pictureThomas Bennedetto

September 1st

Today is the birthday of a game engine most popular with twelve year olds, my twelve year old past self included. Roblox first launched today in 2006. This name is a portmanteau of Robot and Blocks, and this is easy to forget now with all that Roblox has become. While now known for being a simple but versatile consumer grade game engine with a number of high profile and high effort games, when I was young enough to be in its target audience it had a very different vibe.


When I first played Roblox, the first thing it was, in my mind, was a LEGO simulator. It felt like a series of virtual Lego builds made from low poly squares and covered in PNG stickers. And you played as a little Minifigure. Then it just kept improving and improving until it reached the point most Roblox games don't resemble LEGO at all. I wonder if I still have my old account info written down somewhere, I'd like to see if that one theater game is still up.


[EDITOR’S NOTE: I never got into Roblox myself, so up until recently I assumed it was still the LEGO-esque game I remember seeing kids play at the school computer lab. Then a couple years ago I saw an image of one of the Warrior Cats roleplay servers and was utterly mystified. Also, RIP to the old “oof” noise. Even I knew that classic.]


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Tori Corvelli
Tori Corvelli
Sep 08, 2022

Ah yes, the game my little brother is obsessed with! He's very proud of the games and maps he tells me he makes, I'm glad he's also building up a love for game design just from Roblox.

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Calexta
Calexta
Sep 02, 2022

I don't remember any theater games but I did play a few medieval and vampire games on there a few years back.

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Thomas Bennedetto
Thomas Bennedetto
Sep 02, 2022
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Oh I know I played a couple medieval games myself back then, I wonder if we played the same ones?

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