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If you want persistent online worlds created by the users you should look at Minecraft. Yes, it's blocks. Yes, it's mostly children. But the variety of different gameplay is remarkable.


> Yes, it's mostly children.

[Citation needed]

For anecdotal evidence, you can look at the number of "my [husband/wife] made this in Minecraft" posts on Reddit and so on.


For anecdotal evidence you can look at the age polls on Minecraft forums which show 60% are under 21.

Don't forget that reddit isn't particularly child friendly, and yet even their the MC subreddit is younger than most of the rest of reddit.


Wow, I just ventured in there for the first time to confirm or deny your statement, and you are totally right. It is packed with kids. I guess minecraft is the new lego.




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