IKEA will pay you real, honest-to-god money to work in its virtual Roblox store

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The entrance to IKEA in Roblox, with a blue couch, escalators, and signs.

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The government is now monitoring online stores in games like Roblox and Fortnite for their 'buyer beware' approach

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is starting to monitor stores in online games like Roblox.

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In 2024, AI Will Spark an Indie Video Game Renaissance (and Nightmare)

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More people are making video games than ever before, but most games are still designed by teams of professionals. There’s a barrier of technical skills that keeps the average person from making their own game, but in 2024, that’s going to change. AI is going to make game development so easy that you’ll be able to…

Meet the 21-year-old Roblox creator whose roach-ridden, trash-filled room has both fascinated and horrified fans

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PowEnvy in his bedroom.

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Roblox orders staff back to the office 3 days a week – or resign

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David Baszucki is the founder and CEO of Roblox.

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Roblox Dev Arrested at Game Event for Allegedly Having Concealed Firearm, Large-Capacity Magazine

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An independent developer for the kids-focused build-your-own game “metaverse” Roblox was booked into jail Sunday after he allegedly fought police outside the company’s community developer conference.

Russian propaganda is making its way into popular kids' games like Roblox. One Russian official even hosted a concert in Minecraft.

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Vladimir Putin stroking his chin and a gamer holding a black controller

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RIP Metaverse, we hardly knew ye

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The Metaverse, once the hottest idea in tech, is headed to the industry's graveyard of failed fads.

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An obituary for the latest fad to join the tech graveyard

SVB depositors including Roku and Roblox are under scrutiny from Elizabeth Warren and AOC for their 'unusually cozy' relationships with the failed bank

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York.

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I Went to a Wedding at a Taco Bell in the Metaverse, Which Is Exactly What the Metaverse Should Be

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“And I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. And I saw…” —Revelations 6:1-2

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